If I scrape Google Business Profiles using the broad “Restaurant” category, will that reliably capture all cuisine-specific listings such as “Italian, Japanese, Thai, or Chinese restaurants”?
Or will it not capture some businesses who use only a specific cuisine category and do not select the general “Restaurant” category, causing them to be excluded from the scraped results?
Hi V_P,
Yes, the scraper will capture cuisine-specific restaurants as well!
To get more targeted results, you can use specific search queries like “Japanese Restaurant” or “Thai Restaurant” in your task setup.
For a detailed walkthrough on scraping restaurants with Outscraper, check out this guide: How Can I Extract Restaurants Data From Google Maps? | Outscraper
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Best regards
I want to confirm how Google Business Profile categories work for search and scraping. If I run a search using the broad “Restaurant” category, will that reliably capture all cuisine-specific restaurants such as Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and Thai, even if a business only selected a specific cuisine category and not the general “Restaurant” category?
In other words, can a single broad category search return a complete dataset, or do I need to run separate searches by cuisine type to avoid missing listings or duplicating effort?
@imjnvr - could you address my question above?
Hello V_P
Yes, You can use restaurant to get this specific restaurant also.