{ "name": "Scrape Google Maps business leads into Google Sheets with Apify", "nodes": [ { "parameters": { "content": "## Scrape Google Maps business leads into Google Sheets\n\n### Who's it for\nAgencies, freelancers and sales teams who build local prospect lists: web designers looking for businesses without a website, SEO consultants, cold-callers, B2B sales reps.\n\n### How it works\n1. A form asks what you would type in Google Maps (one search per line, e.g. `plumber in Austin, TX`), the country, how many places you want and optional filters.\n2. The Apify node runs the **Google Maps Businesses** Actor (`plainrows/google-maps-businesses`). It returns name, category, address, phone, website, rating, reviews count, opening hours, coordinates and Google Maps link in seconds, without a browser or proxies.\n3. A Code node keeps the places found and flattens opening hours.\n4. Each place is appended as a row to your Google Sheet.\n\n### Requirements\n- An Apify account (free plan available) and its API token.\n- A Google Sheets account.\n- The Apify node is the verified community node `@apify/n8n-nodes-apify` (available on n8n Cloud; on self-hosted n8n install it from Settings > Community nodes).\n\n### How to customize\n- Pick *Only businesses without a website* to get web design leads, or require a phone number for cold-calling lists.\n- Replace Google Sheets with Airtable, HubSpot or your CRM.\n- Add a deduplication step on `googleMapsUrl` before writing.\n\nPricing: pay per place returned; places removed by filters are free.", "height": 760, "width": 520 }, "id": "46140bce-5678-52ee-b717-9da2aa4e5d19", "name": "Description", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ -660, -340 ] }, { "parameters": { "content": "### Setup (5 min)\n1. **Apify**: create a free account at apify.com, then add your Apify credential to the *Run Google Maps Businesses* node.\n2. **Google Sheets**: connect your account, paste your spreadsheet URL in *Append leads to Google Sheets* and create a tab named `Leads` (headers are filled automatically).\n3. Open the form URL from the trigger node and run a search.\n\n**Cost:** pay per place returned (see the Actor's Pricing tab). The node caps each run with *Maximum Cost per Run*.", "height": 300, "width": 420, "color": 7 }, "id": "b2ec42a0-b3a7-5cc3-9c14-3bf4262923ed", "name": "Setup", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ 440, -340 ] }, { "parameters": { "formTitle": "Google Maps lead search", "formDescription": "One search per line, as you would type it in Google Maps.", "formFields": { "values": [ { "fieldLabel": "Search queries", "fieldType": "textarea", "placeholder": "plumber in Austin, TX\nelectrician in Austin, TX", "requiredField": true }, { "fieldLabel": "Country", "fieldType": "dropdown", "fieldOptions": { "values": [ { "option": "US" }, { "option": "GB" }, { "option": "CA" }, { "option": "AU" }, { "option": "IE" }, { "option": "IN" }, { "option": "DE" }, { "option": "AT" }, { "option": "CH" }, { "option": "FR" }, { "option": "BE" }, { "option": "ES" }, { "option": "MX" }, { "option": "IT" }, { "option": "NL" }, { "option": "PT" }, { "option": "BR" }, { "option": "PL" }, { "option": "SE" }, { "option": "JP" } ] }, "requiredField": true }, { "fieldLabel": "Max places per query", "fieldType": "number", "placeholder": "50" }, { "fieldLabel": "Website", "fieldType": "dropdown", "fieldOptions": { "values": [ { "option": "Any" }, { "option": "Only businesses without a website" } ] } }, { "fieldLabel": "Phone number required", "fieldType": "dropdown", "fieldOptions": { "values": [ { "option": "No" }, { "option": "Yes" } ] } } ] }, "options": {} }, "id": "f1dfd598-492c-5131-bf2f-b8c5aa0f4039", "name": "Lead search form", "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger", "typeVersion": 2.2, "position": [ 0, 120 ] }, { "parameters": { "resource": "Actors", "operation": "Run actor and get dataset", "actorId": "plainrows~google-maps-businesses", "customBody": "={{ JSON.stringify({\n searchQueries: $json['Search queries'].split('\\n').map((q) => q.trim()).filter(Boolean),\n country: $json['Country'],\n maxPlacesPerQuery: Number($json['Max places per query']) || 50,\n website: $json['Website'] === 'Only businesses without a website' ? 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