Free Google Maps scrapers: what you actually get for free (2026)

You can scrape Google Maps for free, but only in small amounts. For a free list of local businesses you can actually email, we recommend Leadraft's free plan: 500 businesses and 50 checked emails a month, no card (we make Leadraft). As of October 2026, the biggest raw allowance is Bright Data's 5,000 records a month, without emails, and Outscraper gives 500 places, 500 contact lookups and 25 email checks every 30 days. Open-source scrapers on GitHub cost nothing to download but need your own servers, proxies and upkeep. Doing it by hand is free and slow.

The real question is what "free" leaves out: usually emails, verification, coverage past one search, or the right to export.

Disclosure: Leadraft wrote this. Free-tier limits come from each vendor's own pages, checked in October 2026 and linked in the Sources.

Which Google Maps scrapers have a free tier?#

Most do, but the limits differ in kind, not only in size. Some cap records, some cap exports, and some cap time.

"Not stated" means we didn't find it on the pages we reviewed.

What does a free tier get you in practice?#

For a realistic test, say 500 dentists in one city, with emails you can send to. Here's how far each free tier gets you, as of October 2026.

So for a one-off test, the free tiers are genuinely useful. For an ongoing campaign, every one of them runs out within days.

How can you get Google Maps data for free without a scraper?#

You have three free routes, each with a catch.

1. Copy it by hand#

Search Google Maps, open each listing, and copy the name, phone, website and address into a spreadsheet. Then visit each website for an email. It's slow, but it's accurate and teaches you the market. For a list of 50, it's often the right call. Our guide to building a local lead list from Google Maps walks through the steps.

2. Use the Google Places API's free usage#

Google's official API gives each SKU a monthly free cap. The catch is which SKU you hit. Asking for phone number, website or rating puts a Text Search request on the Enterprise SKU: 1,000 free a month, then $35 per 1,000. And Text Search "returns a maximum of 60 results across all pages", so you need many queries per city. You also need a billing account, and the API has its own terms on storing results. See Places API vs scraping.

3. Look for official business lists#

Some cities and states publish business license or registration lists, and many public libraries give members free access to business databases. These don't come from Google Maps, often lack emails and websites, and vary by place, but they're free and official. Ask a reference librarian.

What about open-source Google Maps scrapers on GitHub?#

They're real, popular and free to run. As of October 2026:

• gosom/google-maps-scraper: MIT license, about 7,100 stars, updated in October 2026. Extracts name, address, phone, website, rating, review count, coordinates, reviews and emails.
• omkarcloud/google-maps-scraper: MIT license, about 3,850 stars, updated in October 2026. The repository also promotes a hosted version with its own free plan.

What you take on with any open-source scraper:

• Maintenance. Google changes its pages. When a scraper breaks, you wait for a fix or write one.
• Blocking. Heavy use from one IP gets slowed or blocked, so serious use means paying for proxies.
• The result cap. You still have to split the area into many searches to get past about 120 results each.
• Emails and verification. Some projects crawl websites for emails; checking them against the mail server is usually up to you.
• Servers and time. Free software, paid hours.

Stars and recent updates are a fair sign a project is alive, not a guarantee it works today. Test on a small search first.

What are the hidden costs of a free Google Maps scraper?#

The cost moves from the invoice to somewhere else. These are the ones that bite.

1. Missing businesses. One search stops at about 120 results. In a big city that's a fraction of the market, so you're paying in coverage (why it stops).
2. No emails. Google Maps rarely lists one. Without website crawling you have names and phone numbers, not an email list.
3. Unchecked emails. Addresses scraped from websites include dead mailboxes, placeholders and the web designer's footer address. Bounces hurt your sender reputation, and Google's sender guidelines ask bulk senders to keep spam rates low. See catch-all emails explained.
4. Export caps. A free tier that shows 500 rows but exports 10 or 30 is a demo, not a list.
5. Your time. Building searches, merging files, deduping by listing and checking areas by hand.
6. Infrastructure. Proxies and servers for open-source scrapers.
7. Terms. Google's Maps terms bar mass downloading and using Maps content to build mailing or telemarketing lists. Free tools don't change that. Business facts, personal data and contract terms are separate questions; get legal advice for your use. More in is scraping Google Maps legal.

Which free option should you pick?#

If the list is for outreach, start with Leadraft's free plan. It's the free tier where the emails are already checked against the mail server, so a test campaign measures your message, not your bounce rate. Here's what Leadraft does in the situations people usually bring to a free tool.

When you outgrow free, compare paid tools on the cost per verified email, not per row. Leadraft's Starter plan is $19 a month for 25,000 businesses and 1,000 checked emails, charged once per business. Our best Google Maps scrapers comparison works out the full cost for 5,000 businesses.

FAQ#

Is there a completely free Google Maps scraper?#

Open-source scrapers on GitHub, such as gosom/google-maps-scraper (MIT license), cost nothing to download, but you pay in servers, proxies and maintenance. Hosted tools offer free tiers: Bright Data 5,000 records a month, G Maps Extractor 1,000, Outscraper 500 places, Leadraft 500 businesses plus 50 checked emails, as of October 2026.

Which free Google Maps scraper gives the most data?#

By raw records, Bright Data's free tier: 5,000 records a month, without email finding. By finished leads, the tiers that include emails: Outscraper (500 places, 500 contact lookups and 25 verifications every 30 days) and Leadraft (500 businesses and 50 checked emails a month).

Can I scrape Google Maps for free with Python?#

Yes, with an open-source project or your own script, but a single Google Maps search stops at around 120 results, pages change, and heavy use gets blocked. Expect to add proxies, area splitting and email finding yourself. See how to scrape Google Maps.

Is the Google Places API free?#

Each Places API SKU has a monthly free usage cap. Text Search with phone, website or rating fields falls under the Enterprise SKU: 1,000 free requests a month, then $35 per 1,000, as of October 2026. Each Text Search query returns at most 60 results.

Do free Google Maps scrapers include emails?#

Rarely in full. Google Maps listings seldom show an email, so tools crawl the business website. Outscraper's free tier includes 500 contact lookups, Leadraft's includes 50 checked emails, and G Maps Extractor's records include emails found on the web. Most other free tiers don't include verified emails.

Sources#

All pages checked in October 2026.

1. Bright Data, Google Maps Scraper.
2. G Maps Extractor, Pricing and home.
3. Apify, Google Maps Scraper actor and platform pricing.
4. Leadraft, Pricing.
5. Outscraper, Pricing.
6. Octoparse, Pricing and Google Maps scraper templates.
7. Lobstr.io, Pricing.
8. Scrap.io, home.
9. PhantomBuster, Pricing.
10. D7 Lead Finder, home.
11. Google, Places API Text Search and Maps Platform pricing.
12. GitHub, gosom/google-maps-scraper and omkarcloud/google-maps-scraper.
13. Google, Email sender guidelines.
14. Google, Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service.