Help local customers find you first
Most people look a business up online before they visit, call or book. Here's why a website and a Google Business Profile are worth it, even for a small local business.
of people often or always read reviews after searching for a local business.
Source: BrightLocal, 2025say contact details are important when researching a local business.
Source: BrightLocal, 2025more likely to see a business as reputable when its Google Business Profile is complete.
Source: Googlemore likely to visit a business with a complete Google Business Profile.
Source: GoogleBrightLocal figures come from a 2025 survey of 1,000 US adults. Google figures are from Google's own Business Profile guidance.
What a website does for a local business
People look you up first
Before choosing a café, booking a haircut or calling a plumber, most people search online. If you're not there, they find someone who is.
Show up on Google Maps
A Google Business Profile puts you on the map with your opening hours, photos, reviews, directions and a button to call you.
Look established and trustworthy
A proper website shows you're a real, professional business. That matters most for trades, where people are choosing who to let into their home.
Fewer “are you open?” calls
Your menu, prices, opening hours and location are all in one place, so customers can answer their own questions any time of day.
Something you own
Social media pages depend on the app and its algorithm. Your website and your Google profile are yours, and they stay put.
Works while you're busy
Your website keeps showing what you offer when you're serving customers, out on a job or closed for the night.
Your website and Google profile do different jobs
Your Google profile gets you noticed. Your website is where people decide to choose you. Each one makes the other work harder.
Gets you found
- Shows up on Google Maps and local searches
- Opening hours, directions and reviews at a glance
- One tap to call or get directions
- Free to have, but needs setting up properly
Wins the customer
- Your full menu, services or price list
- Photos and details that show what you're like
- Enquiry or booking forms
- Looks professional and builds trust
Get both, sorted in one go
Our Premium package includes your website and setting up or tidying up your Google Business Profile.