How to export a Google Maps business list to CSV

Once you have pulled a business list, exporting it is the easy part. Live Map Leads gives you a clean spreadsheet you can open in Excel or Google Sheets, or load straight into your CRM. Here is what the file contains and how to use it.

Get your list first

Before you can export anything, you need a list. Run a search by business type and area, wait for it to finish, and your results are ready to download. If you want a complete list rather than a partial one, the companion guide on getting better Google Maps leads walks through how. How to get better Google Maps leads.

CSV or Excel: which to choose

You can download your list as a CSV or an Excel file. A CSV is a plain table that opens in almost anything, including every spreadsheet app and CRM, and it is the safest choice for importing elsewhere. An Excel file is handy when you want to sort, filter, and edit by hand right away, with the columns already formatted. If you are not sure, pick CSV; you can always open a CSV in Excel afterward.

What is in the file

Each row is one business, and the columns hold the details pulled from its public listing:

• Business name
• Full address, plus city and postal code
• Phone number
• Website
• Star rating and number of reviews
• Business category
• Email and social profiles, when you turn those options on

Empty cells are normal. Not every business publishes a website or a phone number, so some rows will have gaps. That is the real state of the data on Google Maps, not a missing feature.

Open it in Excel or Google Sheets

To open a CSV in Excel, double-click the file, or use File then Open. In Google Sheets, use File then Import and upload the CSV. Both turn the file into a normal spreadsheet, so you can sort by rating, filter to businesses with no website, or trim the list down before you start outreach.

Tidy the list before you reach out

A couple of minutes of cleanup pays off before you start. Sort the list by rating to lead with the most established businesses, filter out rows missing the detail you actually need (a phone number for calls, a website for research), and delete obvious duplicates if you searched several overlapping terms. A shorter, cleaner list beats a long one full of dead ends, and all of it is a few clicks once the file is open in a spreadsheet. Save the trimmed version as its own file so you keep the full pull as a backup.

Load it into your CRM

Most CRMs import a CSV directly. Look for an Import or Upload option, usually under contacts or companies, choose your file, and match each column to the right field: business name to company, phone to phone, and so on. Because the file is a standard CSV, it works with the common CRMs without any special setup. If your CRM lets you add a tag or list name during import, label the batch (by industry and area) so you can track how each list performs later.

Copying by hand versus pulling a list

You can build the same list by hand: search Google Maps, open each business, and copy its details into a spreadsheet one at a time. For a handful of businesses that is fine. For a few hundred it takes hours, and the data is already out of date by the time you finish. Pulling the list in one step and exporting it gives you the same result without the afternoon of copy-paste. Run local lead generation.

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