Top 50 General Business Directories 2024
Published: July 16th, 2022
Last Updated: August 16th, 2024
This is the freshest citation-building resource for anyone looking for local business listings or local directories.
These local citation sites were included based on a range of criteria:
- Domain Authority (their ranking power)
- Generic inclusion (businesses in all categories can get listed on them)
- Activity (they’re still in business)
- Accepting new listings (not closed business lists)
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Looking for the top citation sites by country?
Take a look below for our comprehensive lists of top business listing sites for various countries across the world:
- Top Citation Sites in the USA
- Top Citation Sites in the UK
- Top Citation Sites in Australia
- Top Citation Sites in Canada
- Top Citation Sites in Ireland
- Top Citation Sites in Germany
- Top Citation Sites in the Netherlands
- Top Citation Sites in New Zealand
- Top Citation Sites in Singapore
- Top Citation Sites in South Africa
31% of top 10 organic results for the average local search are business directories
Top 50 General Business Listing Sites
| Citation Site | Domain Authority | Free / Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Google Business Profile | 100 | Free |
| Apple Business Connect | 99 | Free |
| 99 | Free | |
| 96 | Free | |
| 94 | Free | |
| YELP (Country Variants) | 93 | Free |
| Trustpilot | 93 | Free / Paid |
| Waze | 92 | Paid |
| Foursquare | 92 | Free / Paid |
| OpenStreetMap | 90 | Free |
| Listly | 86 | Free / Paid |
| Here | 86 | Free / Paid |
| Nextdoor (Country Variants) | 83 | Free |
| AAO | 82 | Free |
| TomTom | 81 | Free / Paid |
| Local Yahoo | 77 | Free |
| Apsense | 75 | Free |
| Just Landed | 75 | Free / Paid |
| BatchGeo | 72 | Free / Paid |
| Kompass (Country Variants) | 69 | Free / Paid |
| Ailoq | 68 | Free / Paid |
| ProvenExpert | 67 | Free / Paid |
| Zeemaps | 67 | Free / Paid |
| Storeboard | 64 | Free / Paid |
| Brownbook | 64 | Free |
| The Dots | 62 | Free / Paid |
| Tupalo | 59 | Free / Paid |
| Hotfrog (Country Variants) | 58 | Free / Paid |
| Cybo | 58 | Free |
| Infobel | 58 | Free / Paid |
| BizPages | 58 | Free / Paid |
| TrepUp | 57 | Free |
| Callupcontact | 55 | Free |
| BOTW (Best of the Web) | 55 | Paid |
| Twidloo | 55 | Free / Paid |
| YPLocal | 55 | Free |
| Adpost | 55 | Free / Paid |
| StartUs | 54 | Free |
| EnrollBusiness (Country Variants) | 54 | Free |
| ShowMeLocal | 53 | Free / Paid |
| Yellow.place | 53 | Free |
| Zumvu | 52 | Free / Paid |
| Bing Maps | 51 | Free |
| GlobalCatalog | 51 | Free |
| LinkCentre | 51 | Free / Paid |
| Startups SnapMunk | 50 | Free |
| FindIt | 48 | Free / Paid |
| Place123 | 48 | Free |
| 2FindLocal | 46 | Free / Paid |
| AGreaterTown | 46 | Free / Paid |
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