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Does Google Maps show email addresses? (No. Here's where to find them)

Google Maps and Google Business Profile have no email field. Here is what a listing does show, and the five places a local business's email actually lives.

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No, Google Maps does not show email addresses, because the Google Business Profile behind each listing has no email field: Google's own list of profile fields offers phone numbers, a website, chat and social links, and nothing for email [1]. Google's two data APIs agree: neither the Business Profile API's location record nor the Places API's place record has an email field [2][3]. When a local business has a public email address, it's almost always on its own website, usually the contact page, the footer or the privacy policy.

The rest of this page shows exactly what a listing contains according to Google, why so many sites say otherwise, where emails actually live, and how much of a list you can realistically reach by email.

What does a Google Business Profile show?#

A Google Business Profile shows the details the owner (or Google) has entered in a fixed set of fields, and email isn't one of them. According to Google's help page on editing a profile, these are the fields [1]:

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FieldWhat Google's help page says
Business name
CategoriesOne primary category plus up to 9 more
Address and pinHidden for some service-area businesses
Service areaFor businesses that travel to customers
HoursRegular, special and "more" hours
Phone numberA primary number "plus up to 2 more phone numbers", mobile or landline, not fax
ChatCustomers can message by text or WhatsApp; only for claimed and verified profiles
WebsiteOne full URL, including https://. Some categories can add order, reservation or appointment links
Social media linksOne link per platform: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, X and YouTube (select regions)
Attributes, photos and videos
Business descriptionUp to 750 characters of free text
Opening date
Menu, services, productsLimited availability by business type

The four contact fields are in bold. None of them is an email address. The closest thing to written contact is chat, which goes to the owner's phone or WhatsApp, not an inbox you can export.

The developer side says the same. The Business Profile API's Location record, which owners and agencies use to manage listings in bulk, has phoneNumbers and websiteUri but no email field [2].

Does the Google Places API return emails?#

No. The Places API is Google's official way to read listing data, and it has no email field either. The Place record's contact fields are nationalPhoneNumber, internationalPhoneNumber, websiteUri and googleMapsUri, plus the address fields; none is an email [3][4]. If a developer tells you the API "gives emails", they mean their code visits the website afterwards.

The same is true of every Google Maps scraper or lead tool that advertises emails. The email comes from a second step: reading the business's site, or another source.

Why do some sites say Google Maps shows emails?#

Because they describe what their tool returns, not what Google Maps contains. Four claims come up again and again, and each has a simpler explanation:

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Claim you'll readWhat's actually happening
"Our Google Maps scraper extracts emails"The tool reads the listing, follows the website link, and finds the email on the site. Maps supplies the website, not the email.
"Some listings show an email address"A few owners type an email into the 750-character description, or into a post. That's free text, not a contact field, and it's rare.
"Owners can add an email in Business Information"Google's list of editable fields has no email option [1]. Google does use an email for managing and verifying the profile, but that's the owner's account, and it isn't shown on the listing [5].
"About X% of Maps profiles show an email"We've found no source for these percentages. With no email field, there's nothing for Google to display except free text.

If a vendor tells you its emails come "from Google Maps", ask which pages it reads and whether it checks the mailbox exists. The honest answer is "the business's website", and that's fine: it's where the email is.

So where do local business emails actually live?#

On the business's own website, most of the time. Check these places in this order:

  1. Contact page. The most common spot. Look for a mailto: link as well as visible text.
  2. Footer. Many small-business sites put the email next to the phone number on every page.
  3. About or team page. Owner-run firms often list the owner's own address here.
  4. Privacy policy or terms. Required contact details often include an email, even when the contact page only has a form.
  5. The business's Facebook Page. The About section often lists an email, and the website link on Maps sometimes points straight to Facebook.

Directories like Yelp generally steer you to call, visit the website or message through the platform, so they're more useful for finding the website than the email. For the full set of methods, including what to do with a contact-form-only site, see how to find the email address of any local business.

