Local listings & review sites

Consumer search and review sites (Yelp, Google Business Profile in Maps) and places/POI data feeds (Foursquare). Revenue comes from local advertising and data licensing.

4 leading companies in local listings & review sites, one segment of business listings & data providers — Yellow pages to data feeds: local listings, reviews, B2B firmographics, listings software and billboard ad tech

new market segment · researched 2026-11-14

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Leading local listings & review sites companies

4 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.

CompanyWhereWhat they doScale
Geoverts Featured
Same owner as Research Upon.
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Vancouver, CanadaLocal business listings and sales leads with a built-in CRM (clients, quotes and sales), plus OOH-MY!, its billboard management software: inventory, campaigns and GIS maps for outdoor advertising operators.—
Yelp YELP ↗San Francisco, United States
since 2004
Local business reviews and listings platform, paid mainly through advertising sold to local businesses.revenue: 1,465 USD millions (2025) ↗
Google Business Profile (Google) ↗Mountain View, United StatesFree tool for business owners to create and verify their listings in Google Maps and Search (formerly Google My Business).—
Foursquare Labs ↗New York, United States
since 2009
Places/POI data, Places API and location-intelligence products. Merged with Factual in 2020 and acquired by Infillion in September 2026 (terms not disclosed).employees: 150 approximately (2024) ↗
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The business listings & data providers market

The whole market this segment sits in.

total revenue, directory and mailing list publishers (employer firms) · US4,582
USD millions · 2022
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Quick answers

What are local listings & review sites?
Consumer search and review sites (Yelp, Google Business Profile in Maps) and places/POI data feeds (Foursquare). Revenue comes from local advertising and data licensing. They are one segment of the business listings & data providers market.
Who are the leading local listings & review sites companies?
Geoverts (Canada), Yelp (United States), Google Business Profile (Google) (United States), Foursquare Labs (United States).
Which local listings & review sites companies are publicly traded?
Yelp (YELP).
Which Canadian companies are in local listings & review sites?
Geoverts, Vancouver.
How big is the business listings & data providers market?
For the whole business listings & data providers market, not this segment alone: total revenue, directory and mailing list publishers (employer firms) (US) 4,582 USD millions, 2022 — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) / U.S. Census Bureau.