Local Search Client
Local Search Client
Bing Local Business Search finds local businesses (restaurants, hotels, hospitals) by geographic query — returns business info, address, ratings.
Global coverage, decent APAC data
Sunsets 2025-08-11
Obtain a key from Azure. GET /v7.0/localbusinesses/search?q=restaurant+seattle&mkt=en-US
Uptime · 30-day window
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.
What you can build
- 1"Coffee shops near me" search
- 2Integrate business info into trip-planning apps
- 3Local-business discovery widgets
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)
Getting started
Obtain a key from Azure. GET /v7.0/localbusinesses/search?q=restaurant+seattle&mkt=en-US
FAQ
Are the ratings Bing's own or aggregated?+
Typically aggregated from source sites (Yelp, TripAdvisor, official sites, etc.).
Technical details
- Auth type
- unknown
- Pricing
- unknown
- Protocols
- REST
- SDKs
- python, javascript, csharp
- Response time
- 86 ms
- Last health check
- 6/26/2026, 6:23:46 AM
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