If you already know you want a spreadsheet of local business leads — names, addresses, phones, websites, and emails — this guide walks you through the exact steps to get one out of LeadGrid and into Excel or a CSV file in under five minutes. No subscription required.
What do I need to know before exporting local business leads to Excel or CSV?
- Run a niche-and-location search in LeadGrid, review the returned records, then click CSV or Excel export — the file downloads instantly.
- Each search returns up to 50 leads per credit; larger searches spend more credits but can return up to 1,000 leads in one pull.
- Credits never expire and re-downloads are free for 30 days, so you can refine and re-export without paying twice.
- If you prefer a CRM over a spreadsheet, a one-click HubSpot push is available as an alternative to file export.
- Rules on outreach vary by jurisdiction — confirm your own lawful basis before contacting anyone on the list; LeadGrid honors removal requests within 48h.
How does the LeadGrid search-and-export workflow actually work?
You type a niche and a location into LeadGrid — for example, 'dentists in Florida' — and the tool searches public Google Maps business listings, enriches missing emails from each business's own website, then presents a clean table you can export to CSV or Excel with a single click.
The workflow is deliberately linear: search, review, export. There is no tagging interface, no sequence builder, and no built-in email sender — LeadGrid's job is to hand you a clean, structured file fast. That's a real trade-off: if you need sequencing or deep CRM automation baked in, a tool like Apollo (~$49+/user/mo) covers more surface area, though it costs significantly more and runs on a subscription.
- Go to LeadGrid and enter your search — a trade category plus a location (city, state, or region).
- Review the returned records: business name, address, phone number, website URL, and enriched email address where available.
- Use column filters if you want to narrow by presence of email, rating, or other fields before exporting.
- Click Export to CSV or Export to Excel — the file downloads to your machine immediately.
- Optionally click Push to HubSpot to send the records directly as Companies into your CRM instead of downloading a file.
- If you need the same list again within 30 days, re-download it at no additional credit cost.
How many leads will my export actually contain — and what fields are included?
A single LeadGrid export contains up to 1,000 business records depending on how many credits you allocate to the search; each record includes business name, street address, phone number, website URL, and an enriched email address where one could be sourced from the business's public website.
The email enrichment step matters more than it might sound. A LeadGrid analysis of 4,241 US local-business listings found that 53.3% of businesses have a website but still list no email on Google Maps — meaning the enrichment layer is doing real work on more than half your results, not just filling marginal gaps.
What the file does not contain: personal LinkedIn profiles, social handles, individual employee contacts, or any data sourced from login-walled platforms. Every field comes from publicly accessible business listings or the business's own public website. See the data posture page for the full breakdown.
How much does it cost to export local business leads, and how do credits work?
LeadGrid sells one-time credit packs — no subscription, no monthly commitment — starting at $9 for 3 credits; one credit powers one search returning up to 50 leads, and larger searches that return more records spend proportionally more credits.
| Pack | Price | Credits | Rough capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $9 one-time | 3 credits | Roughly three 50-lead searches, fewer if you run larger ones |
| Power | $29 one-time | 12 credits | Roughly a dozen 50-lead searches, fewer if you run larger ones |
| Bulk | $79 one-time | 36 credits | Roughly three dozen 50-lead searches, fewer if you run larger ones |
The honest trade-off on price: LeadGrid is not the cheapest option per raw row if you compare it against high-volume directory scrapers. Tools like D7 Lead Finder are built for bulk volume, though in our view the data skews stale and bouncy. Where LeadGrid wins is on the combination of no subscription, current Maps-sourced data, and website-enriched emails — particularly useful when you need a clean, targeted list for a specific niche and city rather than a massive undifferentiated dump.
Credits never expire. If you buy a Power pack today and only use six credits this month, the remaining six are still there next quarter. Re-downloads of any previously exported list are free for 30 days after the original search.
How does LeadGrid CSV export compare to other tools for getting local business leads?
For exporting local business leads specifically — as opposed to individual professional contacts — LeadGrid's CSV and Excel export is faster and lower-cost than subscription-based B2B databases, though those databases offer richer person-level data that LeadGrid does not provide.
| Tool | Pricing model | CSV / Excel export | Phone numbers | No subscription option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeadGrid | $9–$79 one-time packs | Yes — instant download | Yes (from Maps listing) | Yes |
| Apollo | ~$49+/user/mo | Yes, metered by plan | Yes | No |
| Hunter | ~$34/mo | Yes | No | No |
| ZoomInfo | ~$15k/yr (enterprise) | Yes | Yes | No |
| D7 Lead Finder | Not published | Yes | Yes | Unclear — check site |
The comparison above reflects the positioning honestly: Apollo and ZoomInfo are genuine alternatives if you need person-level contacts (job titles, direct dials, LinkedIn data) and can absorb a recurring cost. Hunter is useful if email patterns from known domains are enough and phones don't matter. LeadGrid fits best when you want business-level contacts — the practice, the shop, the firm — as a clean spreadsheet, bought once, without an ongoing subscription. See the full comparison page for a deeper breakdown.
Frequently asked questions about exporting local business leads to CSV or Excel
- Can I export to Excel as well as CSV, or only one format?
- LeadGrid offers both. After your search completes, you can download the results as a standard CSV file or as an Excel (.xlsx) file — whichever fits your existing workflow. The data fields are identical in both formats.
- Do my exported credits expire if I don't use them right away?
- No. LeadGrid credits never expire. You can buy a pack today and run searches months later without losing anything. Re-downloads of a previously exported list are also free within 30 days of the original search.
- What if I want to push leads into HubSpot instead of downloading a file?
- There is a one-click HubSpot export option that sends records directly as Companies into your HubSpot CRM. The step-by-step HubSpot guide covers that workflow in full.
- Will every record in my export have an email address?
- Not necessarily. LeadGrid enriches emails by visiting each business's public website, but if a business has no website or lists no contact email anywhere on it, no email will appear in that row. The tool does not fabricate addresses or use pattern-guessing for local businesses.
- Is it legal to cold-email businesses from a LeadGrid export?
- Rules vary by jurisdiction — confirm your own lawful basis for outreach before contacting anyone on the list. LeadGrid honors removal requests within 48h. The guide on lawful basis for outreach to Google Maps businesses covers the considerations in more depth without giving legal advice.
- How large can a single exported file be?
- A single LeadGrid search can return up to 1,000 business records. Larger searches spend more credits proportionally. If you need to cover an entire US state across a niche, the guide on how to get a lead list for a whole US state explains how to structure your searches efficiently.