Get your business on Google Maps

It's free, through a Google Business Profile. It's often the first thing people see when they search for you, before your website.

Set it up

  1. Go to google.com/business and sign in with a Google account you'll keep (not a staff member's personal one).
  2. Search for your business. If it's already there, claim it; if not, add it.
  3. Choose your category, then your address, or the area you serve if customers don't come to you.
  4. Add your phone number and website.
  5. Prove it's yours, using one of the ways Google offers. Which ones you get depends on your business.

The details that win customers

  • Hours

    Including holiday hours. Wrong hours are a common complaint.

  • Real photos

    Your storefront, inside, your products. Recent ones, taken on a phone, are fine.

  • The same facts as your website

    Same phone number and address. Facts Check spots differences on your site.

  • Reply to reviews

    Briefly and politely, good and bad. People read the replies.

Google never charges for a Business Profile. Calls or emails offering to "verify" or "rank" it for a fee are sales pitches or scams: see Spot scam emails.