Google Maps scraper for the UK

Searching the UK properly

Google Maps returns a limited number of places per search, so one search for "plumber, Manchester" misses most of the city. The location picker splits the UK into 3,302 postcode districts — Greater London alone is 295 of them, Greater Manchester 92 — and each district is searched separately. Pick a whole area or just the districts you need.

Each business comes back with its phone, website, full address, rating, reviews and hours from Google Maps, then the email and social profiles found on its own website — one row per business, exported to XLSX or CSV.

Emailing UK businesses: the rules in outline

• • The UK's Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) let you send marketing emails to corporate subscribers — limited companies, LLPs, government bodies — without prior consent, as long as you say who you are and give a simple way to opt out.
• • Sole traders and most partnerships are treated like individuals: they need consent, or an existing-customer relationship. A plumber trading under their own name is usually a sole trader, so check before you email.
• • UK GDPR still applies to personal data inside a business record, such as a named employee's address. Keep your source and dates, target relevantly, and honour opt-outs straight away.

This is an outline, not legal advice. The reference is the ICO's guidance on direct marketing by email; for the European picture, see Google Maps scraping and GDPR.

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