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Local business search API: best providers in 2026

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We score 16 local business search APIs. 6 of them leave out each place's address. LocationIQ, TomTom and ScrapeField are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark. We benchmarked 18 providers and rank the 16 we score. For the three we score highest, we show each one's top scoring plan, each part of the plan's score and what 1,000 places cost. We rank 129 plans by price. SerpData's $200 pack is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 places: $0.0004. SerpData charges for each page of results. We count 200 places on each page to get the $0.0004 price.

Local business search API alternatives, ranked by score

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 places
1LocationIQ, $100 monthly68.029$0.0027
2TomTom, pay as you go, Pay as you grow, Tier 146.835$0.034
3ScrapeField, $39 pack45.428$0.117
4LurkAPI, $59 pack44.440$0.03
5Geocode Earth, $500 monthly, Advanced43.315$0.0063
6MapTiler, $30 monthly, Flex43.219$0.006
7ArcGIS, pay as you go, Pay-as-you-go37.313$0.40
82GIS, ₽30,000 monthly36.24$0.072
9G Maps Extractor, $15 monthly34.443$0.75
10G Maps Crawl, $15 monthly28.645$0.75
We rank 16 local business search API providers by Overall score, out of 100. Here are the top 10. LocationIQ is first at 68.0, then TomTom at 46.8 and ScrapeField at 45.4.

Compare the top three side by side: LocationIQ vs TomTom, LocationIQ vs ScrapeField, ScrapeField vs TomTom

Providers #11 to #16 are under the three cards below.

  1. #1 LocationIQ: Local business search API

    LocationIQ, $100 monthly

    It returns 3 of the 8 key fields we check: Address, Category, Coordinates.

    Overall score
    68.0
    $ per 1,000
    $0.0027
    Price score
    91
    • $ per 1,000 searches that find no place: $0
    • Plans of this API we rank by price: 129
    • Plans cheaper per 1,000 places than this plan: 11
    Accuracy score
    29
    Cost to get started score
    73
    • How you pay: monthly
    • Least to pay before your first result: $100
    Bundle score
    93
    • Also pays for, from the same budget: Search / Forward Geocoding · Structured Geocoding · Postal Code Search · Reverse Geocoding API and 10 more
    Performance score
    100
    • This call's median time on 5 November 2026, minus the baseline: 0.013 s, counted as 0.1 s
    • Barikoi, the fastest live provider we benchmarked: under 0.1 s, counted as 0.1 s
    • On 5 November 2026, we sent this provider all 20 searches in our benchmark.
    • This plan scored 0.2885 out of 1 on those 20 searches. That gives this plan an Accuracy score of 29 out of 100.
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  2. #2 TomTom: Local business search API

    TomTom, pay as you go, Pay as you grow, Tier 1

    It returns 6 of the 8 key fields we check: Address, Phone, Website, Category, Coordinates, Opening hours.

    Overall score
    46.8
    $ per 1,000
    $0.034
    Price score
    31
    • $ per 1,000 searches that find no place: the provider's pages don't say
    • Plans of this API we rank by price: 129
    • Plans cheaper per 1,000 places than this plan: 48
    Accuracy score
    35
    Cost to get started score
    100
    • How you pay: pay as you go
    • Least to pay before your first result: one result at $0.034 per 1,000 places, $0
    Bundle score
    67
    • Also pays for, from the same budget: Category Search · Nearby Search
    Performance score
    83
    • This call's median time on 5 November 2026, minus the baseline: 0.12 s
    • Barikoi, the fastest live provider we benchmarked: under 0.1 s, counted as 0.1 s
    • On 5 November 2026, we sent this provider all 20 searches in our benchmark.
    • This plan scored 0.3474 out of 1 on those 20 searches. That gives this plan an Accuracy score of 35 out of 100.

  3. #3 ScrapeField: Local business search API

    ScrapeField, $39 pack

    It returns all 8 key fields we check: Address, Phone, Website, Category, Coordinates, Rating, Review count, Opening hours.

