General directories any local business can join: maps, review sites, yellow pages, national directories and data aggregators. They are ordered by how often they came up in searches for local businesses across 30 US cities.
Ordered by how often each one showed up in 399 searches for 100 types of business (Google, US, checked Oct 20, 2026). How we rank
Before you submit: Use exactly the same business name, address and phone everywhere. Mismatched details across citations are the most common reason listings don’t help.
A claimed Yelp page with reviews; Yelp data also feeds other apps.A claimed Yelp page with reviews.
A business profile with address, hours and contact buttons.A business profile with address, hours.
A Business/Brand Page customers can find, review and message.A Business/Brand Page customers can find, review.
A BBB Business Profile, optionally with accreditation badge and rating.A BBB Business Profile, optionally.
Free company page on the main B2B social network.Free company page on the main B2B social network.
Your business on MapQuest maps and search.Your business on MapQuest maps and search.
A B2B company profile used by sales teams.A B2B company profile used by sales teams.
Your listing on The Real Yellow Pages, one of the biggest US directories.Your listing on The Real Yellow Pages.
Yahoo's local results page.Yahoo's local results page.
Your business appears on Google Search and Maps with hours, reviews and photos.Your business appears on Google Search and Maps.
Baidu's map/POI listing platform.Baidu's map/POI listing platform.
A place on the open map reused by many apps and sites.A place on the open map reused by many apps and sites.
Places on the Waze driving map.Places on the Waze driving map.
A small-business profile on a long-running US directory.A small-business profile on a long-running US directory.
A merchant profile with deals, quotes and Q&A.A merchant profile with deals, quotes and Q&A.
A listing on a global business directory.A listing on a global business directory.
Service marketplace that sends customer requests; you buy credits to respond.Service marketplace that sends customer requests.
UK people and business search that many UK citation lists include.UK people and business search.
A free listing in a global database of 44.6M businesses.A free listing in a global database of 44.6M businesses.
A business profile on a national online business community.A business profile on a national online business…
A business profile on a local news/classifieds/directory community.A business profile on a local news/classifieds/directory…
Legacy city guide still showing local business pages.Legacy city guide still showing local business pages.
A US local directory with coupons and classifieds.A US local directory with coupons and classifieds.
A business page/directory listing on an 'AI visibility' platform.A business page/directory listing on an 'AI visibility'…
Use exactly the same business name, address and phone everywhere. Mismatched details across citations are the most common reason listings don’t help.
We ran 399 searches the way customers search (Google, US, desktop, Oct 20, 2026) and counted how often each directory landed in the first ten results. That count sets the order. Site popularity only breaks ties.
Each row shows only what we confirmed. Where we have not confirmed the cost or how listing works, the row says only whether we found a submit page. Link types from other published lists stay off the rows until we test them.
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One square per search, darker when more directories were in the first ten results (Google, US).
Local businesses · 276 searches 93% had a directory
256 of 276 local businesses searches had at least one directory in the first ten results.
Online products · 123 searches 67% had a directory
82 of 123 online products searches had at least one directory in the first ten results.
