Google Business Profile setup

What a Google Business Profile is

It is the card that appears on Google Maps and beside local search results when someone looks for a business like yours. It shows your name, hours, phone, address or service area, photos, reviews and a link to your website. For many local businesses it is the first thing a customer sees, before the website.

What we set up

We fill in every field that applies to your business, using only real information.

• Business name exactly as it appears on your sign and paperwork
• Main category and extra categories that describe what you do
• Address, or the service area if you travel to customers
• Hours, including holidays
• Phone number and a link to your website
• Services, a short honest description and photos of the place and the work
• A link to your booking or contact page where it applies

What we need from you

Most of this is in your brief. The rest is quick to send.

• Your business name, address or service area, phone and hours
• A few real photos: the place, the work, the team if you wish
• The services you want shown
• Access to the listing, by inviting us as a manager or by following our written steps, if the profile already exists

Verification

Google decides how a business proves it is real, and the method depends on the business and changes over time. It may be a video, a phone or text code, an email or a postcard. You are the one who receives it. We tell you in writing exactly what to expect and what to do, and we check that the profile is live afterwards. You never need to send us a password.

Google’s rules, in plain words

Profiles that break the rules can be suspended, so we keep to them.

• Use your real business name, without extra keywords or a city added to it
• Use a real address or, for a service-area business, hide the address and list the area
• Do not use fake locations, fake reviews or photos that are not yours
• Keep hours and phone current

How it connects to your website

The profile points to your site, and the site repeats the same name, address and phone, written the same way. That consistency helps Google match the two. The site also carries structured data that labels your business and services; see local SEO setup.

After setup

A profile is not set-and-forget. Update hours for holidays, add new photos of recent work, reply to every review calmly and ask satisfied customers to leave a real one. We show you how. We never write reviews or buy them.

What it does not include

This is setup, not promotion. Where you appear on the map depends on distance, competition, reviews and Google’s own judgment, and nobody can promise a position. Ongoing management of a profile is separate work, quoted on request.

Price

The Google Maps profile setup is included in every package: Starter, Business and Business+. For a business whose site we did not build, we can set up only the profile; write to us for a quote.

What your customers search for

• Google Business Profile setup
• Google Maps listing for my business
• set up Google Business Profile
• get my business on Google Maps
• Google My Business setup

Questions