    Overall score
    45.4
    $ per 1,000
    $0.117
    Price score
    49
    • $ per 1,000 searches that find no place: $0
    • Plans of this API we rank by price: 129
    • Plans cheaper per 1,000 places than this plan: 66
    Accuracy score
    28
    Cost to get started score
    83
    • How you pay: a pack you pay first
    • Least to pay before your first result: $39
    Bundle score
    98
    • Also pays for, from the same budget: 44 other calls
    Performance score
    10
    • This call's median time on 5 November 2026, minus the baseline: 1.184 s
    • Yandex Maps API, the fastest provider we benchmarked that answers from a copy: 0.115 s
    • On 5 November 2026, we sent this provider all 20 searches in our benchmark.
    • This plan scored 0.2826 out of 1 on those 20 searches. That gives this plan an Accuracy score of 28 out of 100.

Best local business search API for each need

Of the 16 local business search API providers ranked in the Datacircle benchmark:

  • Best for the lowest price per 1,000 places: LocationIQ.
  • Best for the most accurate answers: G Maps Crawl.
  • Best for the lowest cost to get your first result: TomTom.
  • Best for the most endpoints on one plan: LurkAPI.
  • Best for the fastest answers: LocationIQ.

How we tested

On 5 November 2026, we sent 18 providers the same list of 20 searches, or fewer. Each plan's Overall score adds five parts at their weights, scaled to 100. Price and Accuracy weigh 40 each, and Cost to get started, Bundle and Performance weigh 10 each. We score 16 of the 18 providers and rank them by their top plan's Overall score.

Questions about local business search APIs

What is a local business search API?

A local business search API takes a query and a place. The API returns the businesses there. Our price sheet lists 686 local business search API plans from 66 providers.

What is the best local business search API?

LocationIQ is the best local business search API in the Datacircle benchmark. LocationIQ's $100 monthly plan has an Overall score of 68.0 out of 100. TomTom is second at 46.8 and ScrapeField third at 45.4.

What is the cheapest local business search API?

SerpData's $200 pack is the cheapest paid local business search API per 1,000 places: $0.0004. SerpData charges for each page of results. We count 200 places on each page to get the $0.0004 price. We rank 129 local business search API plans by price. Half of them cost $0.096 per 1,000 places or less.

Is there a free local business search API?

Yes: 112 local business search API plans on our price sheet are free.

Which is better, LocationIQ or TomTom?

LocationIQ scores higher overall, at 68.0 against TomTom's 46.8 in our benchmark. TomTom scores higher on Cost to get started, at 100 against LocationIQ's 73.

Can I use local business search API data?

Each provider's terms decide what you can do with local business search API data. We rank 16 local business search API providers. 14 of the 16 have API terms. 11 of the 16 set no time limit on keeping the data. 14 of the 16 set conditions on how you use the data. Each plan's page shows what the provider's terms say about keeping and using the data.

How did you test local business search APIs?

On 5 November 2026, we sent 18 providers the same list of 20 searches, or fewer.

Local business search API alternatives ranked #11 to #16

RankProvider and planOverall scoreAccuracy score$ per 1,000 places
11Serply, $5 pack28.329
12Litescrape, top-up from $1026.324
13SERPHouse, $29.99 monthly25.325
14FlashData, top-up from $10, Pay as you go23.917
15Scale SERP, $29 monthly21.916
16Barikoi, pay as you go, from API call 3,001 of the month18.61

We don't rank 2 other providers we benchmarked: Jawg and Yandex Maps API. Each Jawg plan is free, billed yearly, over $500 to start or priced on request. Each Yandex Maps API plan is billed yearly, over $500 to start or priced on request. We don't score these plans.

