Google Business Profile setup
Support with creating or claiming an eligible listing, selecting the right primary category and completing core business information. Verification is subject to Google's requirements.
Make it easier for nearby customers to find, understand and contact your business. MARQ provides Google Business Profile setup, optimisation and ongoing management for London small businesses — helping you build a stronger, more accurate presence across Google Search and Maps.
Your Google Business Profile is the listing that can appear when people search for your business or relevant local services. It can display your opening hours, location or service area, contact options, photos, services and customer reviews. Google Business Profile optimisation means keeping that information accurate, useful and aligned with how customers search.
For small businesses in London, a well-managed Google Business Profile can support visibility in Google Maps and relevant local search results. It is not a shortcut to guaranteed rankings. Instead, it forms part of a practical local marketing strategy built around relevance, trust and a good customer experience. MARQ helps you manage the details that are within your control.
Our Google Business Profile management service covers listing setup, categories, opening hours, service areas, photos, reviews and regular checks. We help London small businesses keep their Google Maps business listing accurate and useful.
Support with creating or claiming an eligible listing, selecting the right primary category and completing core business information. Verification is subject to Google's requirements.
Improve your business description, categories, services and relevant attributes so potential customers understand what you offer and where you operate.
Review your contact details, website links, opening hours and service-area settings. Keep the profile consistent with your real-world business and website.
Organise relevant photos and eligible products or services. Publish useful profile updates where appropriate, keeping your listing current without filler content.
Build a compliant process for requesting genuine customer reviews and responding professionally. We never offer fake reviews or incentives that breach platform rules.
Monitor profile health, suggest ongoing improvements and review available performance insights, including customer interactions and search discovery trends.
When someone finds you on Google, they may want to call, get directions, visit your website or check your opening hours immediately. Clear, maintained information helps people make that next move with confidence. Our Google Maps listing optimisation work keeps customer actions in view.
Google's local results are influenced by relevance, distance and prominence. A properly maintained Business Profile can help communicate accurate information, but no agency can buy or guarantee a top organic Maps position.
Choose accurate business categories, describe your real services and keep your profile aligned with what customers can actually book or buy.
Use the correct customer-facing address or eligible service-area settings. Google determines proximity; adding extra place names cannot change your actual location.
Keep details consistent, encourage genuine reviews without incentives, and connect your profile to a helpful website that explains your business.
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No mystery work or inflated promises. We audit what exists, improve what matters and maintain your profile as your business changes.
Check ownership, eligibility, current categories, business details, photos, services and visible issues.
Update information, refine relevant categories and align your profile with the services you actually provide.
Strengthen content, imagery, review processes and customer-facing information where supported.
Maintain accuracy, review available insights and adjust the ongoing plan to your business priorities.
Different business models need different listing settings. We work with London businesses that serve customers at a premises, travel to customers or operate across eligible locations.
Accurate address, hours, categories, photos and visitor information for businesses with an eligible customer-facing location.
Appropriate service-area settings, accurate contact information and profile content for eligible businesses visiting customers at their locations.
Consistent brand information and distinct eligible location profiles where each location genuinely meets Google's requirements.
Choose one-off setup or ongoing Google Business Profile management. Prices are in GBP and reflect management services, not paid placement in Google Search or Maps.
For eligible businesses that need a new profile created or an existing listing brought up to a usable baseline.
Verification and approval remain subject to Google.
For businesses that want their Google Business Profile kept accurate, relevant and actively maintained.
A focused ongoing plan for a single eligible profile.
For businesses that need more proactive content, review support and continuous profile improvement.
Scope is agreed around your business and profile eligibility.
Important: Google Business Profile itself is free to eligible businesses. These are MARQ's service fees for setup, optimisation and management. Google does not sell better organic local rankings, and no position or volume of enquiries is guaranteed.
Start with a one-off Google Business Profile setup or choose ongoing monthly management. On smaller screens, swipe the comparison table horizontally to see every package.
| Support | Setup · £100 | Management · £150/mo | Growth · £300/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profile setup / initial review | Included | Included | Included |
| Business details & categories | Initial configuration | Ongoing review | Ongoing review |
| Service and content improvements | Core setup | As needed | Expanded planning |
| Photos and updates | Recommendations | Recommendations | Planned support |
| Review process support | Handover guidance | Response guidance | Workflow support |
| Monitoring and insights | Not ongoing | Monthly summary | Detailed monthly review |
| Ongoing optimisation | Not included | Included | Enhanced support |
Package scope may be adapted to your business. Profile eligibility, features and verification are determined by Google.
Clear answers about Google Business Profile setup, management, Google Maps visibility and what MARQ's services actually cover.
Google Business Profile optimisation is the process of improving and maintaining your business listing on Google Search and Maps. It includes accurate business details, appropriate categories, services, hours, photos, review processes and ongoing profile checks. The goal is to make the listing more useful and relevant to customers searching for your business or services.
Yes. Creating and managing an eligible Google Business Profile through Google is free. MARQ's £100 setup fee and £150 or £300 monthly packages are professional service fees for helping you configure, optimise and manage your profile.
MARQ offers one-off Google Business Profile setup for £100, ongoing Profile Management for £150 per month and Profile Growth for £300 per month. The appropriate option depends on whether you need initial setup, regular maintenance or more proactive optimisation.
We can help eligible businesses set up and improve their Google Business Profile, which is a key part of how business information appears in Google Maps and local search. We cannot guarantee a particular position or that Google will display your business for every search.
Not always. Eligible service-area businesses that visit customers in person may qualify without displaying a public shop address. Online-only businesses generally are not eligible. We review your business model and recommend settings that follow Google's eligibility rules.
Verification methods and times vary by business and are controlled by Google. Some businesses are verified quickly; others may need additional steps or reviews. MARQ can help prepare the listing and guide you through the available process, but cannot approve or accelerate Google's decisions.
Yes. Google Business Profile management focuses on your business listing. Local SEO services cover a wider set of activities, including your website's location and service pages, local keyword research, relevant citations and other local search signals. They work well together but are not identical services.
Review your Google Business Profile whenever your opening hours, contact details, services or location information change. Ongoing management can also include checking suggested edits, responding to genuine customer reviews, refreshing relevant photos and reviewing available performance insights. There is no fixed posting frequency that guarantees better Google Maps rankings.
We can discuss support for businesses with multiple genuinely eligible locations. Each listing must represent a real qualifying location or business under Google's guidelines. We will assess the number of profiles and agree a suitable scope before work begins.
Setup establishes or claims an eligible profile and completes essential details. Optimisation reviews and improves the existing listing, including categories, services, business information, images and customer-facing information. Ongoing management keeps these details accurate as the business changes.