Local SEO for small businesses: get found on Google Maps and in local searches
Monthly local SEO for UK businesses that serve their area: Google Business Profile, local listings, reviews, location pages and plain-English reports. £399 a month, rolling, cancel any time.
- Google Business Profile set up properly and kept active
- Your business listed the same way on the main UK directories
- A simple routine for getting more Google reviews
- One new local page or article every month
- Rank tracking for your main local searches, including Google Maps
- A monthly report you can read in five minutes
How local search works
When someone types “plumber near me” or “accountant in Altrincham”, Google shows two things. At the top is the map pack: three businesses with a map, star ratings and a call button. Below that are the normal results, mostly websites and directories.
Google ranks the map pack on three things it has described publicly: relevance (does the business do what was searched), distance (how close it is to the searcher) and prominence (how well known it is, which includes reviews, links and listings). You cannot change distance. Local SEO is the work on the other two.
What we do each month
Google Business Profile. We set the right main and secondary categories, write the description, list every service, add photos, set opening hours for bank holidays, and post an update every week so the profile stays active. We can reply to reviews for you too, if you want us to.
Local listings. Google checks your name, address and phone number against other sites. We list your business, with the details written exactly the same way, on the directories that matter in the UK, including Bing Places, Apple Business Connect, Yell, FreeIndex and Hotfrog, plus any trade bodies or local directories that fit your business. We also tidy up old listings with wrong details.
Reviews. The number of reviews, how recent they are and what they say all count. We give you a direct review link and QR code, a short message you can send after each job, and a simple routine so asking for reviews becomes a habit.
Pages that rank locally. Each month we write one new page or article for your website around a local search: a service in a town you cover, or a question your customers ask. These pages are what bring in the searches the map pack misses.
Technical checks. We keep Google Search Console clean, fix errors as they appear, make sure your site has local business schema (the code that tells Google your address, hours and services), and check your mobile speed.
Tracking and a report. We track your main local searches, including where you appear on the map in different parts of your area, and send a short report each month: what we did, what moved, and what we are doing next.
Who this is for
Local SEO works best for businesses that serve customers in a set area: trades, clinics, dentists, solicitors, accountants, estate agents, restaurants, salons, garages and similar. If people search “near me” for what you do, it is worth doing.
It is less useful if you sell online across the whole country. In that case national SEO is a better fit, and we can tell you which one you need.
What it costs
£399 a month plus VAT, rolling monthly, cancel with a month’s notice. There is no setup fee. If your website needs work before local SEO can do its job, we will tell you up front and give you a fixed price, so there are no surprises later.
See where you stand first
Run your website through our free website grader for a quick score, or ask us for a free audit. We will look at your Google Business Profile, your listings, your reviews and your website, and send you a short written report within one working day.
Questions people ask
What is local SEO?
Local SEO is the work that gets a business to show up when people nearby search for what it does, for example 'dentist in Stockport' or 'emergency plumber near me'. It covers the map results (the three businesses Google shows with a map) and the normal results underneath.
How long does local SEO take to work?
Fixes to your Google Business Profile can show up within a few weeks. Ranking pages and building up reviews and listings usually takes three to six months to show clearly. Anyone who promises the top spot in a fortnight is guessing.
Do I need a website for local SEO?
You can rank in the map results with only a Google Business Profile, but it is much harder. Google uses your website to confirm what you do and where, and most people check the website before they call. If your site is slow or thin, we will tell you and quote to fix it.
Is there a contract?
No long contract. It is a rolling monthly service and you can cancel with a month's notice. Everything we create, such as pages, listings and the profile, stays yours.
Can you guarantee first place on Google?
No, and nobody honestly can. Google decides the rankings. What we promise is the work, done properly every month, and a report that shows what changed.
Do you buy links or fake reviews?
Never. Paid links and fake reviews break Google's rules and can get a profile suspended. We help you ask real customers for reviews, and we get links from real local directories and organisations.
Not sure what your current site is missing?
Send us the address. Within one working day you get a short written report: speed, what Google sees, what customers see on a phone, and what we would fix first.
- PageSpeed and Core Web Vitals on mobile and desktop
- The apps and scripts costing you the most load time
- Titles, meta, structured data and indexing problems
- A short fix list in priority order, with prices