TL;DR

Every gtme.business search is pulled live from Google Maps the moment you run it, so the list reflects what’s on the map right now — not a stale file scraped weeks or months ago. The honest nuance: each search is a snapshot at that moment, not a feed that keeps updating on its own. There are no scheduled or automatic refreshes — to get the latest, you re-run the search, and on Pro/Business plans the results dedupe and upsert into your own database so repeat pulls stay clean.

What does “fresh” data mean for a lead list?

A lead list is “fresh” when it reflects the current state of each business — the phone number, website, rating, and review count as they appear today, not as they were when some vendor last scraped them. Bought or pre-scraped lists are the opposite: they’re a frozen copy that starts aging the day it’s made, so by the time you work it, websites have launched, businesses have closed, and ratings have moved. Freshness is the single biggest reason to build your own list from a live source instead of buying one.

How gtme.business pulls data

When you run a search, the product queries Google Maps directly (via its data provider) for the categories and locations you chose, then filters and deduplicates the results into the list you export. Nothing is served from a pre-built cache of businesses — the listings come back from Google Maps at request time, which is why the count, the website field, and the ratings are all current as of that run. See how it works for the full flow, or lead lists by city for live examples by category.

One distinction worth being precise about: while a search runs, you’ll see live progress stream into the UI. That progress bar is the job updating in real time — it is not the data continuously refreshing. The data itself is captured at the moment of the pull.

Is it a real-time, always-updating feed?

No — and it’s important to be straight about that. A finished list is a static snapshot taken at search time. gtme.business does not run a live feed that keeps your exported list in sync as businesses change, and it does not run scheduled, recurring, or automatic searches — every search is a manual, one-time run. There are no watch-lists and no new-listing alerts. When marketing copy anywhere says “real-time,” it means the live job progress described above, not a data stream.

So the data is fresh at the moment you pull it, and as current as Google Maps is — but it doesn’t update itself afterward. If a list is a week old and you want today’s picture, you run the search again.

How to keep your list current

Re-run the search whenever you need an up-to-date pull. Because the data is pulled live each time, a re-run reflects any changes on Google Maps since your last one.
Sync to your own database (Pro/Business): results are deduplicated and upserted on a stable business ID, so repeated pulls update existing records instead of creating duplicates — your dataset stays clean as it grows. See Supabase sync for the mechanics.
Keep your downloads. Exported CSVs don’t expire — the data persists, and a fresh download link is generated each time — so an older snapshot is always there to compare against a newer one.

The honest bottom line

gtme.business gives you the freshest possible starting point — a live pull of what’s on Google Maps right now — without pretending to be something it isn’t. It’s a current snapshot on demand, not a self-updating feed. That’s usually exactly what a lead list needs: an accurate picture today, that you can refresh on your schedule, not a stale file you inherited. Start with 20 free searches and pull a current list to see for yourself.