📍Google Maps Business Scraper — Auto-Collect Leads While You Sleep
This is not your average scraping tool. This is a lead-gen powerhouse that runs on autopilot, enriches your data in real-time, and never complains about rate limits. 😤 (Well, at least it doesn't complain too much) Drop in a few ZIP codes and business categories, and this workflow will mine Google Maps for gold — then neatly organize it into Google Sheets for you. You don’t lift a finger. 🔥 What It Does: - 🚀 Scrapes Google Maps using ZIP codes + subcategories - 🧠 Automatically avoids duplicate entries - 🔁 Smart retry system with exponential backoff for API limits - 🗂 Writes clean, structured results back into Google Sheets - ✅ Tracks scraped ZIPs so it never runs the same job twice ⚙️ Setup Instructions 1. Connect Credentials: - 🔐 Google Sheets OAuth2 — required for reading/writing data - 🔑 Google Places API — must be enabled for places:searchText 2. Configure Your Sheet: - Download your copy of the Google Maps Scraper Set Up File - Use the Settings node to link your ZIP list and category list 3. Customize if needed: - Limit how many ZIPs run per session (Limit nodes) - Filter which categories to skip (marked as Ignore) - Add extra columns to your Results sheet and map them in the workflow ⚡ How It Works Every 15 minutes, the bot: 1. Picks up 3 unprocessed ZIPs from your list 2. For each ZIP, loops through allowed business categories 3. Sends smart queries to Google Maps for matching places 4. Deduplicates, cleans, and stores the data 5. Marks the ZIP row as "scraped" so it doesn't repeat 6. Retries automatically if anything goes sideways — up to 10 times You just sit back and watch your business lead list grow. 💡 Pro Tips: - Tweak retry logic for more aggressive or conservative scraping - Monitor your Google Places API quota to avoid interruptions - Use this with workflows like The Database File Uploader or Chad to build out a fully intelligent lead gen + AI response system