We haven't benchmarked 47 other local business search API providers yet:

We don't rank 1 other local business search API provider yet. We list their plans:

3 local business search API providers have a call named for batches or bulk:

How we tested each provider, and what each one costs

LocationIQ, #1 of 16

We tested LocationIQ on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. LocationIQ scored 29 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the lowest price per 1,000 places.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $990 a year paid up front with LocationIQ's Developer plan
  • 10,000 places: $990 a year paid up front with LocationIQ's Developer plan
  • 100,000 places: $990 a year paid up front with LocationIQ's Developer plan
  • 1,000,000 places: $990 a year paid up front with LocationIQ's Developer plan

TomTom, #2 of 16

We tested TomTom on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. TomTom scored 35 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the lowest cost to get your first result.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: contact TomTom for a price
  • 10,000 places: contact TomTom for a price
  • 100,000 places: contact TomTom for a price
  • 1,000,000 places: contact TomTom for a price

ScrapeField, #3 of 16

We tested ScrapeField on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. ScrapeField scored 28 out of 100 for accuracy. ScrapeField's best rank is #3 of 16, for bundle.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $39 a month with ScrapeField's 50,000 credits pack
  • 10,000 places: $39 a month with ScrapeField's 50,000 credits pack
  • 100,000 places: $39 a month with ScrapeField's 50,000 credits pack
  • 1,000,000 places: $149 a month with ScrapeField's 250,000 credits pack

LurkAPI, #4 of 16

We tested LurkAPI on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. LurkAPI scored 40 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: one plan that covers more of LurkAPI's other calls than any other provider's plan.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $9 a month with LurkAPI's Starter pack
  • 10,000 places: $9 a month with LurkAPI's Starter pack
  • 100,000 places: $9 a month with LurkAPI's Starter pack
  • 1,000,000 places: $59 a month with LurkAPI's Growth pack

Geocode Earth, #5 of 16

We tested Geocode Earth on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. Geocode Earth scored 15 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the fastest answers of the 16.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $100 a month with Geocode Earth's Lite plan
  • 10,000 places: $100 a month with Geocode Earth's Lite plan
  • 100,000 places: $100 a month with Geocode Earth's Lite plan
  • 1,000,000 places: $100 a month with Geocode Earth's Lite plan

MapTiler, #6 of 16

We tested MapTiler on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. MapTiler scored 19 out of 100 for accuracy. MapTiler's best rank is #2 of 10, for price.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $30 a month with MapTiler's Flex plan
  • 10,000 places: $30 a month with MapTiler's Flex plan
  • 100,000 places: $30 a month with MapTiler's Flex plan
  • 1,000,000 places: $30 a month with MapTiler's Flex plan

ArcGIS, #7 of 16

We tested ArcGIS on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. ArcGIS scored 13 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the lowest cost to get your first result.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $0.40 a month with ArcGIS's Pay-as-you-go plan
  • 10,000 places: $4 a month with ArcGIS's Pay-as-you-go plan
  • 100,000 places: $40 a month with ArcGIS's Pay-as-you-go plan
  • 1,000,000 places: $400 a month with ArcGIS's Pay-as-you-go plan

2GIS, #8 of 16

We tested 2GIS on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. 2GIS scored 4 out of 100 for accuracy. 2GIS's best rank is #6 of 10, for price.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $79.99 a month with 2GIS's 10,000 units plan
  • 10,000 places: $79.99 a month with 2GIS's 10,000 units plan
  • 100,000 places: $79.99 a month with 2GIS's 10,000 units plan
  • 1,000,000 places: $179.09 a month with 2GIS's 30,000 units plan

G Maps Extractor, #9 of 16

We tested G Maps Extractor on 5 November 2026 with 16 of the 20 searches in our test. G Maps Extractor scored 43 out of 100 for accuracy. G Maps Extractor's best rank is #2 of 16, for accuracy.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $15 a month with G Maps Extractor's Basic plan
  • 10,000 places: $15 a month with G Maps Extractor's Basic plan
  • 100,000 places: $65 a month with G Maps Extractor's Professional plan
  • 1,000,000 places: $365 a month with G Maps Extractor's Scale plan

