Disclosure: I run basedonb , the API I'm using in this tutorial. The technique works with any Google Maps scraping API — the trade-offs section is honest. If you'd rather build the scraper yourself, the "Why DIY scraping fails" section explains what you're signing up for. Last week a friend asked me for 500 dentist leads in Manhattan for a cold email campaign. I sent him a CSV in 90 seconds. This post is how to do that yourself in ~12 lines of code, and the failure modes you avoid by not writing the scraper yourself. Why building your own Google Maps scraper is harder than it looks Every "I'll just write a quick Puppeteer script" plan dies on the same five rocks: IP blocking. Google flags datacenter IPs after ~50–100 requests. You need a residential proxy pool (~$50–$200/mo) just to start. CAPTCHAs. Once flagged, every request becomes a reCAPTCHA challenge. Solving services exist but cost ~$2 per 1k. Layout drift. Google ships UI changes constantly.…