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Local Search Client

Bing Local Business Search finds local businesses (restaurants, hotels, hospitals) by geographic query — returns business info, address, ratings.

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Use it when

Global coverage, decent APAC data

Watch for

Sunsets 2025-08-11

First check

Obtain a key from Azure. GET /v7.0/localbusinesses/search?q=restaurant+seattle&mkt=en-US

Auth
CORS
No
HTTPS
Yes
Signup
?
Latency
50 ms
Protocol
REST
Pricing

Uptime · 30-day window

Probes: 1Uptime: 100%Avg latency: 50ms
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About this API

Local Business Search targets "near me" use cases: a user types "Chinese restaurants near me" or "hotels in Seattle" and the API returns matching businesses with phone, address, hours, average ratings, map coordinates. Global coverage but quality varies — US/UK is excellent, APAC reasonable, mainland China weak (for China local search use Baidu/Amap APIs). Sunsets 2025-08-11 with the Bing Search family.

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What you can build

  • 1"Coffee shops near me" search
  • 2Integrate business info into trip-planning apps
  • 3Local-business discovery widgets
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Strengths & limitations

Strengths

  • Global coverage, decent APAC data
  • Structured response (phone, hours, ratings)

Limitations

  • Sunsets 2025-08-11
  • Sparse data in some regions (mainland China)
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Example request

Generic template — replace <endpoint> with the real path from the docs.
curl https://microsoft.com/<endpoint>
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Getting started

Obtain a key from Azure. GET /v7.0/localbusinesses/search?q=restaurant+seattle&mkt=en-US

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FAQ

Are the ratings Bing's own or aggregated?+

Typically aggregated from source sites (Yelp, TripAdvisor, official sites, etc.).

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Technical details

CORS: NoHTTPS: YesSignup: ?Open source: No
Auth type
unknown
Pricing
unknown
Protocols
REST
SDKs
python, javascript, csharp
Response time
50 ms
Last health check
5/12/2026, 7:37:52 AM
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