Collect local business leads from Google Maps into a spreadsheet

Search Google Maps for a type of business and get the results added straight to a spreadsheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each business found.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Spreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data Collection
Connects
Google SheetsApify

The problem it solves

You want a list of local businesses to reach out to, like restaurants in a specific area, but manually copying names and addresses off Google Maps one by one is slow and mind-numbing. By the time you finish a list, half your prospecting time is gone.

Who it fits

Sales professionals, marketers, and solo entrepreneurs building local lead lists.

How it works

  1. You start the automation with a Google Maps search term
  2. A scraping service searches Google Maps for matching businesses
  3. The results are collected once the search finishes
  4. Each business's name, street, postal code, and city are added to your Google Sheet
What you get

Search results turned into a ready-to-use list

Search Google Maps for the type of business you want, and the results appear directly in your spreadsheet, ready for outreach right away.

What you get

A Google Sheet filled with local business leads ready for outreach.

What you need

A Google account with Sheets access and a web scraping subscription.

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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