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89%
89% -- share of consumers reading reviews before visiting for local business consumers (2025)
89% of consumers read reviews before visiting a business.
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89%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
digitalthriveai.com
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Tier C
https://digitalthriveai.com/en-us/resources/local-seo/google-my-business-manage-your-reviews-tool/ ↗
Source Article
What Is the Google Business Profile Review Management Tool
The review management tool is a built-in feature of Google Business Profile that allows you to monitor and respond to customer reviews directly from your business dashboard. Unlike third-party reputation management platforms that aggregate r…
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digitalthriveai.com
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Aggregator blog citing unnamed research; original survey not identified
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local business consumers: 89% share of consumers reading reviews before visiting. Source: digitalthriveai.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-read-reviews-before-visiting-business
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-read-reviews-before-visiting-business" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>89%</strong> -- share of consumers reading reviews before visiting for local business consumers<br><small>Source: digitalthriveai.com (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-read-reviews-before-visiting-business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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