# How to Find Shopify Store Owners from Business Listings

If you sell services or products to online retailers, you already know the hardest part isn't pitching — it's finding the right person to pitch. **Finding Shopify store owners from business listings** is one of the fastest ways to build a targeted outreach list without guessing or scraping random directories.

Here's the direct answer: you search for the business category or niche on a Google Maps-based lead tool, pull the store's public contact and profile data, then match that business to its Shopify site and owner name using LinkedIn or the site's "About" page. Below is the exact process, in order.

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### Why This Works Better Than Random Scraping

Old-school SEO advice says "just Google the store name and find an email." That works maybe one time in five. AI-driven lead research works differently — it starts with *why* a business shows up in local search at all, then reverse-engineers the owner from there.

Most Shopify store owners for small and mid-size brands also register their business on Google Business Profile (GBP), because local visibility drives foot traffic or brand trust even for online-first stores. That overlap is the opening you can use.

### Step 1: Search by Business Category, Not Brand Name

Start broad. Instead of searching for a specific Shopify brand, search by the **product category or niche** — for example "handmade candles," "custom apparel," or "organic skincare" — combined with a location.

Using a Google Maps data tool like The[MapLeads](https://themapleads.com/), the process looks like this:

*   Enter the business category or business name
    
*   Set the target location (city, state, or region)
    
*   Hit search
    

You'll get a full list of matching businesses, each with the content info already extracted from their Google Business Profile — name, address, phone, website, and category. No manual copy-pasting from map pins.

### Step 2: Filter for Businesses That Are Likely Shopify Stores

Not every local listing runs on Shopify. To narrow the list:

*   Check the website field for `.`[`myshopify.com`](http://myshopify.com) in the URL structure, or a custom domain with Shopify's checkout patterns
    
*   Look for e-commerce signals in the business category (retail, online store, boutique)
    
*   Prioritize listings with an active website link, since dormant listings rarely convert
    

This filtering step is what separates a usable outreach list from a bloated spreadsheet full of dead ends.

### Step 3: Export the List and Add It to a Campaign

Once you've got a clean list of relevant businesses, export it and organize it. Inside your [dashboard's saved lists](https://themapleads.com/dashboard/lists), you can group stores by category, region, or campaign stage, which makes follow-up outreach far more manageable than a flat CSV file.

This is also the point where you decide your outreach angle — you now have verified business data, not a cold guess.

### Step 4: Find the Actual Store Owner's Email

Business listings give you the storefront. To reach the **person**, not just the business, you need the owner's name and email — and that's usually on LinkedIn.

Here's the procedure:

1.  Install the **MapLeads – LinkedIn Email Finder** [Chrome extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pkcnhkbfbngalkbdndjapekjcmpbbacf?utm_source=item-share-cb)
    
2.  Connect your LinkedIn account and add your API key
    
3.  The extension now appears directly on your LinkedIn profile
    
4.  Search for the store name, brand, or owner
    
5.  Pull the bulk email list or a single verified email
    
6.  Save or download the results
    

This closes the loop: business listing → verified brand → real decision-maker → working email address.

### Step 5: Send Outreach and Track Replies

Once emails are saved, you don't need a separate mail tool. From the same dashboard, you can:

*   Send bulk emails in one click, generated with AI based on the business's own listing content
    
*   Track opens and responses inside your [campaigns dashboard](https://themapleads.com/dashboard/campaigns)
    
*   Connect other tools through [integrations](https://themapleads.com/dashboard/integrations) if your team uses a separate CRM
    

This is where topical relevance meets action — the outreach message references the actual business category and location data pulled in step one, which makes it read as researched, not templated.

### Common Mistakes to Avoid

*   **Searching by brand name only.** You'll miss dozens of smaller stores that don't rank for their own name yet.
    
*   **Skipping the filter step.** Not every retail listing is a Shopify store — sending generic Shopify-specific pitches to non-Shopify businesses wastes your list.
    
*   **Ignoring saved lists.** Re-running the same search without saving wastes time and duplicates work.
    
*   **Sending one-size-fits-all emails.** Bulk doesn't mean identical — use the business category and location fields to personalize at scale.