Scrape event plannersfrom Google Maps into a workable lead list
A free Chrome extension captures every event planner on the map. The Vonsel dashboard turns that raw list into a mapped CRM with review intelligence and AI emails per business.
Find Business··7 min read
Key takeaways
Search event planners on Google Maps and capture the visible results with a free extension: no trial, no credit card
Get name, phone, website, address, rating, and (with enrichment) public emails and social profiles for outreach
The extension is the means. The Vonsel dashboard is the end: mapped CRM, review intelligence, and an AI email per planner
Why event planners
A niche worth prospecting the right way
Event planners are one of the better local niches to sell into. They are relationship-driven, they buy from vendors constantly (venues, caterers, florists, photographers, AV, rentals), and most run lean operations that welcome tools which save them time. If you sell venues, supplies, software, or marketing services, a clean list of planners in a metro area is a real pipeline.
The problem is that Google Maps does not hand you a list. You can see the planners, but you cannot select, filter, or export them. Copying names by hand across dozens of listings is slow and error prone, and the data goes stale the moment you finish.
A browser extension solves the capture step. It reads what is already on your screen as you scroll the results, so you end with a structured file instead of a scrapbook. Capturing the list is the easy part. Turning it into booked meetings is where most people stall. That is the gap the Vonsel dashboard is built to close.
Start with the list itself
Capture event planners straight from the map, then bring them into a CRM that actually works them. Free download. No trial, no credit card.
to install the extension: no trial, no card required
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fields per planner: name, phone, website, address, rating and more
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dashboard for the CRM, review intelligence, and AI emails
Step by step
How to scrape event planners in a few minutes
The workflow is short and works in any city or country. You stay inside Google Maps the whole time, so nothing feels like a technical scraping project.
1. Search the right term. Type event planners in Austin, wedding planners near me, or corporate event agency in Google Maps. Each phrasing surfaces a slightly different set, so run two or three variations to widen the net. Google typically caps a single search near the first pages of results, so splitting by neighborhood or by sub-niche gets you more coverage.
2. Capture the visible results. Open the Vonsel pop-up and let it read the listings as you scroll. It collects business name, category, address, phone, website, rating, and review count without you copying anything.
3. Enrich and export. Website enrichment visits each planner's public site to pull emails, social profiles, and WhatsApp numbers where they are listed. Export to CSV, XLSX, or JSON, or send the whole capture straight into the dashboard.
If you want the fuller version of this flow with screenshots, the scrape wedding venues guide walks the same steps for an adjacent niche, and the caterers guide is a natural companion list since planners and caterers work together constantly.
What you capture
The fields that make an event planner list usable
A name and a pin are not a lead. Outreach needs contact paths and context. Here is what a typical event planner capture contains and why each field earns its place.
Field
Captured
Why it matters
Business name and category
Yes
Separates full-service planners from day-of coordinators and venues
Phone number
Yes
Direct line for calls and WhatsApp outreach
Website
Yes
Feeds enrichment for emails and social profiles
Public email
Enriched
Primary channel for a first cold email
Rating and review count
Yes
Signals volume, reputation, and how busy they are
Address and area
Yes
Lets you segment by city zone and plan visits on a map
Google Maps stores far more per listing than most people realize. Its own Places API documentation catalogs the data types attached to a business, and a Google Business Profile is where owners publish the contact details you are collecting. Capturing what is already public is the same information a person could read by hand, just structured.
Beyond the export
Where a raw CSV falls short
A spreadsheet has no memory
A CSV cannot tell you who you called, who replied, or who to follow up. The Vonsel dashboard tracks lead status so nothing slips.
No sense of territory
Rows of addresses hide geography. A mapped CRM plots every planner so you see clusters and plan a route across a city.
Review intelligence built in
Vonsel reads each planner's reviews and surfaces pain points and satisfaction signals, so you know what to lead with.
An AI email per business
Email Intelligence writes a first message tailored to each planner using their own context, not a generic blast.
The extension exists so you never manually copy a listing again. The dashboard exists so the list you captured turns into conversations. One is the tool. The other is the outcome, and value added context is what separates a database you can sell from a raw dump.
Capture once, work it for weeks
Pull every planner into a mapped CRM with review intelligence and AI emails. Free download. No trial, no credit card.
Once your event planners live in the dashboard, filter by area and by rating to build a shortlist. A planner with hundreds of five-star reviews is running at capacity and buys differently than a newer one hunting for vendors. Segment accordingly.
Read the review intelligence before you write a word. If a planner's reviews mention slow vendor communication or last-minute chaos, that is your opening line. Then let Email Intelligence draft a first message per business, adjust the tone, and send. Because the angle is grounded in something real about each planner, response rates beat a generic template every time.
Keep it lawful and welcome. Business contact outreach is broadly permitted when you follow the rules for the channel, and the FTC's CAN-SPAM compliance guide is the plain-English baseline for email in the US. For the scraping side of the question, our is it legal to scrape Google Maps explainer covers what public data collection does and does not allow.
Event planners also make a strong base for sponsorship and partnership plays. If that is your model, the event sponsorship prospecting playbook shows how to work a list like this, and photographers are a common cross-sell, covered in the scrape photographers guide.
The scrape gets you the names. The dashboard gets you the deals
Build your event planner list
Capture the map, enrich the contacts, then work them in a real CRM. Free download. No trial, no credit card.
A single search rarely covers a full metro. Come back later, reopen the same capture, and add more planners from a new neighborhood or a related search term. The history keeps every scrape organized, so your list compounds instead of resetting each session.
You can also layer reviews onto planners you captured earlier, so a list you built last month gains fresh context this month. That is what makes a Vonsel database more than a snapshot: it stays current, it carries the pains and signals that matter, and it is ready to act on. Explore the full feature set or check the plans to see what the dashboard adds on top of the free extension.
Frequently asked questions
Can you scrape event planners from Google Maps for free?
Yes. The Vonsel Chrome extension is a free download with no trial and no credit card. You search event planners on Google Maps, capture the visible results, and export names, phones, websites, and addresses. The dashboard then turns that raw list into a mapped CRM you can actually work.
What data can you get for event planners on Google Maps?
You can capture business name, category, full address, phone number, website, rating, review count, and opening hours. With website enrichment you can also pull public emails, social profiles, and WhatsApp numbers where the planner lists them, which is what makes the list usable for outreach.
How do you turn scraped event planners into clients?
Import the capture into the Vonsel dashboard, filter by area and rating, read the AI review analysis to find each planner's pain points, and send an AI email written per business. The extension gets the list. The dashboard is where the list becomes booked meetings.
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