Free Google Maps Scraper

What a Free Google Maps Scraper Can and Can't Do

A free Google Maps scraper pulls the business data shown on Maps listings — name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, category and hours — and hands it back as a list instead of something you copy one card at a time. Everything it returns is data that was already public; the tool just collects it faster than a person can.

The limit worth understanding upfront is email. Google Maps does not display business email addresses anywhere, so no scraper can read them off a listing. The only way to get an email is a second step: take the business website URL from the listing, visit that site, and look for a contact address. That is why tools differ so much on email coverage — the ones that return emails are doing extra work, and the ones that don't simply aren't.

The free Google Maps scraper on this page does run that second step. It crawls the top results' websites while the search is running, which is why a search takes 20–60 seconds rather than being instant. Roughly a third of small businesses have a findable email; the rest either have no site or bury the address behind a contact form.

Why This One Doesn't Need an Extension

Most tools marketed as a free Google Maps scraper are Chrome extensions. They work by reading the results rendered in your own browser as you scroll, which has two consequences: you have to sit there scrolling while it runs, and you hit Google's own scroll limit at around 92–120 results. That's the ceiling on what your browser will ever load, not a limitation the extension author chose.

This tool runs the scrape on a server instead. You submit a query, the work happens elsewhere, and results come back complete. Nothing is installed, nothing has permission to read your browsing, and it works the same on a phone as on a laptop.

The trade is that server-side scraping costs money to run, which is why there's a daily cap here and an unlimited version behind an account. An extension running on your machine costs its author nothing, so they can afford to give it away outright.

Getting Better Results

• Search cities, not states. “Plumbers in Texas” geocodes to a point in rural Texas and returns almost nothing useful. “Plumbers in Houston” returns a real list.
• Use the term customers use. “Dentist” finds more than “dental surgery practice”. Google Maps categories follow everyday language.
• Split big cities by neighbourhood. Any single search returns a bounded set. For dense metros, running “Brooklyn” and “Queens” separately beats one “New York” search.
• Filter by rating and review count. Businesses with 3.5–4.5 stars and 20–100 reviews are usually the growth-stage operators worth approaching — established enough to have a budget, not so large they already have vendors.
• Missing website is a signal. A business with a Maps listing and no site is a live prospect if you sell websites, SEO or marketing.

Is Scraping Google Maps Legal?

Collecting publicly visible business information — names, addresses, phone numbers, ratings — is generally lawful, and courts have broadly supported that position for public data. This is business contact information, not personal data about consumers.

What matters more in practice is what you do next. Cold email is governed by CAN-SPAM in the US and GDPR in the EU: use a real sender identity, include a working unsubscribe link, and don't mislead in your subject line. Cold calling has its own rules around do-not-call registries. Our legal guide covers the details.

Is this really free?

Yes — this free Google Maps scraper allows 3 searches a day with no account and no card. Phone and email are partially masked on this page, and export requires a free account, which adds 10 credits (roughly 1,000 businesses) with full contact details.

Why is there a daily limit?

Each search runs a real scrape and crawls websites for emails, which costs compute. The cap keeps the free tool available to everyone rather than being drained by a handful of scripts.

How many results does one search return?

Up to 20 on this page. A full account search returns 200+ per query — well past the 92–120 ceiling that browser extensions hit.

Do I get email addresses?

Where they exist. Emails aren't on Google Maps listings, so the tool crawls each business website to find them. Around a third of small businesses have a findable address. On this page they're shown partially masked.

Can I export to CSV or Excel?

Not from this page — export is part of the free account, which includes CSV, Excel and JSON, plus direct import into HubSpot and other CRMs.

Do I need to install anything?

No. It runs server-side, so there's no extension, no download, and it works identically on mobile and desktop.