Google Maps Businesses and Reviews

Retrieve Google Maps reviews with full pagination, multiple sort modes, and date filtering.

CommunityOnlineAPI key requiredGlobalFreeCan modify data

What it can do

  • Search: Search Google Maps for places by query and location. Provide either lat/lon coordinates or a location name (not both). Returns place names, addresses, coordinates, ratings, categories, phone n
  • Details: Get detailed information for a Google Maps place. Returns name, address, coordinates, rating, review count, categories, phone, website, Place ID, description, timezone, price level, weekly op
  • Reviews: Get Google Maps reviews for a place. Returns ratings, full review text, automatic translations, author profiles, review photos, and business owner responses. Use the nextPageToken from the re

What data it sees

Do you need an account

An API key from the service settings is required

Retrieve Google Maps reviews with full pagination, multiple sort modes, and date filtering. This MCP server also provides place search, place details, and a URL resolver that converts Google Maps or Yelp URLs into place IDs — so you can go from a link to structured data in one step.

Typical use cases include analyzing customer feedback for a location, comparing review sentiment across competing businesses, monitoring review trends over time, and enriching CRM data with place details.

To get started, create an API key at beatanalytics.org/maps and add it to your server configuration.

How to connect

How to connect Google Maps Businesses and Reviews to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://maps-businesses-reviews.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Google Maps Businesses and Reviews to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://maps-businesses-reviews.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Google Maps Businesses and Reviews to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://maps-businesses-reviews.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (4)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

searchSearch Google Maps for places by query and location. Provide either lat/lon coordinates or a location name (not both). Returns place names, addresses, coordinates, ratings, categories, phone numbers, websites, and Google Place IDs.
detailsGet detailed information for a Google Maps place. Returns name, address, coordinates, rating, review count, categories, phone, website, Place ID, description, timezone, price level, weekly opening hours with machine-readable times, and about attributes (service options, accessibility, amenities, etc.). Use the resolve tool first if you have a Google Maps URL or Place ID instead of a feature ID.
reviewsGet Google Maps reviews for a place. Returns ratings, full review text, automatic translations, author profiles, review photos, and business owner responses. Use the nextPageToken from the response to paginate.
resolveConvert a Google Maps URL or Place ID to a feature ID. Accepts Place IDs (ChIJ...), share links (maps.app.goo.gl/...), and full Google Maps URLs. Returns a feature ID usable with the details and reviews tools.