How to scrape Google Maps without code, step by step

How do you scrape Google Maps?

To scrape Google Maps, search for a business type and a place, let the results load, and capture the listings with a tool that reads them into a table. A Chrome extension does this without code: you get names, addresses, phones, websites and ratings, then export the list to a spreadsheet.

Scraping Google Maps means collecting the public information already shown on business listings and storing it as rows instead of copying it by hand. Google Maps is a directory of local businesses, so a search for "dentists in Austin" or "roofers near Manchester" is effectively a lead list waiting to be structured.

Doing it manually works for ten businesses and collapses at a few hundred. That is why people reach for a scraper: it runs the same loop of open, copy, paste and go back for you. If you only want the fastest route, skip to the step-by-step method.

Which method should you use to scrape Google Maps?

Use a browser extension if you want a list today and do not write code. Use the official API if you are a developer building a product on place data. Write your own script only when you need a pipeline that no ready tool covers.

For most sales use cases the extension wins on one point: the data lands where you work, while a script gives you a file and leaves you to build everything else. If you are comparing tools, our guide to the best Google Maps scraper Chrome extensions lists what to check before you install one.

A Chrome extension is a small program built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript that runs inside the browser and can read and modify the pages you open, as the Chrome extensions documentation explains. That is why it needs no server and no key: it works on the page you already have in front of you.

How to scrape Google Maps with a Chrome extension in five steps

The method takes a few minutes the first time and under a minute for later searches. It follows the same order every time, whatever the niche.

1. Install the extension. Add the free Vonsel Chrome extension from the Google Maps scraper page and open Google Maps. The capture panel appears on the map.
2. Search with a category and a place. Type something like "coffee shops in Lisbon" or "plumbers in Denver". One business type per search keeps the list clean.
3. Press Start. The extension gathers the business results as you explore the map, adding each one to a table with name, category, address, phone, website, rating and review count.
4. Enrich from the websites. For listings with a website, Vonsel visits it to find published emails, additional phone numbers and links to up to 118 supported social networks and other platforms. What it finds depends on what each site publishes.
5. Export or work the list. Download the data to export Google Maps data to CSV, or keep the businesses in the Vonsel CRM, where they sit on a map. Export formats and AI features depend on your plan.

Prefer to see it before you try it? watch the tutorial video on the landing page: it runs a full extraction from search to results.

What data can you scrape from Google Maps?

You can scrape the public fields of a business profile: name, category, address, phone, website, rating and review count. Email is the exception, because Google Maps does not display it. It has to be found on the business website in a second step.

If you want every field explained, including the ones that look similar, read Google Maps data fields explained. And if your goal is the inbox specifically, our guide on how to scrape emails from Google Maps covers the website step in detail.

Can you scrape Google Maps without the API?

Yes. The Places API is built for developers, not for building a prospect list, and a browser extension does not use it at all. It reads the results your own browser has already loaded.

Google describes the Places API as a service that answers HTTP requests with location data such as address components, operating hours, reviews and ratings, photos and contact information, and it requires authorization with an API key, according to the Places API overview. Google also publishes separate pricing and billing guides, so a large pull is a budget question as well as a coding one.

There is a second constraint worth knowing if you ever build on the API: the Places API policies say you must not pre-fetch, cache or store Places API content beyond the exceptions Google lists, but place ID values can be stored indefinitely. That is why a Google Place ID is the one field developers keep as a permanent reference.

How many results can you scrape from one search?

A single Google Maps search returns a limited list, in practice around 120 businesses, so you cover a big market with many tighter searches rather than one wide one. We explain why Google limits the results of a search in a separate guide.

A reliable way to work around the limit is to treat the market as a grid:

1. Pick one category, using the same wording Google Maps uses for it.
2. Split the city into districts or zones and search each one separately.
3. Capture each search, then merge the results and remove duplicates by name and address.
4. Repeat with a second category only after the first one is complete.

This is the same logic behind a full city capture. The walkthrough to scrape an entire city on Google Maps shows how to split a map into zones without leaving gaps or collecting the same business twice.

Is it legal to scrape Google Maps?

Collecting public business details such as a shop's name, address and phone is common for sales and market research. What the law regulates is what you do with the data, especially personal data and email marketing. This is general information, not legal advice. Our guide on is it legal to scrape Google Maps goes through the details.

Two rules cover most cases for outreach:

• GDPR (European Union). The European Commission defines personal data as any information relating to an identified or identifiable living person, and gives a work-style address such as name.surname@company.com as an example, per its European Commission guide to data protection. A named contact email can therefore be personal data.
• CAN-SPAM (United States). The statute at 15 U.S.C. 7704 requires commercial email to include a valid physical postal address of the sender and makes it unlawful to keep sending more than 10 business days after an opt-out request.

In practice: keep to business contact data, prefer generic business addresses over named personal ones where you can, include an easy way to opt out, honour every opt-out, and check Google's terms for the use you plan. If you sell or share the data, read the rules for your country first.

What do you do with the data once you scrape Google Maps?

Clean it, put it in a place where you can work it, and contact the best leads first. A CSV is a good stopping point for a one-off list, but most freelancers, agencies and small sales teams need a repeatable workflow.

That is the job of the Vonsel dashboard. Captured businesses stay on a map, so you can organise them by stage, use a Kanban board and a calendar, and add notes, actions, tags and custom fields. You can reopen a saved capture to add more businesses, attach reviews to a lead and keep a history of what you collected. The extension captures the data; the CRM is where you work it.

Plans change over time, so the pricing page is the place to check what is included for AI, export and larger volumes.