How to scrape Google Maps leads without a single line of code
Outbound to local businesses is the highest-converting cold motion in B2B sales. The bottleneck is sourcing. Here is the fastest way we have found to pull a clean local lead list.
The old way: paid lead-gen tools
Dedicated local-lead tools like D7 Lead Finder, Local Scraper, and LeadSwift charge €20-50 per month for what is essentially a Google Maps re-seller. The data is fine; the unit economics are painful if you run multiple campaigns per month.
The underlying data is already public on Google Maps. These tools mostly add a nicer UI.
The DIY way: Python + Selenium
Writing your own Maps scraper is doable in Python with Selenium, but it eats an afternoon. And every time Google tweaks the Maps DOM (roughly every 6-8 weeks), you spend another afternoon fixing selectors.
For operators who want to ship a lead list this afternoon, neither option is right.
The Stekpad way: three clicks
Install Stekpad. Search "dentist Paris 75011" on Google Maps. Click the first result in the list. Done. Stekpad detects the pattern, captures every business with name, address, phone, website, rating, and category, and writes rows to your Google Sheet.
Typical run: 100 leads in 60 seconds. €12/month flat for unlimited runs. If you are already doing outbound, the math is obvious.
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