# OSM Local Business Scraper (`bgfc97/osm-local-business-scraper`) Actor

Extract local businesses & places from OpenStreetMap by city/area and category — name, phone, website, email, full address, opening hours, socials and coordinates. Great low-cost lead generation. No key, no residential proxy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bgfc97/osm-local-business-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Bruno](https://apify.com/bgfc97) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 business scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## OSM Local Business Scraper 📍

Extract **local businesses & places from OpenStreetMap** by city/area and category — a low-cost lead-generation source that needs **no residential proxy**.

Perfect for **local lead lists, sales prospecting, market mapping, store locators, and geo datasets** — at a fraction of the cost of map scrapers.

### What it extracts (one row per business)

- `name`, `category`
- `phone`, `website`, `email`
- `address` (+ `street`, `city`, `state`, `postcode`, `country`)
- `opening_hours`, `cuisine`, `brand`, `operator`
- `facebook`, `instagram`, `wheelchair`
- `lat`, `lon`, `osm_url`, full raw `tags`

### Input

```json
{
  "location": "Austin, Texas",
  "categories": ["restaurant", "cafe", "dentist"],
  "maxItems": 2000
}
```

- **location** — city / area / address (geocoded automatically). Or provide **bbox** = `"south,west,north,east"`.
- **categories** — friendly names (`restaurant`, `cafe`, `bar`, `hotel`, `dentist`, `doctor`, `pharmacy`, `bank`, `gym`, `lawyer`, `hairdresser`, `beauty`, `bakery`, `supermarket`, `car_repair`, `real_estate`, `school`, `veterinary`, `clinic` …) or raw OSM tags like `shop=bakery`, `office=lawyer`.

### Output example

```json
{
  "type": "business",
  "name": "Joe's Coffee",
  "category": "amenity=cafe",
  "phone": "+1 512-555-0134",
  "website": "https://joescoffee.example",
  "email": "hello@joescoffee.example",
  "address": "200 Congress Ave, Austin, TX, 78701, US",
  "opening_hours": "Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00",
  "lat": 30.2649,
  "lon": -97.7431,
  "osm_url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1481364381"
}
```

### Notes

- Data from **OpenStreetMap** via the free Overpass API + Nominatim geocoding (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL).
- No API key. No residential proxy — much cheaper than map scrapers.
- Only businesses with at least a name, phone or website are returned.

# Actor input Schema

## `location` (type: `string`):

City, area or address to search in (geocoded automatically). Example: 'Austin, Texas' or 'Lisbon, Portugal'. Leave blank if you provide a bounding box.

## `bbox` (type: `string`):

Optional bounding box as 'south,west,north,east' (min lat, min lon, max lat, max lon). Overrides Location. Example: '30.10,-97.94,30.52,-97.56'.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Business types. Friendly names: restaurant, cafe, bar, fast\_food, hotel, dentist, doctor, pharmacy, hospital, bank, gym, lawyer, hairdresser, beauty, bakery, supermarket, car\_repair, real\_estate, school, veterinary, hotel, clinic. Or raw OSM tags like 'shop=bakery' or 'office=lawyer'.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum businesses to return.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Datacenter proxy can help avoid rate limits on public servers. Residential NOT needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "location": "",
  "bbox": "",
  "categories": [
    "restaurant",
    "cafe"
  ],
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "categories": [
        "restaurant",
        "cafe"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bgfc97/osm-local-business-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "categories": [
        "restaurant",
        "cafe",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bgfc97/osm-local-business-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "categories": [
    "restaurant",
    "cafe"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call bgfc97/osm-local-business-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bgfc97/osm-local-business-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/2aSho7A7Fka1QIyzV/builds/1QlATS4A0lccXwdc4/openapi.json