
Update: July 13th, 2018: I recently expanded this content to “6 reasons why your business isn’t showing up in Google Maps” and did a video. Get ready, because the content below has a mix of video, podcast audio, and several collected articles from the past on the top of getting your business to show on Google Maps. Today, we are going to answer that question and give a lot more context around the topic of Google Maps SEO, Google My Business listings, and overall Local SEO strategies and techniques that your can deploy to connect to more customers who are searching for what you offer.

With the explosion in mobile and voice search – think Google app, Siri, Alexa, and Google Home devices – one of the most common questions we are getting is why doesn’t my business show on Google Maps? So keep reading to find out why your business is not showing in Google Maps! We’ll dive further into each of these 4 reasons in more detail below. Why Your Business Isn’t Showing on Google Maps

If you already created a Google My Business (GMB) business listing, there are 4 main reasons why your business is not found on Google Maps which are: your Google My Business listing is not verified, you lack location authority in Google Maps, your GMB listing is suspended, or you’ve relocated your business. You can read more about location authority here.

However, as I mentioned above, the lack of location authority is the most common reason why a business is not found on Google Maps. Here’s 4 Reasons Why Your Business Is Not Found on Google Maps Reason #1Īlthough location authority is the most common reason we see as to why businesses aren’t found on Google Maps, there are several other reasons that may be causing this issue for your business location.Īnd below I’m going to talk through the 4 most common reasons we see.
