# Fiber AI Google Maps Business Search - Start

> Fiber AI Google Maps Business Search - Start is a paid API for AI agents from Fiber AI API at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $6/call (dynamic — varies by input), status unknown (last checked 2026-10-09).

Initiates a Google Maps business search by query across specified geographic areas, returning matched businesses with contact data

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mpp.orthogonal.com/fiber/v1/google-maps-search/start?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $6/call (dynamic — varies by input)
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-09
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Fiber AI API
- Docs: https://api.fiber.ai
- Website: https://api.fiber.ai
- Tags: contacts, email, phone, enrichment, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fiber-ai-api-fiber-ai-google-maps-business-search-start-70b1dfbc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ok0GuuAr622vOY_A_-iID

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fiber-ai-api-fiber-ai-google-maps-business-search-start-70b1dfbc -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Google Maps for 'digital marketing agencies' in Austin, Texas and give me their business names and contact details.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to find businesses by keyword or type across one or more geographic areas using Google Maps data, especially for lead generation, sales prospecting, or local business discovery at scale. Prefer this over LinkedIn-based search when the target businesses are local/SMB or when physical location and phone/address data are important.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or empty search query returns no results
- Unsupported geographic area specification causes empty results
- Insufficient credits result in a payment or authorization error
- Rate limiting if too many concurrent searches are started
- Ambiguous query returns irrelevant business categories

## How this service works

Start a search on Google Maps. Searches businesses by query across specified areas. Charges 3 credits ($0.06) per business found. Async: poll with /google-maps-search/poll.

## Output

A list of businesses matching the search query in the specified area, including business names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and other contact details scraped from Google Maps listings. Each search call costs 3 credits ($0.06) per result.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fiber-ai-api-fiber-ai-google-maps-business-search-start-70b1dfbc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)