G Maps Crawl, #10 of 16

We tested G Maps Crawl on 5 November 2026 with 15 of the 20 searches in our test. G Maps Crawl scored 45 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the most accurate answers of the 16.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: $15 a month with G Maps Crawl's Basic plan
  • 10,000 places: $15 a month with G Maps Crawl's Basic plan
  • 100,000 places: $65 a month with G Maps Crawl's Professional plan
  • 1,000,000 places: $365 a month with G Maps Crawl's Scale plan

Serply, #11 of 16

We tested Serply on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. Serply scored 29 out of 100 for accuracy. Serply's best rank is #4 of 16, for cost to get started.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: contact Serply for a price
  • 10,000 places: contact Serply for a price
  • 100,000 places: contact Serply for a price
  • 1,000,000 places: contact Serply for a price

Litescrape, #12 of 16

We tested Litescrape on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. Litescrape scored 24 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: one plan that covers more of Litescrape's other calls than any other provider's plan.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: no plan listed
  • 10,000 places: no plan listed
  • 100,000 places: no plan listed
  • 1,000,000 places: no plan listed

SERPHouse, #13 of 16

We tested SERPHouse on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. SERPHouse scored 25 out of 100 for accuracy. SERPHouse's best rank is #4 of 16, for bundle.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: contact SERPHouse for a price
  • 10,000 places: contact SERPHouse for a price
  • 100,000 places: contact SERPHouse for a price
  • 1,000,000 places: contact SERPHouse for a price

FlashData, #14 of 16

We tested FlashData on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. FlashData scored 17 out of 100 for accuracy. FlashData's best rank is #4 of 16, for cost to get started.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: contact FlashData for a price
  • 10,000 places: contact FlashData for a price
  • 100,000 places: contact FlashData for a price
  • 1,000,000 places: contact FlashData for a price

Scale SERP, #15 of 16

We tested Scale SERP on 5 November 2026 with 3 of the 20 searches in our test. Scale SERP scored 16 out of 100 for accuracy. Scale SERP's best rank is #4 of 16, for bundle.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: contact Scale SERP for a price
  • 10,000 places: contact Scale SERP for a price
  • 100,000 places: contact Scale SERP for a price
  • 1,000,000 places: contact Scale SERP for a price

Barikoi, #16 of 16

We tested Barikoi on 5 November 2026 with all 20 searches in our test. Barikoi scored 1 out of 100 for accuracy. Best for: the lowest cost to get your first result.

Price on the cheapest plan for each number of places:

  • 1,000 places: contact Barikoi for a price
  • 10,000 places: contact Barikoi for a price
  • 100,000 places: contact Barikoi for a price
  • 1,000,000 places: contact Barikoi for a price

The Accuracy score on local business search APIs

This score, out of 100, shows how much of the businesses page a provider returns for a search. We send each provider a kind of business and a city, as a person types them on a map. For each search, we count the parts the answer held, such as the businesses and each business's name and phone. We divide the number of parts the answer held by the number of parts we count for the search. We have no copy of the map to check answers against. We use the live providers' answers to see what a search can return. We count a part on a search when a live provider's answer held that part. We count each part from any provider's answer when fewer than two live providers found the search. We count the businesses in each provider's answer. We divide each provider's count of businesses by the highest count any provider got for the same search. We keep each provider's first 10 businesses. Each business has details, such as the phone. We count the share of a provider's businesses that have each detail. We average the results over all searches. Every search counts the same. A provider scores 0 on a search where the call returned no business. A map can have no business for a search. 2GIS has none outside Russia and Central Asia. Barikoi has none outside Bangladesh. A provider that answers from a copy of a map has a separate sheet. We compare a copy's answers with the live providers' answers. We never compare a live provider with a copy. We compare a provider that ran on fewer searches with the other providers on those same searches. A provider can't score higher by running only on easy searches. We lower the score when we test the call on fewer searches than the benchmark has.

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