# Needle, free: Local business search API

> Build a list of businesses and locations.

Needle's Local business search API on its Free Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 places. Needle's docs list all 8 key fields we check: Address, Phone, Website, Category, Coordinates, Rating, Review count, Opening hours.
You get 1 linked account. This call is free. Needle limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
We haven't run Needle through [our Local business search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 239 plans for Local business search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.365 per 1,000 places or less.
[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.
[LocationIQ](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/locationiq/100-monthly/llms.txt), [ScrapeField](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapefield/39-pack/llms.txt) and [TomTom](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/tomtom/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-grow-tier-1-get-search-2-poisearch-query-ext/llms.txt) are the best local business search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/free
- [Local business search API: the 19 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-local-business-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://needle.app/api/v1/places/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/search-places?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Needle (https://needle.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 places: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: 112 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Build a list of businesses and locations.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: You may use Needle only in compliance with these terms and all applicable laws. [...] You agree not to misuse the service, including by attempting to access it in unauthorized ways, disrupting its operation, or using it to violate the rights of others.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1 linked account
- Expires: 7 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: query, location.latitude, location.longitude, radiusMeters, type, language, region, cursor, limit
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/places/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Trial
- Who can get it: anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect

## The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

place ID, name, address, city, state, country, postal code, latitude, longitude, Google Maps URL, website, domain, phone, types, primary type, business status, rating, review count, opening hours

## Needle's plans (4)

- [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Needle, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/69-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Needle, $724 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/724-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Needle, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete

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

- `POST /api/v1/places/search`: [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)

## Needle's APIs (16)

- [Needle: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: company open jobs API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)

## Needle: 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
- [ScrapeField, free](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapefield/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, 24 hours
- [TomTom, free, GET /search/2/categorySearch/{query}.{ext}](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/tomtom/free-get-search-2-categorysearch-query-ext/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete
- [Azure Maps, free, Gen2 Free, GET /search/poi/{format}](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/azure-maps/free-gen2-free-get-search-poi-format/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% 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 2026-11-06.

- https://needle.app/api/v1/openapi?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-linkedin-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/search-places?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=local-business-search-api-pricing