Find more local businesses with Google Maps grid search.
Use Google Maps grid search to find local businesses across your target area. Search from multiple points, combine the results and remove repeated listings within the search. Choose your grid size and radius, review estimated credits, then filter the business list, export results to CSV or save prospects to LeadMapper’s built-in CRM.
Search the area from more than one location.
A grid spreads search points around a chosen centre. LeadMapper runs your business query from those locations and combines the returned listings, giving you one business list to review.
Look beyond the centre.
Search from additional locations across your target area. A grid can surface business listings that do not appear in a search from one point.
Control the search layout.
Choose how many points to use and how far they spread. Review the spacing to plan a focused search or a wider footprint.
Work from one business list.
Keep the returned businesses together. Repeated appearances with the same listing identifier are removed within the search.
Plan the search before starting.
Review the settings and estimated credits, then run the search in the background. Return to the saved results when you are ready.
Business results can change from one location to the next.
A search from the centre gives you one starting list. Location is one factor in Google’s local results, so more search points can surface other listings across your area, with more requests to budget for.
Plan your own grid ↓Single search
1 SEARCH POINTGrid search · 5×5
25 SEARCH POINTSUse one point for an initial check.
Start from one location when you want a focused search or a first look at the business type. Its results can include listings beyond the centre. See the business details a search can return.
- 1 search location
- One centre
- Returned listings
Use a grid to add search locations.
Review businesses across the selected footprint or bring the points closer together. The grid can find additional listings; the increase depends on the query, area and returned results.
- 25 search locations
- 6 × 6 km footprint
- Combined listings
Plan your Google Maps grid search before you run it.
Enter a business type and place label, then choose a grid from 2×2 to 10×10 and a radius from 0.5 to 10 km. The point layout, spacing and approximate planning credits update together.
- Grid points
- 25
- 5 × 5 over 36 km²
- Est. creditsESTIMATE
- ~250
- at most 375; about 10 a point in a busy city
- Results
- ≤7,500
- at most, before duplicates
- Duration
- ~38–50 min
- ≈106 s per point
Choose the area and the distance between search points.
More points at the same radius mean closer spacing; a larger radius at the same grid size spreads them further apart. Start focused, check the businesses returned, then add density or extend the footprint.
- 1Centre: the location used to arrange points.
- 2Radius: the reach along each axis.
- 3Spacing: distance between neighbouring points.
- 4Footprint: the extent of the point layout.
Same 3 km radius. Different point spacing.
The approximately 6 × 6 km footprint stays the same in every row. It is a square, not a circular distance filter: its corners, and the businesses returned, can sit further from the centre.
From business type and location to one result list.
Set up the search around your prospecting task, review its estimate, and return to a saved list of businesses. Each step keeps the category, location and point layout in view.
- 01Step 1 of 5
Choose the business type.
Use the service or category relevant to your prospecting task, such as plumbers, dentists or cafes.
- 02Step 2 of 5
Set the location and centre.
Resolve the place and country in the app, or enter custom coordinates for the centre you want to use.
- 03Step 3 of 5
Review the footprint.
Choose the grid size and radius. Check the point count and spacing before deciding whether the layout suits your area.
- 04Step 4 of 5
Check the estimate and start.
Review the app’s full search estimate before running it. The marketing planner gives an approximate planning figure.
- 05Step 5 of 5
Follow progress and results.
The search runs in the background. Saved listings and completed-point progress update as the run proceeds.
You can leave the page and return to the search later. Results are saved as each point finishes, so the list is there to review whenever you come back. More points and result pages simply take a little longer.
