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Free Google Place ID Finder

Search a business or paste a Google Maps link. Get its Place ID, CID, review link and coordinates, each ready to copy.

  • Place ID and CID in one lookup
  • Works with Google Maps links, short ones too
  • Bulk lookup of up to 20 places

Type a name and pick it from the list. You can also paste a Google Maps link (short maps.app.goo.gl links too), a g.page link, a Place ID or a CID.

How it works

  1. 1

    Search or paste a link

    Type a business name and city, or an address. Or paste a Google Maps link, a Place ID or a CID.

  2. 2

    Pick the right place

    Pick the business from the suggestions, then check the name and address on the result card.

  3. 3

    Copy what you need

    Copy the Place ID, the CID, a Google Maps link or the review link. Each value has its own copy button.

Place ID vs CID vs Maps link vs review link

A Place ID is the text code Google uses to identify one place on Google Maps and in its Places API, for example ChIJgUbEo8cfqokR5lP9_Wh_DaM. Google has Place IDs for most businesses, landmarks, parks and intersections. The same listing also has a CID and a feature ID, and it turns up in two kinds of links.

NameWhat it looks likeWhere you see itWhat it's for
Place IDChIJgUbEo8cfqokR5lP9_Wh_DaMGoogle's Place ID finder, Places API responses and the Business Profile APIs (metadata.placeId).Places API calls, Maps embeds, review links, rank trackers and review widgets.
CID (ludocid)11749187091794056166Google Maps links with ?cid=, and Google Search links as ludocid.A Google Maps link that opens the listing. Some local SEO tools ask for it.
Feature ID (FID)0x89aa1fc7a3c44681:0xa30d7f68fdfd53e6Inside long Google Maps links, after !1s.Finding the CID by hand: the part after the colon is the CID in hex.
Google Maps linkhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/… or https://www.google.com/maps/place/…The Share button in Google Maps, or your browser's address bar.Sending someone to the listing. A long Maps link holds the feature ID and the coordinates, but no Place ID.
Review linkhttps://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJgUbEo8cfqokR5lP9_Wh_DaMBuilt from the Place ID. Owners also get a short review link under Read reviews > Get more reviews.Asking customers for a review by email, text or QR code.

How to find a Google Place ID without this tool

A Google Maps link doesn't show the Place ID, so you can't copy it from the address bar. You need Google's own finder or the Places API.

Google's Place ID finder

  1. Open the Place IDs page in Google's Maps Platform documentation.
  2. Type the business name or address in the search box on the map.
  3. Pick the place from the suggestions. A box on the map shows its name, Place ID and address.
  4. Copy the Place ID from that box.

Google's finder gives you the Place ID and the address, one place at a time. For the CID, see the next section.

Open Google's Place ID finder

The Places API

  1. Create an API key in the Google Cloud console and turn on Places API (New).
  2. Send a Text Search (New) request with the business name and city, and ask for the places.id field.
  3. Read the id field in the response. That's the Place ID.

Google bills Places API calls to your Cloud billing account. The fields you ask for set the price.

Google's Text Search (New) guide

If you can't find the business

  1. Search the business name with its city. Service-area businesses hide their street address, but they still have a Place ID.
  2. Open the listing on Google Maps and paste its link into the finder at the top of this page.
  3. A brand-new listing may not show up in searches yet. Try again once you can find it on Google Maps.

How to find the CID of a Google Business Profile

The CID is a number Google Maps uses to identify one listing, as in https://maps.google.com/?cid=11749187091794056166. Google Search links carry the same number as ludocid. Paste the listing's Google Maps link in the finder above and it shows the CID in decimal and hex. By hand, it takes four steps:

  1. 1

    Open the listing on Google Maps in a desktop browser.

  2. 2

    Look in the address bar for a pair of hex numbers after !1s, like 0x89aa1fc7a3c44681:0xa30d7f68fdfd53e6.

  3. 3

    Copy the part after the colon (0xa30d7f68fdfd53e6) and drop the 0x.

  4. 4

    Convert it from hexadecimal to decimal. The result, 11749187091794056166 here, is the CID. Use a converter that handles 64-bit numbers, because spreadsheets round long numbers and give a wrong CID.

