Free tool
Free Google Maps rank checker
Check where a business ranks on Google Maps for any search, from 49 spots around it. Green means top 3, grey means a customer nearby will not find it. Free, one check per business, just your email.
Free, just your email: we send you a link and the check starts when you open it. One free check per business, ever, for one keyword; the result is kept for 30 days. 49 real Google Maps searches, usually about a minute and a half.
Why a single position check is not enough
Google Maps does not have one ranking for a business. It has a different ranking for every place a search is made from. A dentist can be first for people in the town centre and invisible for people three miles out, and a rank checker that reports “position 4” is only telling you what Google showed from one spot, usually a data centre.
A grid check asks the same question from 49 points across the area a local business actually serves. The result is a map you can read in two seconds: where the business wins, where it loses, and how far its reach extends. It is also the format clients understand without an explanation, which is why every LocalPulse report is built around it.
How to read the grid
The business sits in the centre square. Each other square is a search made about 0.8 km further out. A number is the position in Google Maps for that search from that spot. Green squares (1 to 3) are inside the map pack, the three results shown on Google itself. Amber (4 to 10) is a scroll away. Orange (11 to 20) is further down, where few customers look. Grey (not in the top 20) means a customer standing there will not find the business without searching for it by name.
Under the grid you see the three businesses taking the top spots most often. Those are the competitors to look at first: usually a better primary category, more recent reviews, or a profile that simply describes the service more clearly.
- Green
- 1 to 3: inside the map pack
- Amber
- 4 to 10: a scroll away
- Orange
- 11 to 20: further down, where few customers look
- Grey
- Not in the top 20
Track it every month, under your own brand
This page runs one keyword, once. Agencies use LocalPulse to run the same 49-point grid for up to 10 keywords per client every month, on a radius set for each client and drawn on a street map, with this month next to last month, organic rankings, AI search visibility and a plain-English summary, all in a report that carries the agency’s logo and nothing of ours. £15 per client property per month, flat, no VAT.
Questions
Why does the ranking change from square to square?
Google Maps results depend on where the searcher is standing. A plumber can be number 1 for someone two streets away and number 14 for someone at the other end of town. One position check hides that; a grid shows it.
How is the check done?
We run 49 real Google Maps searches for your phrase, each one located at a different point on a 5 km grid with the business at the centre, and record the position of the business in each result. It usually takes about a minute and a half.
Why is my business not found?
The check matches the business name as it appears on Google Maps. Type the name exactly as Google shows it, with the town. If it is still not found in any square, the business does not appear in the top 20 for that search anywhere on the grid.
Why do you need my email?
Every check costs us 49 paid searches, so we ask for an email address before a new one starts. We email you a link, and the check starts when you open it (the link works for 24 hours, once). Then we send you the result, and two short emails about what the result means. Each email has an unsubscribe link. Opening a result someone shared with you needs no email.
How often can I check?
Each business gets one free check, ever, for one keyword. A business owner's email address can start one check, an agency's up to three, each for a different business. The result is kept for 30 days so anyone can see it later with the date it was made; after that we keep only a record that the business was checked, and when, so it is not checked again. Rankings move every week, so a check from last month may no longer be the picture; that is what the monthly report is for. Each visitor can run one new check a day.
Is this the same as the local rank tracker in LocalPulse?
It is the same 49-point method. Here the radius is fixed at 2.5 km; in LocalPulse you set it per client (1 to 25 km, 5 km by default). The report adds the street map behind the grid, this month against last month, organic rankings, AI search visibility on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews and an executive summary, all under your agency's logo, and your console adds a fix plan for each client. £15 per client property per month.
Get started
Put your brand on better reports.
Track your clients' local rankings and send white-label reports. £15 per tracked property per month - rank checks, the 49-point Maps grid, AI visibility, and the client PDF, all included.
Free to create your agency, no card required. The first client scan usually finishes within the hour.