Results
268LIVE · refreshes every 5 s- Summit Flow Plumbing210 Example St, Lakewood, CO(303) 555-0142summit-flow.example★ 4.8 (126)Open lead
- Edgewater Bath & Kitchen4247 Hampden Ave, Edgewater, CO(720) 555-0106NO WEBSITE★ 4.7 (208)+ Lead
- Mile High Drain Co.45 Sample Ave, Englewood, CO(303) 555-0117NO WEBSITE★ 4.9 (88)Open lead
- Highlands Rooter Pros3511 Kipling St, Highlands, CO(303) 555-0107NO WEBSITE★ 3.7 (330)Open lead
- Denver Emergency Plumbers300 Wadsworth Blvd, Denver, CO(303) 555-0108NO WEBSITE★ 4.7 (126)+ Lead
- Front Range Pipe & Heat1800 Demo Blvd, Aurora, CO(303) 555-0163front-range.example★ 4.6 (214)Open lead
- Littleton Flow Plumbing3089 Havana St, Littleton, CO(720) 555-0109NO WEBSITE—+ Lead
- Sloan Lake Rooter Pros572 Quebec St, Sloan Lake, CO(303) 555-0110sloan-lake-rooter-pros.example—+ Lead
Search from overlapping points. Keep repeated listings out of the list.
The same listing can appear in searches from nearby locations. LeadMapper combines the results and checks listing identifiers before saving another row, so repeated appearances stay out of that search’s result list.
- returned appearances
- 9
- repeated appearances removed
- 3
- listings in the combined list
- 6
Separate locations can stay separate.
A business with several branches may have several Google Maps listings. The same listing appearing again is different from a separate business location with its own identifier.
Cleaning applies within the search.
Independently run searches are not automatically combined into one deduplicated database. The result list remains tied to the run you are reviewing.
More search points mean more credits to plan for.
Each search point is one search, and each search keeps collecting results until the area runs out, using at most 15 credits. The planner uses approximately 10 a point, the figure for a busy city; quiet areas use fewer.
Compare planning estimates.
ESTIMATE| Grid | Points | Est. credits | At most |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4 | ~40 | 60 |
| 3×3 | 9 | ~90 | 135 |
| 5×5 | 25 | ~250 | 375 |
| 7×7 | 49 | ~490 | 735 |
| 10×10 | 100 | ~1,000 | 1,500 |
Returned pages set the usage.
Each credit is one page of up to 20 results. Sparse points run out after fewer pages and use fewer credits; busy points keep going, up to 15. You only pay for the pages of results you get.
Credits do not mean a price per lead.
Several points may return the same listing. Those pages still count, even when repeated appearances are removed from the saved business list.
Review the full estimate in the app.
Check the planned search before starting, then review its recorded usage afterwards. Choose the footprint and point spacing that fit your task. See LeadMapper pricing for the product’s commercial terms.
Review the businesses. Export a shortlist or save leads.
Narrow the returned list to useful candidates and choose the next step for each. A missing website means none was returned, so check online presence before treating a business as a no-website prospect.
The CSV holds these 272 rows in the app’s 16-column view format, with address, category and the search each business came from.
Review and filter the list.
Narrow results by category, rating, phone and website availability. Use the listing details to research fit before approaching a business.
Export useful results to CSV.
Take supported search-result export scopes into a spreadsheet. Choose the file scope that matches the work you want to do.
Save prospects to your CRM.
Keep selected businesses as lead records. Add known contact details, follow-up tasks, notes and deal information in the built-in lead pipeline and CRM.
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Google Maps grid search questions.
How does Google Maps grid search work?
When should I choose a grid instead of a single search?
What grid sizes can I use?
Can I search Google Maps within a radius?
Will grid search find every business in the area?
What happens when a business appears at several points?
How many credits does a grid search use?
Can I leave the page while the grid search runs?
Can I export grid results or save them in a CRM?
Is this a Google Maps rank tracking tool?
Find local businesses across
your next target area.
Choose the business type and location, plan your search points, and review the returned businesses in one list. Filter prospects, export results or save leads to your built-in CRM. Every run shows its estimated credits before it starts. We’ll email your invite link, straight away or after a short review.