Local SEO services

Local SEO services that dominate your local market.

Boost traffic. Build trust. Reach more customers with local search marketing.

We run your Google Business Profile, map rankings, reviews and location pages, then show the calls, direction requests and leads they bring in, in your own live Client Hub.

4.9 average from 120+ reviews by local businesses on our SEO

A local SEO agency that gets you found nearby.

  • Oleg Korneitchouk
  • Sam Chadson Ng
  • Victoria Tan
  • Stephanie Cook
  • Jolene Lim
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  • John Toth
  • Luna Silva
  • Tony Vodicka
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Local search experts who make your phone ring.

Local SEO is no longer just about having a listing. It’s about showing up in the map pack, on Google Maps and in AI answers when someone nearby searches for what you do, and turning that search into a call, a visit or a booking. We optimize your Google Business Profile, clean up your citations and NAP details across the directories Google trusts, build location and service-area pages that rank, and help you earn and answer more Google reviews. Local links from your community and call tracking connect every ranking to the calls and customers it brings in. We’ve been growing local businesses since 2011, from home services and medical practices to law firms, dealerships and multi-location brands, and everything is measured in your Client Hub, with a clear view of profile views, calls, direction requests and the leads behind your local SEO.

Local SEO for your business, whatever you do.

Every kind of local business wins the map in its own way. We know how yours does.

Home services Win the calls in your service area.

Plumbers, HVAC, roofers, cleaners and contractors live on the phone. When a pipe bursts or the AC quits, customers search Google Maps and call one of the first businesses they see, so your Business Profile, reviews and service-area pages decide who gets the job. We set the right categories and service areas, build a page for every service and town you cover, and help your crews turn finished jobs into Google reviews. Calls, direction requests and leads show in your Client Hub, by source.

Home services

One team runs your local SEO, and answers for the calls.

From your Business Profile to the phone call it brings in, one team covers every part of local search and tracks every result.

Google Business Profile

Your Business Profile is often the first thing a nearby customer sees. We set the right categories, services, hours and service areas, add fresh photos and posts, answer questions and keep the listing accurate, so you show up in the map pack for more of the searches that bring in customers.

Remarkable local SEO results, more profile views, calls and visits.

See all 224 local SEO case studies

Companies choose SmartSites for local SEO

Rankings are a means. Customers are the goal.

A map-pack position means nothing if the phone doesn’t ring. We measure what local rankings are for: profile views, calls, direction requests and reviews for every location, in your own Google accounts.

What most local SEO agencies report:

  • A monthly PDF of map rankings
  • Rank grids for keywords nobody calls about
  • Citation counts with no link to leads
  • Reviews you have to track yourself
  • One blended report for every location
  • Profiles and listings held in the agency’s own account

What SmartSites local SEO delivers:

  • Profile views, calls and direction requests from your own Google Business Profile, live in your Client Hub
  • Every tracked call tied to the search, page or listing that produced it
  • New reviews, rating and replies for each location, side by side
  • Search Console clicks and GA4 leads for every location page
  • Your profiles and listings stay yours, in your own accounts
  • A strategist who walks you through it, not just a report in your inbox

224 published local SEO case studies•120+ reviews from local SEO clients•In business since 2011

You’ll know about every call, review and map view your listing earns.

Know what your Business Profile, reviews and website brought in and which calls turned into customers, in plain language and updated every day.

  • Client Hub Google Business Profile report: profile views, actions, calls and website visits, Search vs Maps
    Google Business ProfileProfile views, calls, direction requests and website clicks, and whether people found you on Maps or Search.
  • Client Hub Google Reviews report: average rating, total reviews, reply rate and a benchmark comparison
    Google ReviewsYour rating, review count and reply rate, compared with what local customers expect.
  • Client Hub Phone Calls report: call volume, talk time, recordings and AI call summaries with outcomes such as qualified, booked, missed and vendor pitch
    Phone CallsEvery call your listing and site bring in, with recordings, AI summaries and outcomes like booked or missed.
  • Client Hub Local Services Ads Leads report: LSA calls and messages, cost per lead, charged and disputed leads, and an AI summary of each lead
    Local Services Ads LeadsGoogle Guaranteed calls and messages, cost per lead and what each customer wanted.
  • Client Hub Google Search Console report: search conversions, impressions, average position, click-through rate and clicks
    Google Search ConsoleWhere your location pages rank near you, and the clicks and conversions they bring.
  • Client Hub Website Performance report: GA4 conversions, conversion rate, engagement, sessions and users
    Website PerformanceVisits, conversions and conversion rate from GA4, explained in plain English.

Local SEO questions, answered

Local SEO is the work that gets a business found by people searching nearby: in Google's map pack, in Google Maps, in the regular results for searches like "plumber near me" or "dentist in Austin", and increasingly in AI assistants' answers.

It covers your Google Business Profile, your listings on other sites (citations), reviews, location and service pages on your website, and local links.

Regular (national) SEO competes for searches anywhere in the country, mostly on content and links. Local SEO competes for searches in your service area, where Google also weighs how close you are, your Business Profile and your reviews. Most local businesses need both: a strong website and a strong profile. See National SEO for businesses that sell nationwide.

Most local businesses see meaningful traffic and calls in about 3 to 5 months, though some clients see results in as little as 60 days. Profile and listing fixes tend to show up soonest; competitive searches in a busy area take longer, with steady work on pages, reviews and links. Rankings usually move first, then traffic, then calls, and your Client Hub shows profile views, calls and direction requests from the first week, so you can see the trend as it happens.

Plans start at $2,600 a month for 40 hours of SEO work at $65 an hour. How many hours you need depends on how many locations you have, how competitive your market is and how much content and link work you need. After a free consultation we send a written proposal with the scope and the monthly price, so you know the cost before any work starts.

For most local businesses, yes: the profile is a lead source in its own right. Across the profiles we manage, calls, direction requests and website clicks from the listing come in every month, and busy categories in big cities get many more. We track each one in your Client Hub, so you can see exactly what your profile brings in.

Both, and Maps matters more than most owners think: across the profiles we manage, roughly one in five profile views comes from Google Maps rather than Google Search, and most profile views happen on a phone. That's why we work on the map listing, not only the website.

Very. Google names prominence (including review count and rating) as one of the three factors in local rankings, with relevance and distance, and customers read reviews before they call. We set up a simple review request process for your team and reply to every review.

Yes. Each location gets its own Business Profile and listings, plus a location page where one will help, all managed under one strategy, and your Client Hub shows every location side by side. See Franchise SEO for brands with many locations.