Industries
Different businesses need different upkeep on the map
A dental practice is read through trust and privacy, a florist through holiday hours and delivery, a plumber through the area they actually cover. The service behind them is the same: a dedicated manager, a package per serviced location, the free dashboard. The month's work is not.
27 of the 102 kinds of business in this catalogue have a page of their own. For the rest the consultation opens with the business already named, so you do not have to explain it twice.
Food and drink
People pick a place to eat nearby and decide the same day, so the hours, the menu link and the way in carry the visit.
Restaurants
The card, the prices printed on it, the hour the pass closes and a booking link that actually opens: one sheet a month keeps the profile level with the kitchen.
Read the industry page →Cafes
Morning hours, take-away, the drink that changes with the season and photographs of the counter as it looks now: the details a coffee break gets decided on, checked every month.
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These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Beauty and personal care
Visits repeat, so the profile has to hold the current list of services, who is working and how a slot is booked.
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These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Health
People compare and check before they book, so the address, the entrance and the way reviews are answered do the persuading.
Dentists
The map side of one dental practice: what you treat, when somebody in pain can be seen, how the appointment is made, and replies that keep a person's treatment out of public view.
Read the industry page →Private clinics
Specializations, doctors, departments and branches on the map, with a profile structure that holds together and review replies that never reveal a patient's data.
Read the industry page →Physiotherapy and rehabilitation
The directions a practice really works in, an entrance a patient on crutches can judge before setting off, a course of visits and home calls, kept straight on the map.
Read the industry page →Opticians
Two people reach one listing: somebody browsing frames, and somebody who needs an eye exam. The days the optometrist is in, the brands the shop confirms, the repairs done while you wait.
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These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Cars, motorcycles and bikes
A breakdown is decided today: what the shop takes on, whether it is open right now and how quickly someone answers.
Auto repair shops
Which makes and jobs the bays really take, how an appointment is made, the gate a car can drive through, and the scope agreed once the car is on the lift, kept correct every month.
Read the industry page →Tire shops
The puncture that has to be dealt with today, the changeover everybody books inside the same two weeks, the wheels this bay can hold, and the second set somebody has to find again in spring.
Read the industry page →Car washes
Three formats that are three different visits, the side of the road your entrance is on, the bay that is out of use today, and hours that follow the weather rather than a calendar.
Read the industry page →Auto detailing studios
Four treatments that share one word, a portfolio where every frame has a hidden plate and a yes behind it, and a scope nobody names until the paint has been looked at.
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- Auto body shops
- Towing and roadside assistance
- Car rental companies
- Bicycle repair shops
- Motorcycle repair shops
These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Pets
Routine visits and urgent ones sit side by side, so the hours and a phone that is actually answered matter as much as the services.
Veterinary clinics
Which animals you actually treat, hours that match who is really on the phone, and a door an owner can find in the dark, kept current on the map by a named manager.
Read the industry page →Pet grooming salons
Which animals and sizes you actually take, a bath and a full groom kept apart as the different bookings they are, and a gallery where every frame has a documented yes behind it.
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These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Home services and trades
There is no shop to walk into, so the area served, the hours and the way to reach a person are almost the whole listing.
Plumbers
Emergency work against planned jobs, the streets a van genuinely reaches, and a number somebody answers: the fields that decide a burst-pipe call, kept correct every month.
Read the industry page →Electricians
The building a fault sits in decides who may say yes to the job, who is entitled to sign it off and who receives the invoice, and a map listing either sorts that or an electrician sorts it call by call.
Read the industry page →HVAC contractors
One machine, three relationships: whoever installs it is called back every year to look after it and some later winter to repair it. A listing either shows all three or reads like three different firms.
Read the industry page →Appliance repair services
Some appliances are repaired where they stand and some are carried in through the door, and the machine decides which. A listing that never says which is which makes every caller ask.
Read the industry page →Locksmiths
Somebody locked out at midnight dials whoever answers first, and often that is not a locksmith at all: the listing has to prove a named person stands behind it, and keep that name from being edited away.
Read the industry page →Pest control services
Nobody rings a pest control firm for a service. They ring about an animal, often in a whisper, so the listing has to answer by animal and be honest that treatment is rarely one visit.
Read the industry page →Home, renovation and property
A big job is decided slowly, and the profile is where the type of work, the area covered and the finished jobs get checked.
Building and renovation contractors
Service area, the work the crew actually takes on, real photos of finished jobs and honest review handling: the fields a homeowner checks before calling a building or renovation firm, kept correct every month.
Read the industry page →Cleaning companies
A flat between tenants, an office worked after the last person leaves and a site where the dust is construction dust need three different crews, three sets of kit and three hours of the day.
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- Roofing contractors
- Window and door installers
- Landscaping services
- Moving companies
- Waste removal and property clearance
These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Sports and learning
People come back every week, so the route, the timetable and what is really in the building decide the first visit.
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- Yoga and Pilates studios
- Martial arts schools
- Dance schools
- Driving schools
- In-person language schools
- Swimming pools and swim schools
- Tennis and padel clubs
- Private music schools
These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Travel and leisure
The choice is made before the trip, and the map is where the location, the way in and the reviews are read.
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These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Shops and city services
The question is whether the thing is there today, so the hours, the right counter and somewhere to park settle it.
Florists
Delivery area, holiday hours, current photos and calm replies to a wilted bouquet, the fields that decide a rushed, emotional order, kept correct every month.
Read the industry page →Phone and electronics repair
People search with a model and a fault, not with the name of the trade. A listing that says phone repair and stops there is invisible to most of those searches.
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- Pharmacies
- Hardware and building supply stores
- Laundries and dry cleaners
- Funeral services
- Tailors and clothing alterations
- Shoe repair shops
- Copy shops and local printers
- Furniture showrooms
- Garden centers and plant nurseries
These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Chains and roadside stops
These are stops on a route rather than destinations, and each point's listing is kept by whoever runs the network.
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These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
Professional and family services
The choice runs on trust, so the profile has to name the practice, the languages spoken and how a first meeting works.
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- Accounting firms
- Real estate agencies
- Insurance agencies
- Translation offices
- Private childcare centers
- Coworking spaces and meeting rooms
- Photography studio rentals
- Immigration law firms
- Family law firms
- Criminal defense law firms
- Personal injury and compensation law firms
- Business and corporate law firms
- Employment law firms
- Bankruptcy and restructuring law firms
- Notary offices
- Tax advisory firms
- Payroll and HR administration providers
- Audit firms
- Mortgage brokers
- Commercial insurance brokers
- Property valuation firms
- Architecture practices
These open the consultation with the kind of business already filled in.
One location or a network
One listing or forty, the data has to say the same thing in all of them, and someone has to keep it that way after the first clean-up. The package is priced per serviced location, so a network is not a different service, only more of the same work.
For chains and roadside stops the conversation starts with whoever runs the network, not with a single point on it.
Businesses that travel to the customer
A plumber, an electrician or a cleaning company has no counter for a customer to walk up to. Google calls that a service area business: the address stays hidden, the area served is declared, and a rented mailbox dressed up as an office is exactly what gets a profile suspended.
Not sure which of these describes your business?
Say what you do and where, and a manager will tell you what the profile needs in your case. If the trade is not in the catalogue at all, that is still the same conversation.
Discuss my profileYour industry is not on the list?
The audit is always done for your own business: send the locations and a few words about how you work, and a manager replies within one business day.
A new industry gets a page only when there is real work behind it, not a renamed template. If yours is not on the list, the general service pages apply, and the audit is industry-specific anyway. Everything the team handles