GrabNear launched on the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store in July 2026 and was approved within 24 hours. It's now available in 241 markets worldwide. This is a full breakdown of what the extension does, how it works, who it's for, and what makes it different from other sales tools in the Edge store.
GrabNear is a browser extension that sits alongside Google Maps. When you search for a business type and location on Maps — "law firms in Singapore", "dental clinics in Cape Town", "IT companies in Warsaw" — GrabNear reads the businesses visible in the current map view and displays them in a panel with their name, phone number, address, website, and star rating already populated.
From there you can: select individual contacts or all of them, save them to the GrabNear CRM dashboard, call them directly using the built-in Call button, send personalised WhatsApp messages using saved templates, or export the full list to CSV.
Setup is genuinely fast. Install from the Edge Add-ons store, click the extension icon, sign in with your GrabNear account (or create one free at grabnear.com), and you're done. The extension icon appears in the Edge toolbar. Open Google Maps, run a search, click the GrabNear icon — the panel appears alongside the map with results already loaded.
There's no configuration required. The extension auto-detects your country's dial code from your IP address, which means WhatsApp numbers are formatted correctly for your region from the first message.
This is the core of what makes GrabNear different. Most business contact tools pull from a static database. GrabNear uses Google Maps as a live, continuously updated source — so the data you get is as fresh as Google's own index. When a business updates its phone number on Google Maps, GrabNear sees the new number. When a new business opens, it appears in Maps searches immediately.
The "Load More" button inside the GrabNear panel pulls additional results from the current map view, allowing you to capture more than the initial display limit before saving. This is particularly useful when prospecting dense commercial areas with 50+ businesses in a small zone.
Every contact card in GrabNear has a WhatsApp button. Clicking it opens a template picker — where you choose from your saved GrabNear message templates. The business name is filled in automatically. WhatsApp opens in a popup window with the message pre-filled. You review and send. The process takes under 10 seconds per contact, and the Maps tab stays open so you can continue saving more contacts while messages go out.
Bottom line: GrabNear is the fastest way to go from "I need to find businesses in this city" to "I have 100 contacts saved and I've sent 30 WhatsApp messages" — all without leaving your browser. It's free, it works worldwide, and the setup takes less than two minutes.
Available on the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store in 241 markets. No credit card, no trial period.
Install GrabNear for Edge — Free