Auto-collect Business Leads From Google Maps with Apify and Gmail

The workflow JSON

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{
  "id": "LFP3MXxMct1PkZeO",
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
  },
  "name": "Google Map Scraper",
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "1Ub6auawM61rJ4PA",
      "name": "tutorials",
      "createdAt": "2025-04-26T03:07:52.593Z",
      "updatedAt": "2025-04-26T03:07:52.593Z"
    }
  ],
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "2ec7af37-3960-49d3-8401-7a2ee1a55d3e",
      "name": "Call APIFY Actor",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "position": [
        -320,
        -40
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/compass~crawler-google-places/run-sync-get-dataset-items",
        "method": "POST",
        "options": {},
        "jsonBody": "={\n    \"includeWebResults\": false,\n    \"language\": \"en\",\n    \"locationQuery\": \"{{ $json.City }},{{ $json.Country }} \",\n    \"maxCrawledPlacesPerSearch\": 25,\n    \"maxImages\": 0,\n    \"maximumLeadsEnrichmentRecords\": 0,\n    \"scrapeContacts\": true,\n    \"scrapeDirectories\": false,\n    \"scrapeImageAuthors\": false,\n    \"scrapePlaceDetailPage\": false,\n    \"scrapeReviewsPersonalData\": true,\n    \"scrapeTableReservationProvider\": false,\n    \"searchStringsArray\": [\n        \"{{ $json['Search Query'] }}\"\n    ],\n    \"skipClosedPlaces\": false,\n    \"website\": \"withWebsite\"\n} ",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "httpHeaderAuth": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 4.2
    },
    {
      "id": "368d2b5c-01b0-4bf6-b188-e03139804716",
      "name": "Filter Entries With Emails",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
      "position": [
        -100,
        -40
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "version": 2,
            "leftValue": "",
            "caseSensitive": true,
            "typeValidation": "strict"
          },
          "combinator": "and",
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "ddb43b31-a96f-4415-8ad3-373a12271ba0",
              "operator": {
                "type": "array",
                "operation": "notEmpty",
                "singleValue": true
              },
              "leftValue": "={{ $json.emails }}",
              "rightValue": ""
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.2
    },
    {
      "id": "85117f2d-9169-4d73-b501-9797d7e967b4",
      "name": "Convert to File",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.convertToFile",
      "position": [
        120,
        -40
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {
          "fileName": "contacts.csv",
          "delimiter": ",",
          "headerRow": true
        },
        "binaryPropertyName": "contacts"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1.1
    },
    {
      "id": "34ad4761-dbd5-4a12-9e12-abb82aaa35f5",
      "name": "On form submission",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
      "position": [
        -540,
        -40
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "options": {},
        "formTitle": "Google Maps Scraper",
        "formFields": {
          "values": [
            {
              "fieldLabel": "Search Query",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "City",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "Country",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "Your Email"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.2
    },
    {
      "id": "92109cc0-6d94-4c67-8f4a-ebe1c1134d53",
      "name": "Sticky Note",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
        -840,
        -400
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "width": 720,
        "height": 180,
        "content": "Google Maps Lead Scraper\n\nThis workflow collects business leads from Google Maps using APIFY, filters businesses with email addresses, and emails the results as CSV.\nRequired: APIFY API Key, Gmail Account\nAPIFY Documentation: https://apify.com/\nHere is a video tutorial on how this automation works: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz_Gfx7OH6o](Build Google Maps Scraper with n8n to Auto-Collect Business Leads via Email)"
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "169fef09-8f71-40a2-a615-f6c709f33bcd",
      "name": "Send Email",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.gmail",
      "position": [
        340,
        -40
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "sendTo": "={{ $node['On form submission'].json['Your Email'] }}",
        "message": "Please find the attached leads",
        "options": {
          "attachmentsUi": {
            "attachmentsBinary": [
              {
                "property": "contacts"
              }
            ]
          },
          "appendAttribution": false
        },
        "subject": "Your Google Maps Leads Are Here"
      },
      "credentials": {
        "gmailOAuth2": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
      "typeVersion": 2.1
    }
  ],
  "active": true,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
  },
  "versionId": "e4606ba6-a497-43d4-9499-9a3296e67485",
  "connections": {
    "Convert to File": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send Email",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Call APIFY Actor": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Filter Entries With Emails",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "On form submission": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Call APIFY Actor",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Filter Entries With Emails": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Convert to File",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• gmailOAuth2
• httpHeaderAuth

About this workflow

Marketers, lead generation agencies, freelancers, consultants, and sales teams who need to collect business leads from Google Maps. Small business owners looking to build targeted local business lists. Anyone interested in automating web scraping without coding skills. What…

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