Build a list of local business leads with contact emails

Search for local businesses and get a clean spreadsheet of names, phones, and emails, ready to contact.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per business listing.

Pattern: Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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A stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Lead Generation & ProspectingEmail AutomationMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data Collection
Connects
ApifyOpenAIGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Manually searching Google Maps for potential clients, copying their details, and hunting down email addresses on their websites eats an entire afternoon. By the time your list is done, it's already outdated and full of gaps.

Who it fits

Sales teams, agencies, or founders who need a fresh list of local business leads without manual research.

How it works

  1. You send a request naming the type of business, location, and how many leads you want.
  2. The automation pulls matching business listings from Google Maps.
  3. Duplicate listings are removed.
  4. AI writes a short summary of each business and finds a contact email from their website.
  5. Everything is saved into a spreadsheet, and you're notified when it's ready.
What you get

Leads delivered with contact info ready

You get a spreadsheet of local business leads complete with contact emails, ready to reach out.

What you get

A spreadsheet of business leads with names, categories, locations, phone numbers, and contact emails.

What you need

An Apify account, an OpenAI API key, and a Google account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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