Google Ads Advertiser Checker: Who Runs Ads?

What you can do with it

• Find which prospects already spend on Google Ads, and which do not.
• Add an advertises-on-Google flag and ad volume to CRM leads.
• See who advertises in your market and how actively.
• Compare ad activity across a list of brands in one table.

What you get

Results come as rows in an Apify dataset, which you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel or read over the API. These are the main fields:

Pricing

This Actor is pay per event. Apify plan tiers set the price: the column for your Apify plan is what you pay, and higher plans pay less per result. Prices are per 1,000 events.

Run start fee: $0.05 per 1,000 runs. Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event). Prices come from the Apify Store and can change; the Actor's Apify page always shows the current ones. Platform usage is billed through your Apify account.

Run it from code

Create an API token in Apify Console (Settings, API and Integrations) and replace YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN. This call starts a run with a small input and returns the rows when it finishes. Synchronous calls suit small inputs; for big jobs, start a run and read the dataset later.

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apisamurai~google-ads-advertiser-checker/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "targets": [
    "nike.com",
    "zomato.com",
    "Notion"
  ],
  "region": "US"
}'

Python (pip install apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run_input = {
    "targets": ["nike.com", "zomato.com", "Notion"],
    "region": "US",
}

# Start the Actor and wait for it to finish.
run = client.actor("apisamurai/google-ads-advertiser-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Read the results from the run's default dataset.
items = client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).list_items().items
for item in items:
    print(item)

JavaScript (npm install apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const input = {
    targets: ['nike.com', 'zomato.com', 'Notion'],
    region: 'US',
};

// Start the Actor and wait for it to finish.
const run = await client.actor('apisamurai/google-ads-advertiser-checker').call(input);

// Read the results from the run's default dataset.
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Client calls follow the Python and JavaScript client docs. The full input reference is on the Actor's Apify page.

FAQ

Domain or name?

Domains give the most exact results. Names pick the advertiser with the most ads.

What if a company has no ads?

It comes back with advertises: false.

Why several advertisers for one domain?

Agencies and resellers can run ads that point to the same domain. They are listed with their ad counts, and the biggest one leads.

I need every ad with images and dates.

Use the Google Ads Transparency Scraper for full ad lists.

Where do I report a problem?

Email hello@apisamurai.com, or open an issue on the Actor's Apify page.