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489 -- audited listing count for US national chains (12 brands) (2026-09)
An audit of 12 national chain brands analyzed 489 Google Business Profile listings.
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489
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Count
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2026-09
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489
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95
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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Pluspoint
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https://www.pluspoint.io/blog/how-to-manage-google-business-profiles-at-scale ↗
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How to Manage Google Business Profiles at Scale (2026)
How to Manage Google Business Profiles at Scale in 2026: Who Holds the Keys
Claimed, described and photographed is the entry ticket now. A 489-listing audit of twelve national chains shows where multi-location profiles still break, what Google changed in the last year, and which account should hold …
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Pluspoint
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Listings pulled from Lighthouse Search Index Business Listings index for 12 US chains within 40km of Dallas, Chicago, Phoenix and Atlanta
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US national chains (12 brands): 489 audited listing count. Source: Pluspoint (2026-09). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gbp-audit-listing-count-489
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gbp-audit-listing-count-489" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>489</strong> -- audited listing count for US national chains (12 brands)<br><small>Source: Pluspoint (2026-09) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gbp-audit-listing-count-489" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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