See where you show on Google Maps, street by street
A business does not rank in one place on the map. It ranks well near its door and disappears a few streets away. The local rank grid checks Google Maps from a grid of points across the area and shows you exactly where you are found.
How it works
- 1Pick a business and a searchFind the business on Google Maps and enter the search people use, such as dentist near me.
- 2Choose the areaNeighborhood, town, city or metro. Smaller areas use 9 points across 2 or 4 km, larger ones use 25 points across 8 or 20 km.
- 3Read the gridEach point shows your rank there, up to 20. Green is the top three, amber is four to ten, red is eleven to twenty.
What you get
- A grid of points
- Nine or twenty-five points across the area you chose.
- Rank at each point
- Your position at every point, to a depth of twenty results.
- Average rank and top-3 share
- Two numbers that summarise the whole area.
- Who shows up
- The businesses that appear alongside you and how often.
- Check history
- Run it again after a change and compare.
A worked example: a dentist two blocks from the centre
A dental practice ranks first for "dentist near me" at its own address and in the three points around it. Move two points east and it ranks fifth. Move to the west edge and it is eighteenth.
The grid turns that into a picture. The average rank is 6.2 and the practice is in the top three at 36% of points. The business next door has a weaker centre but covers the east side. Now you know where to focus: reviews and posts that mention the east neighbourhoods, not more work near the door.
What a local rank grid costs
Each check searches every keyword at every point, so the price scales with the grid. Lookups come out of the usage your plan includes each month, priced from the cost of the data. Repeating a recent lookup is free, and top-ups never expire.
| Neighborhood: 9 points, 2 km | smallest check |
| Metro: 25 points, 20 km | largest check |
| Cost | shown before you run it |
How it compares
How this compares with checking Maps by hand or with other tools.
| Auditmatic | Free tools | Big SEO suites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where you show | A grid of 9 or 25 points | One spot: wherever you stand | A grid |
| Compare over time | Yes | No | Yes |
| See competitors in the pack | Yes | By eye | Yes |
| Your agent can run it | Yes, over MCP | No | Varies |
Run it from your agent
Your agent can search local businesses, run a grid and write up what to fix.
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Run a local rank grid for Harbor Dental on "dentist near me", find the weakest side of the area, and tell me what to change on the profile.
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Questions about local rank grid
How big can the area be?
From a 2 km neighborhood to a 20 km metro area.
How many points does it check?
Nine points for neighborhood and town, twenty-five for city and metro.
How deep does it look?
The top twenty results at each point.
Can I check a business I do not own?
Yes. Any business on Google Maps works, so you can look at a competitor's reach.
Keep going
Start with a free audit
No signup and no card. Then add local rank grid on a paid plan from $5 a month.