Google Maps data API · Search

Google Maps Search API. Pay per record.

Search Google Maps the way a person would: a keyword in a location. Every hit comes back as a full place card, and you can keep only places above a star rating or only those with or without a website.

Price: $0.000225 / place
Billed: Per record
Free to start: $0.10
Endpoint: POST /v1/google_maps

Updated 21 October 2026

What people build with the Google Maps Search API

Local lead lists

Every dentist in Austin, every gym in Leeds: one call returns names, phones, addresses and ratings for a prospect list.

Find businesses without a website

Keep only places that list no website. A common filter for agencies that build sites for local businesses.

Map a local market

Count the places in a category, compare their ratings and review counts, and spot the gaps.

Quote it, then run it

1. free quote: the exact price, nothing charged

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/google_maps \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"coffee shop","location":"Seattle, WA","minRating":"4.5","limit":20,"estimateOnly":true}'

2. the same call, run

curl -X POST https://apiforagents.dev/v1/google_maps \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"op":"search","query":"coffee shop","location":"Seattle, WA","minRating":"4.5","limit":20}'

Inputs

Everything you can send in one search call. Required inputs first.

Input	Type	What it does
query *	string	≤300 chars
location *	string	≤120 chars
minRating	enum	Google's star scale, in halves.
website	enum	Keep only places that list a website ("with"), only those that do not ("without". A common lead filter), or both.
limit	integer	1-100

What comes back

The fields of every row, always present. Nothing is guessed: a value that could not be measured is null, and the answer's coverage says why.

Show all 63 rows

Field	Type
placeId	string
placeUrl	string
businessName	string
category	string
allCategories	list of string
categoryId	string
placeTags	list of string
rating	number
reviews	integer
reviewBreakdown	any
reviewKeywords	any
reviewsUrl	string
priceRange	string
phone	string
formattedPhone	string
website	string
emails	list of string
additionalPhones	list of string
socials	any
directoryProfiles	any
address	string
neighborhood	string
city	string
state	string
postalCode	string
country	string
street	string
latitude	number
longitude	number
plusCode	string
locatedIn	string
floor	string
permanentlyClosed	boolean
temporarilyClosed	boolean
unclaimed	boolean
owner	any
description	string
attributes	any
openingHours	any
specialHours	any
popularTimes	any
liveOccupancyPercent	integer
liveStatus	string
coverPhoto	string
photos	any
photoCount	integer
relatedPlaces	any
ownerPosts	any
menuUrl	string
reserveTableUrl	string
reservationLinks	any
entranceLocation	any
hotelAds	any
similarHotels	any
hotelType	string
hotelDescription	string
subTitle	string
cid	string
fid	string
kgmid	string
isAdvertisement	boolean
language	string
details	object

details is always the last field: everything else the source sent for that row, under our own field names. Its keys depend on the source that answered, so read them defensively; it is {} when there is nothing more.

A sample answer

Made-up names and values in the real field names, so you can see the shape before you spend anything.

businessName	category	address	city	country	rating
Third Wave Roasters	Coffee shop	5 Church St, Bengaluru 560001	Bengaluru	IN	4.6
Brew & Bloom	Cafe	44 Koramangala 5th Block, Bengaluru 560095	Bengaluru	IN	4.4
Filter House	Coffee shop	9 Malleshwaram 8th Cross, Bengaluru 560003	Bengaluru	IN	4.7

Pricing

Pay as you go, in US dollars, per record. No subscription, nothing expires, $5 first top-up, and every new agent starts with $0.10 free.

Request	Records	At the list price
One place	1	$0.000225
10 places	10	$0.0022
A full page	100	$0.022

These are per-record list prices. Some calls also carry a minimum, such as a page of search results, so a small request can cost more than the table shows. The quote ("estimateOnly": true) is free, gives the most your exact request can cost, and the charge then settles to what came back. Records that do not come back are refunded.

Try it without writing code

Open the Google Maps Search API in the playgroundThe playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

Why this one, and not a scraper you run yourself

No login, no Google Maps account, no cookies, no proxies, no browser to babysit.
When the site changes its pages, your request stays the same: keeping the reads working is our job, not yours.
A fetch that fails costs nothing: it is named in the answer with a reason, and the quote says the most a call can cost before it runs.

Use it from your tools

Questions people ask.

What does the Google Maps Search API return?

One row per place: business name, category, address, city, country, rating, review count, price range, phone, the place id, place URL, cid and other Maps ids, links to its reviews, menu and table booking, and whether the listing is an ad.

What do I pass in?

A keyword query and a location are required. Optional: a minimum star rating from 2 to 4.5 in halves, a website filter (any, with or without), and a limit of 1 to 100.

How much does it cost?

$0.000225 per place at the list price. A small call can carry a minimum, so quote first with "estimateOnly": true, which is free and is the most the call can cost. You pay for what comes back.

Try it in a minute. $0.10 free.

The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.

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Why people pick API for Agents

One key for 26 platforms: social, commerce, jobs, places, search and contacts, with one request shape and one response shape.
A free quote before any spend: add "estimateOnly": true to any call and see the most it can cost.
Pay per record in US dollars. No subscription, nothing expires, top-ups from $5.
$0.10 free to try, no card. An AI agent can sign itself up in one request; a person claims it later.
Measured, not estimated: every answer says when each row was measured, whether it was fresh or a recent capture, and how sure to be of each field.
Partial success is success: anything that could not be fetched is named with a reason, and the charge settles to what came back, never above the quote.
Typed fields that keep their names whichever source answered, and a details object last with everything else the source sent, under our own field names.
Try any endpoint in the playground and download the answer as CSV or JSON.

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