# Floqer, free: Local business search API

> Build a list of local businesses around a map location for a search term.

Floqer's Free plan for the local business search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. We check each provider's docs for 8 fields. Floqer's docs list all 8: Address, Phone, Website, Category, Coordinates, Rating, Review count, Opening hours.
In [our local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt), the best plan from Floqer scores 23.8 out of 100. Floqer ranks 19th of 51 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 426 plans for local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.396 or less per 1,000 places. [See the best free local business search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
[SerpData's $200 pack](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/serpdata/200-pack-growth-post-google-maps-search-places/llms.txt) 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. [Amazon Location Service's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/amazon-location-service/pay-as-you-go-on-demand-post-v2-search-nearby-searchnearby/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 places a month: $0.05.
[LeadSwift's $24.99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/leadswift/24-99-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of places. LeadSwift's $24.99 monthly plan costs less up front than SerpData's $200 pack.
[LocationIQ](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/100-monthly/llms.txt), [HERE](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/here/pay-as-you-go-base-plan-0-to-5000-requests-a-month/llms.txt) and [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapefield/39-pack/llms.txt) are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/free
- [Local business search API in 2026: the best of 50+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://floqer.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.floqer.com/api/v1/sources/search_local_businesses`
- API key: with the plan, on https://floqer.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://floqer.com/docs/source-detail/search_local_businesses.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Floqer (https://floqer.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Address: ✓
- Phone: ✓
- Website: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Coordinates: ✓
- Rating: ✓
- Review count: ✓
- Opening hours: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 50 other Floqer calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Build a list of local businesses around a map location for a search term.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits

## Rate limit

- Per day: 10,000
- Per second: 3.33 (200 a minute)

## Speed

- Answer: by polling
- Median: 1.62 s

## The call

- You send: name, lat, lng, api_zoom, search_query. Optional: max_count
- Method: POST
- Path: /sources/search_local_businesses

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

result position, name, place ID, CID, latitude, longitude, rating, review count, category, types, address, open state, opening hours, phone, website, Google Maps URL, service options

## Floqer's plans (16)

- [Floqer, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Floqer, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/49-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/99-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/199-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/299-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/499-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $699 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/699-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $999 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/999-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $529.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/529-20-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $1,069.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/1069-20-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $2,149.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/2149-20-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $3,229.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/3229-20-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $5,389.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/5389-20-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $7,549.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/7549-20-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, $10,789.20 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/10789-20-yearly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Floqer, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete

## Floqer's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /sources/search_local_businesses`: [Floqer, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/free/llms.txt)

## Floqer's APIs (5)

- [Floqer: job postings API pricing, 16 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/floqer/free/llms.txt)
- [Floqer: people search API pricing, 16 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/floqer/free/llms.txt)
- [Floqer: local business search API pricing, 16 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/floqer/free/llms.txt)
- [Floqer: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 16 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/floqer/free/llms.txt)
- [Floqer: company discovery API pricing, 16 plans, POST /sources/find_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/floqer/free-post-sources-find-companies/llms.txt)
- [Floqer: company discovery API pricing, 16 plans, POST /sources/find_companies_by_tech_stack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/floqer/free-post-sources-find-companies-by-tech-stack/llms.txt)
- [Floqer: company discovery API pricing, 16 plans, POST /sources/find_companies_hiring](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/floqer/free-post-sources-find-companies-hiring/llms.txt)

## Floqer: local business search API alternatives

- [LocationIQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [HERE, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/here/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, 24 hours
- [openrouteservice, free, Standard](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/openrouteservice/free-standard/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 63% complete, stored
- [mitbbs.ai, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/mitbbs-ai/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://floqer.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://floqer.com/docs/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://floqer.com/docs/reference?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://floqer.com/docs/source-catalog.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://floqer.com/docs/source-detail/search_local_businesses.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://floqer.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing