Free business listing sites in the United States

42 sites worth listing an American business on, 30 of them free. The 7 American directories for any business come first, then the ones that matter in every country, then 17 for particular trades. Each one says what it is for, so you can skip the ones that do not fit your business.

One rule for every listing: enter your business name, address and phone number exactly as they appear on your Google Business Profile, character for character. The same business written two ways looks like two businesses.

American business directories

For any kind of business in the United States. Start at the top.

  1. 1

    Yellow Pages

    Free

    Long-established US citation that data aggregators still read.

  2. 2

    Better Business Bureau

    Paid

    Trust signal North American customers actively look for.

  3. 3

    Nextdoor Business

    Free

    Neighbourhood recommendations, which is where a lot of local word of mouth now happens.

  4. 4

    Superpages

    Free

    Part of the old US yellow pages network. Still indexed, still free.

  5. 5

    Manta

    Free

    A long established US small business directory that still gets crawled.

  6. 6

    Citysearch

    Free

    Old and still crawled. Ten minutes, then never think about it again.

  7. 7

    MerchantCircle

    Free

    A minor US directory. Only worth it once the ones above are done.

Listings that matter in every country

Not American, but your customers in the United States use them. Google, Apple and Bing come before everything else.

  1. 8

    Google Business Profile

    Free

    The listing every other one is compared against. If the name, address and phone here are not exactly right, nothing else you fix will hold.

  2. 9

    Bing Places

    Free

    Feeds Bing Maps and Microsoft Copilot answers. The closest thing to a second Google, and most local businesses never claim it.

  3. 10

    Apple Business Connect

    Free

    Every iPhone using Apple Maps, Siri and Spotlight reads this. Free, and a large share of your customers are on iOS.

  4. 11

    Facebook Page

    Free

    A strong, trusted citation and often the second result people click after Google.

  5. 12

    Yelp

    Free

    Heavily crawled and frequently quoted by AI assistants when they list local options.

  6. 13

    Trustpilot

    Free

    Reviews here get quoted back by AI assistants and often show up on page one for "your name reviews".

  7. 14

    OpenStreetMap

    Free

    The map data behind a long tail of apps and websites, including plenty that never touch Google. One edit propagates a long way.

  8. 15

    Foursquare

    Free

    Feeds map data to a long tail of apps, so one listing propagates further than it looks.

  9. 16

    HERE

    Free

    Feeds in-car navigation for several major manufacturers. Invisible until somebody is driving to you.

  10. 17

    LinkedIn Company Page

    Free

    A high-authority link and a consistent name, address and phone signal.

  11. 18

    TomTom

    Free

    The other big in-car and satnav dataset. Worth doing once and forgetting.

  12. 19

    ChamberofCommerce.com

    Free

    An old, heavily crawled US directory that still turns up in local results.

  13. 20

    MapQuest

    Free

    Smaller than it was, still indexed, and takes about two minutes.

  14. 21

    Alignable

    Free

    A business to business network that produces a real, indexed profile page.

  15. 22

    Hotfrog

    Free

    A plain directory listing in most countries. Low effort, small but real.

  16. 23

    Brownbook

    Free

    Open to anyone and feeds a handful of aggregators. Do it after the ones above.

  17. 24

    Tupalo

    Free

    Minor on its own, but it syndicates to other small directories.

  18. 25

    Instagram Business

    Free

    Not a classic citation, but the profile carries your name and location and people genuinely check it before visiting.

Only if they fit your trade

Sites in the United States for one kind of business, such as trades, lawyers or restaurants. Skip any that are not yours.

  1. 26

    Avvo

    Free

    The dominant legal directory in the US. Ranks for practice-area searches you cannot reach otherwise.

  2. 27

    Healthgrades

    Free

    One of the first results for most US health searches, and patients read it before booking.

  3. 28

    Zocdoc

    Paid

    Where a lot of US patients now book appointments directly.

  4. 29

    The Knot

    Paid

    Where US couples find every wedding supplier. Dominant for its niche.

  5. 30

    Angi

    Paid

    A major US source of home-service leads and a well-trusted citation.

  6. 31

    Justia

    Free

    High-authority legal directory with a free listing tier.

  7. 32

    Cars.com

    Paid

    Where US car buyers shortlist dealers. Inventory feed rather than a simple listing.

  8. 33

    Thumbtack

    Paid

    Lead marketplace covering most local services.

  9. 34

    Vitals

    Free

    Patients read the reviews here before booking, and the profile ranks for your name plus your specialty.

  10. 35

    CarGurus

    Paid

    The other big dealer marketplace, and the one buyers use to sanity check a price.

  11. 36

    FindLaw

    Paid

    One of the oldest legal directories. Paid, and priced like it, so check the quote against Avvo first.

  12. 37

    RepairPal

    Paid

    Certified-shop directory drivers actually search when something breaks.

  13. 38

    Resy

    Paid

    The alternative to OpenTable, and stronger for places people book in advance to be seen at.

  14. 39

    StyleSeat

    Free

    US focused, aimed at individual stylists as much as at salons.

  15. 40

    Lawyers.com

    Paid

    The sister listing to Martindale. Worth it only alongside a wider legal marketing budget.

  16. 41

    Care.com

    Paid

    Large marketplace for care and tutoring, heavily indexed.

  17. 42

    Porch

    Free

    US home services listing, often bundled with a home warranty audience.

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