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

1. Import the workflow JSON into n8n
2. Go to Credentials in n8n and add OpenAI and Zyte API keys
3. Replace placeholder credential references in the HTTP Request nodes
4. Set your search parameters (business type and city) in the designated Set node
5. Test the workflow with a single search to confirm scraping and email extraction steps
6. Configure batching if you plan to scrape multiple neighborhoods
7. 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