Google's Places API has no lookup by CID, so you can't turn a CID into a Place ID with it. If you only have the CID, search the business by name above, or paste its full Google Maps link.

What you can do with a Place ID and a CID

You'll need one or the other for these five jobs.

  • Match listings in the Business Profile APIs

    In Google's Business Profile APIs, each location's metadata holds its placeId, a mapsUri link and a newReviewUri link. Use the Place ID to match an API location to a Places API result. Neither the location's own ID (locations/…) nor the Business Profile ID that owners see under Advanced settings is the Place ID.

  • Embed a map or call the Places API

    The Maps Embed API takes q=place_id: plus the Place ID to put its marker on the right place. The Places API returns a place's details, photos and reviews by Place ID. Google lets you store Place IDs, so you can save them and look places up later.

  • Point your schema to the right map

    schema.org's hasMap property takes a URL to a map of the place. You can put the CID link, https://maps.google.com/?cid= plus the CID, in your LocalBusiness markup.

    Generate LocalBusiness schema

  • Tell a rank tracker which listing is yours

    Rank trackers and citation tools often ask for a Place ID or CID. A business name can match several listings, and the ID points to one.

    Check where it ranks on Google Maps

Frequently asked questions

What is a Google Place ID?
A Place ID is a text code that identifies one place on Google Maps and in Google's Places API. Google has them for most businesses, landmarks, parks and intersections. An example from Google's documentation is ChIJgUbEo8cfqokR5lP9_Wh_DaM. The length varies, and Google sets no maximum.
How do I find my Google Place ID?
Type your business name and city in the finder at the top of this page and pick your listing from the list, or paste your Google Maps link. The result shows the Place ID with a copy button, plus the CID and your review link. Google's own Place ID finder, on the Place IDs page of its Maps Platform documentation, shows the ID and the address.
Can I get the Place ID from a Google Maps link?
Yes. Paste the link into this finder, long or short (maps.app.goo.gl). The link itself doesn't contain the Place ID. It holds a feature ID like 0x89aa1fc7a3c44681:0xa30d7f68fdfd53e6 and the coordinates, and the finder uses them to get the Place ID from Google.
What is a CID number for a business on Google?
The CID is a number Google Maps uses to identify a business listing, such as 11749187091794056166. Put it after https://maps.google.com/?cid= and the link opens that listing on Google Maps. In Google Search links the same number shows up as ludocid.
What is the difference between a Place ID and a CID?
Both identify the same listing. The Place ID is a text code for Google's APIs: the Places API, Maps embeds and review links take it. The CID is a long decimal number that Google Maps uses in its own links. Google's Places API can't look a place up by CID, so keep both if a tool asks for them.
How do I find the CID of a Google Business Profile?
Paste the profile's Google Maps link into this finder and copy the CID from the result. By hand, open the listing on Google Maps, find the 0x…:0x… pair in the address bar, take the part after the colon and convert it from hexadecimal to decimal. Use a converter that handles 64-bit numbers, because spreadsheets round long numbers.
Does a Google Place ID ever change?
Yes, it can. Google says a Place ID may become obsolete when a business closes or moves, or after updates to the Google Maps database, and the old ID then returns NOT_FOUND. One place can also have more than one Place ID. Google recommends refreshing stored IDs older than 12 months, and a Place Details request for the ID field only costs nothing.
How do I find the Place ID for my Google reviews?
Find your listing with this finder and copy the Place ID. Your review link is https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid= followed by that ID, and the finder builds it for you. You can also copy the review link Google gives you in your Business Profile under Read reviews > Get more reviews.
Is this Place ID finder free?
Yes. You can run 10 lookups in any 24 hours without an email. Continue with Google or verify your email to get 100 lookups per 24 hours and bulk lookup: up to 20 businesses per run, 5 runs per 24 hours, with a CSV download. A used lookup comes back 24 hours after you used it. You need no API key, no credit card and no browser extension.
Is the Google Maps CID the same as a Google Ads customer ID?
No. A Google Ads customer ID identifies an Ads account and shows under your account name in Google Ads, in the form 123-456-7890. The Maps CID identifies a listing on Google Maps. This finder looks up the Maps CID.

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