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Top Free International Business Directories 2024

Top Free International Business Directories 2024

Published: July 1st, 2022

Last Updated: August 20th, 2024

BrightLocal’s Citation Builder service has been nurtured over the years to provide you with the best, most efficient service. However, while we’d love to achieve world domination, expanding our product to include all available citation sites takes time.

In the meantime, we’re able to offer the next best thing—a comprehensive list of free international citation sites covering nearly 200 countries.

What Are International Citations?

International citations are from sites and mapping services that cater to business listings across multiple countries.

There are multiple national or local citation sites that cover one to two countries (e.g. the USA and Canada), but there aren’t as many sites available with global coverage.

Finding the best business listings sites for worldwide citations is important as part of a well-rounded SEO strategy. Being featured on these free citation sites can help to enhance how trusted a business is across the web and to boost brand visibility.

Manage Multiple Listings Cta Cropped

31% of top 10 organic results for the average local search are business directories

Top Free International Citation Sites

Citation SiteDomain AuthorityGeneral / Niche
Google Business Profile100General
Apple Business Connect99General
LinkedIn99General
Facebook96General
Instagram94General
YELP (Country Variants)93General
TripAdvisor93Niche
Trustpilot93General
Bing Maps93General
Foursquare92General
OpenStreetMap90General
Houzz (Country Variants)89Niche
Listly86General
Here86General
Hostelworld83Niche
Nextdoor (Country Variants)83General
AAO82General
TomTom81General
Local Yahoo77General
ThomasNet77Niche
RateBeer76Niche
Apsense75General
Just Landed75General
BatchGeo72General
Best Plumbers70Niche
HappyCow70Niche
Lodging World70Niche
Ailoq69General
Hotfrog (Country Variants)69General
ProvenExpert67General
Zeemaps67General
HG.org66Niche
Dexigner65Niche
ResellerRatings64Niche
Storeboard64General
Brownbook64General
RateMDs63Niche
The Dots62General
Tupalo59General
Private School Review59Niche
Infobel58General
Bark58General
Alternative Health Directory58Niche
Cybo58General
Infobel58General
BizPages58General
Kompass (Country Variants)58General
OneWed57Niche
TrepUp57General
YPLocal55General

Countries Covered by the Citation Sites on This List

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, C̫te d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, North Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, South Korea, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Tanzania, USA, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United States of America, United Kingdom.

Rada Daktina
About the author
Rada works tirelessly to manage BrightLocal's Citation Builder product. She oversees the processes and queries related to the campaigns, works closely with the Research team on the continuous upkeep of our citations database, and with our Product team on the improvements and fixes to the Citation Builder tool itself.