AI-Powered Local Lead Generation Workflow with n8n
This workflow solves one of the biggest pain points for freelancers , agencies , and SaaS founders —finding accurate local business leads at scale without manual copy-pasting or unreliable scraping tools.
Traditional lead generation is time-consuming and prone to errors.
This template automates the entire process so you can focus on outreach, not data gathering.
✅ What the Workflow Does
- Accepts a business type (e.g.,
plumbers) and city (e.g., Los Angeles) as input
- Uses AI to generate hyperlocal search terms for full neighborhood coverage
- Scrapes Google Maps results to extract business details and websites
- Filters out junk, Google-owned links, and duplicates
- Scrapes homepage HTML for each business and extracts valid emails using Regex
- Outputs a clean, deduplicated lead list with business names, websites, and emails
🛠 Everything Runs Inside n8n With:
- OpenAI for AI-driven query generation
- Zyte API for reliable scraping
- JavaScript functions for email extraction
- Built-in filtering and batching for clean results
👥 Who is This For?
- Marketing agencies doing local outreach
- Freelancers offering SEO, design, or lead gen services
- SaaS founders targeting SMBs
- Sales teams scaling outbound campaigns
✅ Requirements
- n8n account (Cloud or self-hosted)
- OpenAI API key (stored in n8n credentials)
- Zyte API key (stored securely)
- Basic familiarity with Google Sheets if you want to export results
⚙️ How to Set Up
- Import the workflow JSON into n8n
- Go to Credentials in n8n and add OpenAI and Zyte API keys
- Replace placeholder credential references in the HTTP Request nodes
- Set your search parameters (business type and city) in the designated Set node
- Test the workflow with a single search to confirm scraping and email extraction steps
- Configure batching if you plan to scrape multiple neighborhoods
- Add an output step (Google Sheets, Airtable, or CRM) to store your leads
🔧 How to Customize
- Update the OpenAI prompt for different search formats (e.g.,
service + zip code)
- Adjust the Regex pattern in the JavaScript node for additional email validation rules
- Add extra filtering logic for niche-specific keywords
- Integrate with Instantly, HubSpot , or any email-sending tool for full automation
