Tier 1 vs Tier 2 vs state industry clusters
MapsHarvest covers every Indian state and union territory, from Jammu & Kashmir to Tamil Nadu and Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh. Where you target matters as much as who — India's business density and outreach competition are sharply tiered.
Review count is a useful proxy for business size in India — businesses with many Google reviews are usually larger and more established, which helps with rough enterprise-vs-SMB segmentation before you even open a spreadsheet.
DPDP Act & TRAI's DND registry — outreach rules in India
Scraping public Google Maps listings is legal research. What you do with that list is governed by a framework that's actively evolving — India's data-protection regime changed substantially in the last few years and is still being implemented:
The DPDP Act 2023 is India's first comprehensive data-protection law
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 governs how personal data is collected, stored, and used in India. It's aimed primarily at individuals' personal data — a scraped business listing (company name, business phone, business address) sits closer to public commercial information than personal data, but the line gets blurrier for sole proprietors and very small businesses where the "business" contact is a private individual.
Purpose limitation and "deemed consent" are the operative concepts
The DPDP Act expects data to be used for a specified, legitimate purpose, and recognises "deemed consent" in some voluntarily-disclosed, business-context scenarios. Rules and enforcement guidance are still maturing as of 2026 — treat this as a developing area, not settled law.
TRAI's DND registry is the practical constraint for cold calling
India's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) runs the National Do Not Disturb (DND) registry via the National Customer Preference Register. Numbers registered on it are protected from unsolicited commercial calls and SMS, with real penalties for telemarketers who ignore it — check DND status before any calling campaign at volume, B2B included.
IT Act 2000 provisions on unsolicited commercial email still apply alongside DPDP
Older IT Act provisions on spam and unsolicited commercial communication continue to operate alongside the newer DPDP framework. This is general orientation, not legal advice — have an Indian counsel confirm current requirements, especially given how actively this area is still evolving.
Who uses Indian Google Maps data
B2B sales into India's SMB market
India has over 60 million SMBs — millions on Google Maps with phone numbers, addresses, and websites. Build state-by-state prospect lists for retail, manufacturing, healthcare, or hospitality without an expensive local data broker.
SaaS companies expanding to India
Scrape your target vertical across all 36 states and union territories to map your Indian TAM before your first sales hire — metro cities alone represent an enormous addressable market.
HR tech and recruitment
India's formal workforce is digitising fast. Scrape target industries by state to identify employers, their approximate size via review count, and direct contact details — faster than manual research.
How to scrape Indian businesses from Google Maps
Sign up free
Create a free MapsHarvest account — no credit card needed. You start with 50 free credits.
Select India
Click the 🇮🇳 India button in the Country selector. The regions grid switches to all 36 Indian states and union territories.
Pick your states
Select Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu — or any combination. Drag across the grid to sweep-select multiple states in one gesture.
Enter your category
Type your target business type — restaurants, hospitals, IT companies, manufacturing, hotels. MapsHarvest searches Google Maps and filters strictly to matching categories.
Export your list
Download as CSV, XLSX, or JSON with up to 23 data fields per business — ready to import into your CRM, HubSpot, Zoho, or outreach tool.
What data you get per Indian business
Every business scraped from Google Maps India includes up to 23 data fields:
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