Search locations on Google Maps

You can search for places and locations with Google Maps.

When you sign in to Google Maps, you can get more detailed search results. You can find places you've searched for before and search for your contacts by name.

1. On your computer, open Google Maps.
2. Type an address or name of a place.
3. Press Enter or click Search .
   • To filter your search results, use the drop-down menus below the search box.

You get search results as red mini-pins or red dots, where mini-pins show the top results. The square pins are ads. Learn more about what the mini-pins mean.

1. On your computer, open Google Maps.
2. Search for a type of business, restaurant or place.
3. Choose a filter:

• Price: Search based on cost of the restaurant.
• Hours: Check places that are currently open for business.
• Hotel information: Find check-in dates and star ratings.

Find recent searches

In the 'Recents' tab, you can review, save and share recent searches.

To review recent searches:

1. On your computer, go to Google Maps.
2. On the left, click Recents .
   • Tip: At the top of the 'Recents' tab, Maps groups searches by geographical location.

To save recent searches to Saved lists:

1. On the left, click Recents .
2. Select the searches that you want to save.
3. At the bottom, click Save .
   • To save to an existing list, click the list you want.
   • To save to a new list, click New list.

To share recent searches:

1. On the left, click Recents .
2. Select the searches that you want to share.
3. To copy the searches to your computer's clipboard, at the bottom, click Share .
4. You can paste the searches in an email or document.

Tips:

• To disable the side bar, at the top left, click Menu Turn off Show side bar.
• To delete a recent search, hover over the image and click Delete .

1. On your computer, open Google Maps.
2. In the search box, enter a search, like restaurants.
   • Under the search box, personalised search results might appear.
3. Choose a place to check it on the map and get more information.

Delete search suggestions

Tips:

• Your search results include places that you've searched for before. If you're signed in but don't get personalised search results, turn on Web & App Activity.
• At the top of the screen, use the category buttons for search suggestions.
• To offer the best options, category buttons change based on your mode of transportation. For example, driving presents you with options like 'Petrol', 'EV charging' and 'Hotels'.

Examples include:

• Specific businesses: Starbucks.
• Types of places: coffee near hyde park.
• Narrow your results by using the city and county: groceries in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
• Narrow your results by using a postcode: petrol in BN2.
• Find a junction: high street and clarendon.
• Address, city, county, country or airport: 114 Park Road Brighton, Sussex, LHR, London Heathrow Airport, or Mount Everest, Nepal.
• Latitude and longitude coordinates: 41.40338, 2.17403.
• Friends and other contacts (you must be signed in): Alex Cooper.
• Other names of people in your G Suite Contacts.

To get more information about a place, do one of the following:

• Select a mini pin on the map.
• Drop a pin on the map.
• Search for a specific place.

You can get information about the place like the address, hours of operation, phone number, website and ratings or reviews.

Local results appear for people who search for businesses and places near their location. They're shown in various places across Maps and Search.

For example, if you search for 'Italian restaurant' from your mobile device, you can get local results. Google shows you nearby restaurants that you’d want to visit.

Several factors, primarily relevance, distance and prominence, influences the local results. These factors are combined to help find the best match for your search. 

For example, if what you’re looking for is probably in a business that’s further away from you, Google algorithms might decide to rank it higher in local results.

Learn more about local search results in Google.

You can check for personalised searches on Google Maps.

Here are some examples of where this information may come from: