Scrape Google Maps leads for local businesses

It searches Google Maps across many cities and categories, then builds a lead list sorted by who has a website.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each business found.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Starter

A small build with a couple of connected tools.

Business functions
Web Scraping & Data Collection
Connects
Google Docs

The problem it solves

Building a list of local prospects by hand means searching city by city and copying names, numbers, and websites into a spreadsheet one at a time. It is slow, repetitive work that pulls you away from actually selling.

Who it fits

A sales or marketing team selling to local independent businesses like salons, bakeries, and cafes, especially one targeting businesses without a website.

How it works

  1. On a schedule, the automation searches Google Maps across a list of cities and business categories
  2. It pulls each business's name, phone number, email, and website when available
  3. Major chains and franchises are filtered out, keeping only independent businesses
  4. Existing entries are skipped so the list stays free of duplicates
  5. Businesses are entered into a Google Doc, split into groups with and without a website
What you get

Prospects with no website ready to call

You get a sorted list of local independent businesses across your target cities, split by whether they already have a website.

What you get

A running list of local business leads in a Google Doc, organized by whether they already have a website.

What you need

A Google account for Docs and a web scraping or search tool.

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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