How to Export Google Maps Data to Excel or CSV (2026 Guide)
Step-by-step guide to exporting Google Maps business data to Excel or CSV for sales prospecting. Covers manual methods, browser tools, and the fastest paid solution.
Why Export Google Maps Data to Excel?
Google Maps is the world's most comprehensive directory of local businesses. With over 12 million verified business listings in France alone—and hundreds of millions globally—it's the single most valuable source for B2B prospecting, local competitor research, and market mapping.
The problem is that Google Maps is built for consumers to find places, not for sales teams to build prospect lists. There's no native "export to Excel" button. This guide covers every method available in 2026, from free manual approaches to purpose-built extraction tools.
Method 1: Manual Copy-Paste (Free, Very Slow)
The most basic approach: search Google Maps for your target category and location, click each listing, and manually copy the business name, phone number, address, and website into a spreadsheet.
When it works: Lists of 10-20 businesses, one-off research, verifying a specific competitor.
Why it doesn't scale: Each listing takes 2-3 minutes to process manually. For 100 businesses, that's 3-5 hours of copy-paste work. For 500 businesses, it's a full week. The data also goes stale quickly—you'd need to repeat the process every time.
What you get: Whatever is visible on the listing page. No emails, no social media links, no lead scores.
Method 2: Google My Business Export (For Your Own Listings Only)
If you're a business owner, Google My Business lets you export your own listing data from the dashboard. This is useful for backing up your profile information but completely useless for extracting other businesses' data.
Works for: Exporting your own GMB profile data.
Doesn't work for: Building a prospect list from other businesses.
Method 3: Browser Extensions (Free Tier, Limited Results)
Several browser extensions claim to export Google Maps data directly to CSV. The most commonly used ones work by injecting JavaScript into the Google Maps page and scraping the visible results.
Typical limitations:
- 100-500 results cap before requiring a paid plan
- No background emails or social media profiles
- Break frequently when Google updates its interface
- Data quality varies significantly
- Potential Terms of Service violations
Examples: Various Chrome extensions with names like "Google Maps Extractor" or "Data Miner"—these work for small exploratory tasks but aren't reliable for production use.
Method 4: Python Scripts and Open-Source Tools
For developers, options like Playwright or Selenium can be scripted to navigate Google Maps and extract data. Open-source projects on GitHub offer ready-made solutions.
Pros: Flexible, can be customized for specific needs, no per-record cost.
Cons: Requires coding knowledge, breaks when Google updates its UI, gets blocked by anti-bot systems, no built-in data enrichment, maintenance burden.
If your team has development resources and you need a custom data pipeline, this is a viable path. For everyone else, it's overkill.
Method 5: Purpose-Built Extraction Tools (Fastest)
Tools built specifically for Google Maps lead extraction handle the entire process—search, extraction, enrichment, export—without any technical setup.
What a proper Google Maps-to-Excel workflow looks like
Using MapsLeads as an example:
Step 1: Define your search Enter your business category (e.g., "restaurant", "plumber", "accountant") and your target location (city, arrondissement, postal code). MapsLeads searches across all relevant listings in that area.
Step 2: Select your data modules Choose what data you want:
- Contact Pro (2 credits) — Name, address, phone, website, GPS coordinates, opening hours
- Reputation (2 credits) — Star rating, review count, review highlights
- Photos (3 credits) — Business photos
Social media links (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube) are detected automatically and included when available—no extra charge.
Step 3: Preview before paying Before any credits are deducted, you see the estimated number of results, which data fields are available, and the total cost. No surprises.
Step 4: Extract The extraction runs in the background. Results typically appear within 30-60 seconds for most queries.
Step 5: Export to CSV Click "Export CSV" and open the file directly in Excel or Google Sheets. The CSV is structured with one row per business and clean column headers ready for your CRM.
What Data Comes in the Export?
A full MapsLeads export with Contact Pro and Reputation modules includes:
| Column | Example | |---|---| | Business Name | Boulangerie Dupont | | Address | 14 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris | | Phone | +33 1 42 33 44 55 | | Website | boulangerie-dupont.fr | | Email | contact@boulangerie-dupont.fr | | GPS Latitude | 48.8566 | | GPS Longitude | 2.3522 | | Opening Hours | Mon-Sat 7:00-19:30 | | Star Rating | 4.6 | | Review Count | 312 | | Facebook URL | facebook.com/boulangerie.dupont | | Instagram URL | instagram.com/boulangerie_dupont | | Lead Score | 87 |
This is the data that's immediately usable in a sales CRM—no cleaning, no manual enrichment.
Pricing Comparison: Manual vs. Tools
For 500 leads (a typical mid-city sector extraction):
| Method | Setup Time | Time Per Lead | Total Time | Cost | |---|---|---|---|---| | Manual copy-paste | 0 | ~3 min | ~25 hours | Free | | Browser extension | 30 min | ~30 sec | ~4 hours | Free (limited) | | Python script | 4-8 hours | ~5 sec | 4-8h setup | Dev time | | MapsLeads | 2 min | Automated | ~7 min total | €15 |
The math is straightforward: if your hourly rate (or your team's) is above €0.60/hour, paying per lead is cheaper than doing it manually.
Tips for Cleaner Excel Exports
Regardless of which tool you use, a few practices improve data quality:
Filter before you export. Most tools let you filter by star rating, review count, or presence of a phone number. Filtering to 4+ stars and 20+ reviews eliminates low-quality listings before you export.
Use the lead score. If your tool provides a quality score, sort by it descending and focus on the top 50-60% of your list.
Deduplicate on phone number. The same business can appear under slightly different names. Phone number is the most reliable deduplication key.
Add a status column immediately. Before sharing the spreadsheet with your sales team, add a "Status" column (Not contacted / Contacted / Meeting booked / Closed). This prevents duplicate outreach and lets you track progress.
The Compliance Question
Exporting business contact data from Google Maps raises GDPR questions for European operations. The short answer: business contact data (business name, phone, address, website) is generally public information and can be used for legitimate B2B prospecting. Personal mobile numbers and private email addresses require more care.
MapsLeads uses official Google data channels rather than scraping the web interface, which eliminates the Terms of Service violation risk. For GDPR compliance, the key is having a legitimate interest basis and honoring opt-out requests promptly.
Getting Your First Export
MapsLeads gives every new account 20 free credits—enough to test the workflow and extract your first real leads. No credit card required.
The full process from account creation to your first Excel export takes under 5 minutes. For most use cases, the combination of official data access, automatic enrichment, and pay-per-lead pricing makes it the most practical option for extracting Google Maps data to Excel in 2026.
Start free, export your first list, and see what 12 million+ local business listings can do for your pipeline.