If you've ever spent an afternoon on Google Maps looking up businesses — noting phone numbers, copying addresses, switching between tabs — you already know how time-consuming it gets. GrabNear was built to eliminate that friction entirely. This guide walks you through exactly how to use it, step by step, from anywhere in the world.
You'll need two things: the GrabNear browser extension (available for Microsoft Edge and Chrome) and a free GrabNear account. Both take under two minutes to set up. Install the extension from the store, create your account at grabnear.com, and you're ready.
Install GrabNear from the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store or Chrome Web Store. The extension icon appears immediately in your browser toolbar. Click it and sign in with your GrabNear credentials. Your login is stored locally — you won't be asked to sign in again unless you explicitly log out.
Open Google Maps and search for a business type and location. GrabNear works with any combination — "restaurants in Sydney", "IT companies in Nairobi", "law firms in São Paulo". The more specific your search, the more targeted your contact list will be.
Click the GrabNear icon in your toolbar. The extension reads the businesses visible on your current map view and displays them in a clean panel — with business name, phone number, address, star rating, and website already populated. No manual copying required.
Tick the checkboxes next to the businesses you want to save. Click "All" to select everything on the current view. Use "Load More" to pull in additional results from the map without losing your current selection. When ready, click "Save Leads to GrabNear" — contacts transfer instantly to your CRM dashboard.
Every contact card has two action buttons: Call and WhatsApp. The Call button opens a phone dialler with the number pre-filled. The WhatsApp button opens a template picker from your GrabNear message library — select a template, review the pre-filled message, and send.
GrabNear works wherever Google Maps works. Teams use it in the US, UK, UAE, India, Brazil, South Africa, Singapore, Australia, and dozens of other markets. The extension automatically detects your country's phone dial code from your IP address, so international numbers are formatted correctly for WhatsApp every time.
Pro tip: GrabNear auto-detects your country's dial code, so WhatsApp messages go to the correct international number — whether the business is in Tokyo or Toronto. You can override the dial code manually in the WhatsApp modal if you're messaging contacts in a different country.
All five fields are captured automatically — no typing, no copy-paste, no tab-switching.
Install GrabNear on Microsoft Edge or Chrome and build your first contact list in under 10 minutes. No credit card required.
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