How many businesses on Google Maps have an email you can find?#

Fewer than you'd hope, so plan for it. Two things cut the number down:

  • Not every business has a website. Plenty of local businesses run on a Maps listing and a Facebook Page alone. Count the rows with a website before you count on emails.
  • Not every website lists an email. In Leadraft's runs, about 54% of business websites gave up an email address. That's an email found, before anyone checked the mailbox exists.

So if your Maps list has 1,000 businesses and 800 of them have a website, a planning figure is 800 × 54% ≈ 430 found emails, and fewer once you've verified them. Treat that as an estimate, not a promise. It varies a lot by trade and town, and a market full of Facebook-only businesses will come in lower.

Should I trust an email I find on a business website?#

Trust it after you've checked it. Pages contain plenty of addresses that aren't the business: the web designer's email in the footer, example@domain.com placeholders, addresses buried in image file names. And a real address can still be a dead mailbox.

Before you send, verify each address against the domain's mail server. You'll get one of three answers: the mailbox exists, the server accepts everything (a catch-all, which proves nothing), or the mailbox doesn't exist. Our guide to how email verification works explains the check, and the post on catch-all emails covers how to treat the middle case.

Emailing a business address is legal in the US if you follow CAN-SPAM, which applies to business-to-business email too [6]. Collecting the data is a separate question: Google's Maps terms prohibit bulk downloading Maps content and using it to build business-listing databases or mailing lists for a substitute service [7]. Public business details, personal data and contract terms are three different things, and the rules differ by country. Our posts on cold email laws and whether scraping Google Maps is legal cover the basics; for your specific case, get legal advice.

FAQ#

Does Google Maps show email addresses?#

No. Google Maps shows what the Google Business Profile behind each listing contains, and Google's own list of profile fields has no email field. The contact options are phone numbers, a website, chat by text or WhatsApp, and social media links. The email almost always lives on the business's own website.

Can a business add an email to its Google Business Profile?#

Not as a contact field. Google's list of editable profile fields has no email option. Customers can call, visit the website, or use chat by text or WhatsApp where the business has turned it on. Some owners type an email into the business description, but that is rare.

Does the Google Places API return email addresses?#

No. The Places API returns fields such as the website URL, phone numbers, rating and opening hours, but none of its response fields is an email. To get an email you have to visit the website the listing points to.

What share of Google Maps businesses have a findable email?#

It depends on the trade and the town. In Leadraft's own measurements, about 54% of business websites gave up an email address, before verification. Businesses without a website, or with only a contact form, will have none to find.

Why do some websites say Google Maps listings include emails?#

Usually because they describe what their scraper returns, not what Maps shows. Tools that advertise Google Maps emails visit the website on each listing and pull the address from there. A few owners also type an email into the free-text description, which is not a contact field. Google's field list has no email option.

Do Google Maps scrapers that say they extract emails get them from Maps?#

No. Because Maps has no email field, any tool that returns emails is visiting the business's website (or another source) after reading the listing. Ask which pages it reads and whether it checks the mailbox exists.

Sources#

  1. Google Business Profile Help, Edit your Business Profile (list of editable fields: phone numbers, chat, website, social media links, 750-character description), seen November 3, 2026.
  2. Google for Developers, Business Profile APIs: accounts.locations resource (phoneNumbers, websiteUri; no email field), seen November 3, 2026.
  3. Google for Developers, Places API (New): Place resource (contact fields; no email field), seen November 3, 2026.
  4. Google for Developers, Text Search (New), Places API (response fields and SKUs).
  5. Google Business Profile Help, Verify your business on Google.
  6. Federal Trade Commission, CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business ("The law makes no exception for business-to-business email").
  7. Google, Google Maps / Google Earth Additional Terms of Service, section 2 (prohibited conduct).
  8. Leadraft measurements: about 54% of business websites yielded an email address (found, before verification). Internal runs; varies by trade and city.