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Top Business Directories for Service-area Businesses 2024

Top Business Directories for Service-area Businesses 2024

Published: July 1st, 2022

Last Updated: August 23rd, 2024

Working with local businesses already requires a great deal of very specific local SEO skills, but when it comes to service-area businesses (i.e. businesses that work in a service area and visit you at your home rather than working from a physical location) things get even more specific.

Service-area businesses, such as locksmiths, exterminators, plumbers, and the like, have very different local marketing requirements from other local businesses. In many cases, they’ll want to refrain from displaying their addresses, and instead, they’ll need to specify the service areas they can cover.

Unfortunately, not all citation sites have that flexibility, which can make it harder to build citations for Service Area Businesses, which is often where a local citation service proves its worth.

We’ve taken the hard work out of this for you and put together the ultimate lists of citation sites that you can hide your address and/or specify a service area on. If you’re working with service-area Businesses in the USA, the UK, Canada, or Australia, we’ve got you covered.

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Top Citation Sites for Service-area Businesses in the USA

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Citation SiteDomain AuthorityHide Address?Set Service Area?
Google Business Profile100YESYES
Apple Business Connect99NONO
Bing93NOYES
Yelp93YESYES
TripAdvisor93YESYES
Justia Lawyers90YESYES
Houzz89YESYES
Zillow89YESYES
List.ly86YESNO
Hostelworld83YESYES
Nextdoor83YESNO
Manta81YESYES
Care79YESYES
Porch77YESYES
MerchantCircle76NONO
Archinect76YESYES
RateBeer76YESYES
Avvo74YESYES
US Legal Lawyers74YESYES
Insurance Journal73YESYES
WeddingWire72YESYES
HappyCow70YESYES
Best Plumbers70YESYES
Company.com69NONO
Kompass69NOYES
Ailoq68YESYES
HG.org66YESYES
Explore Minnesota66YESNO
Dexigner65YESYES
Storeboard64YESNO
RateMDs63YESYES
Brownbook63NOYES
EC2162NONO
eLocal62YESNO
BuildZoom60YESYES
Hotfrog58YESNO
Tupalo58NONO
Alternative Health Directory58YESYES
OneWed57YESYES
Catskill Online57YESNO
DealerRater57YESYES
Cybo57YESNO
RV LIFE Campgrounds56YESYES
EZlocal56YESYES
eBusiness Pages56YESNO
Cannabis.net56YESYES
Find Attorneys56YESYES
BubbleLife55YESNO
BubbleLife55YESNO
YPLocal55YESNO

Top Citation Sites for Service-area Businesses in the UK

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Citation SiteDomain AuthorityHide Address?Set Service Area?
Apple Business Connect99NONO
Google Business Profile94YESNO
Bing Maps93NOYES
TripAdvisor93YESYES
List.ly86YESNO
Hostelworld83YESYES
RateBeer76YESYES
Yell72NONO
HappyCow70YESYES
Best Plumbers70YESYES
Kompass69NONO
Netmums69YESYES
Ailoq68YESYES
Best of the Web UK67YESNO
HG.org66YESYES
Dexigner65YESYES
Storeboard64YESNO
RateMDs63YESYES
Brownbook63NOYES
EC2162NONO
Houzz59YESYES
Infobel58NONO
CareHome UK58YESYES
Cylex UK58YESNO
Tupalo58NONO
Alternative Health Directory58YESYES
OneWed57YESYES
Catskill Online57YESNO
Cybo57YESNO
RV LIFE Campgrounds56YESYES
FreeIndex UK56YESNO
Cannabis.net56YESYES
Find Attorneys56YESYES
Twidloo55YESYES
TechDirectory55YESYES
CallupContact55YESNO
YPLocal55YESNO
EnrollBusiness54YESNO
Yellow.place53NONO
StartUs53YESNO
ShowMeLocal53YESNO
Digital Business Directory53YESNO
Scoot UK52NONO
Dentagama52YESYES
GlobalCatalog51YESNO
LinkCentre51YESNO
Nextdoor51YESNO
FindMeGlutenFree50YESYES
Europages UK49NONO
N4949YESNO

Top Citation Sites for Service-area Businesses in Canada

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Citation SiteDomain AuthorityHide Address?Set Service Area?
Apple Business Connect99NONO
Bing Maps93NOYES
Google Business Profile93YESYES
TripAdvisor93YESYES
Houzz89YESYES
List.ly86YESNO
Hostelworld83YESYES
Nextdoor83YESNO
Manta81YESYES
Yelp77YESYES
RateBeer76YESYES
Websites.ca75YESYES
HappyCow70YESYES
Best Plumbers70YESYES
Kompass69YESYES
Ailoq68YESYES
HG.org66YESYES
Dexigner65YESYES
Storeboard64YESNO
RateMDs63YESYES
Brownbook63NOYES
Yellow Pages Canada62YESYES
EC2162NONO
Infobel58NONO
FoodPages Canada58NONO
Tupalo58NONO
Alternative Health Directory58YESYES
OneWed57YESYES
Catskill Online57YESNO
Cybo57YESNO
RV LIFE Campgrounds56YESYES
Cannabis.net56YESYES
Find Attorneys56YESYES
Best of the Web55YESNO
Twidloo55YESYES
TechDirectory55YESYES
CallupContact55YESNO
YPLocal55YESNO
EnrollBusiness54YESYES
Campendium53YESYES
MenuPix53YESYES
HomeStars53YESYES
Yellow.place53NONO
StartUs53YESNO
ShowMeLocal53YESYES
Digital Business Directory53YESNO
Dentagama52YESYES
Eventective51YESYES
CanPages51YESYES
GlobalCatalog51YESNO

Top Citation Sites for Service-area Businesses in Australia

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Citation SiteDomain AuthorityHide Address?Set Service Area?
Apple Business Connect99NONO
Bing Maps93NOYES
TripAdvisor93YESYES
Google Business Profile91YESNO
List.ly86YESNO
Hostelworld83YESYES
Nextdoor83YESNO
True Local80YESNO
RateBeer76YESYES
HappyCow70YESYES
Best Plumbers70YESYES
Kompass69NONO
Ailoq68YESYES
HG.org66YESYES
Queensland Health Service Finder66YESNO
Dexigner65YESYES
Storeboard64YESNO
RateMDs63YESYES
Brownbook63NOYES
EC2162NONO
LocalSearch Australia59YESNO
Infobel58NONO
Tupalo58NONO
Alternative Health Directory58YESYES
OneWed57YESYES
Catskill Online57YESNO
Word of Mouth57YESNO
Cybo57YESNO
RV LIFE Campgrounds56YESYES
Cannabis.net56YESYES
Find Attorneys56YESYES
Best of the Web55YESNO
Twidloo55YESYES
TechDirectory55YESYES
CallupContact55YESNO
YPLocal55YESNO
Yelp54YESNO
EnrollBusiness54YESNO
Houzz53YESYES
Yellow.place53NONO
StartUs53YESNO
ShowMeLocal53YESNO
Digital Business Directory53YESNO
Dentagama52YESYES
GlobalCatalog51YESNO
LinkCentre51YESNO
FindMeGlutenFree50YESYES
AGFG50YESYES
ParkBench50YESNO
ParkBench50YESNO
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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.