I Open-Sourced Our Local SEO Data Collection Tool

We just open-sourced the Node.js script we use to pull competitive market data from the Google Places API for local SEO analysis. Repo: github.com/webpossible/local-seo-data What It Does Give it an industry ("dentist", "HVAC company", "med spa") and a county, and it: Searches multiple cities for comprehensive coverage Deduplicates by name + address Filters to the target county (city name matching + lat/lng bounding box) Sorts by review count Calculates market averages Groups by city for density analysis Outputs clean JSON Why We Built It We run a local SEO agency in Southeast Michigan. When we onboard a new client, we want to show them: How many competitors they actually have Who dominates reviews (and by how much) Which cities are saturated vs underserved What a realistic path to map pack visibility looks like Most agencies pitch SEO services without knowing any of this. We wanted data-driven strategies instead of guesswork. Example: Dental in Oakland County, MI Total: 272 dental prac