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Top USA Business Directories

Top USA Business Directories

Published: July 1st, 2022

Last Updated: October 4th, 2024

Getting your business featured in the best USA business directories should be an early step in your search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. 

Without a presence on these business directories, it’ll be more difficult to get noticed by potential customers or clients, as well as by search engines. 

The best directory sites for North American businesses enjoy millions of views every single month. High traffic is one of the reasons these sites are understood as trustworthy and authoritative by search engines. By building citations on a wide selection of these sites, you’ll start to see some trust and authority passed along to your business website. 

The following table features the top citation sites you should create listings on if you operate a business in the USA.  We’ve only chosen sites for this list that have a good domain authority, thereby helping to maximize your efforts! If you’re after a list of the best free US business directories, we’ve got you covered there too.

How do I get my business listed on US citation sites?

We’ve included links to each site so you can go straight to it, create an account, and upload your business details. This usually takes around 15-20 mins to do per site.

Alternatively, you can build local citations the easy way by letting our citation specialists do the hard work for you. It’s super easy to do. Rather than spending hours going to each site yourself, you create a free Citation Builder account instead. From here you select the sites you want to get listed on and our team will take care of the rest.

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

Top USA Business Listing Sites 

Citation SiteDomain AuthorityType
Google Business Profile100General Directory
Apple Business Connect99General Directory
LinkedIn99General Directory
Facebook94General Directory
WebMD94Niche Directory
Yelp93General Directory
TripAdvisor93Niche Directory
Instagram93General Directory
Bing Maps93General Directory
LII (Legal Information Institute)93Niche Directory
Trustpilot92General Directory
Waze92General Directory
Foursquare91General Directory
BBB (Better Business Bureaus)91General Directory
Patch90General Directory
Justia90Niche Directory
OpenStreetMap89General Directory
Zillow89Niche Directory
FindLaw88Niche Directory
Here86General Directory
Nextdoor83General Directory
Hostelworld83Niche Directory
Listly83General Directory
AAO82General Directory
TomTom81General Directory
Manta80General Directory
HomeAdvisor78Niche
Care77Niche Directory
RateBeer76Niche Directory
Angi76Niche
Merchant Circle76General Directory
Archinect76Niche Directory
Porch76Niche Directory
Thumbtack76Niche
Apsense75General Directory
ZoomInfo75General Directory
Just Landed74General Directory
Avvo74Niche Directory
Bark73General Directory
Insurance Journal73Niche Directory
US Legal72Niche Directory
WeddingWire72Niche Directory
Best Plumbers70Niche Directory
HappyCow70Niche Directory
BatchGeo70General Directory
Company70General Directory
Kompass69General Directory
Healthgrades69Niche Directory
Ailoq68General Directory
HG.org66Niche Directory

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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.