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Free Local Rank Checker
Local rankings change from street to street. Enter your business and a keyword and we check your position at every point of a grid around your location, so you see where you win, where you vanish, and who takes your place.
Part of our Local rankings & Google Maps tools · ~10–20 seconds · Input: Business + one keyword
Ranking heat map
Your business
Where you rank
Your position in the results when someone searches from each point.
North is up; each cell is one searcher location. Hover a cell for its coordinates.
Summary
Who takes your place
Businesses that appeared most often across the grid, with their average position.
| # | Business | Appearances | Avg. position |
|---|
Tip: check the generic head term and your top three services — the pattern across keywords tells you more than any single grid.
How it works
How the local rank checker works
- 1
Choose business, keyword and grid
Pick a 3×3 or 5×5 grid and how far apart the points are (0.5, 1 or 2 km).
- 2
We search from every point
Each grid point runs the keyword through Google Places with that location as the searcher’s position and records where you appear in the top 20.
- 3
Read the heat map
Green cells are top-3 positions, amber 4–10, orange 11–20, grey not found. The summary and competitor list tell you where to focus.
How the heat map is measured
For every grid point we run a Google Places text search for your keyword, biased to that point's coordinates — the same way Google weighs a searcher's position — and record the 1-based position of your place ID among the top 20 results. Results track Google Maps closely, but Maps also personalises by search history, device and time of day, so read the pattern across cells rather than a single square. Any ranking beyond position 20 shows as 20+.
Local Rank Checker — questions we get asked
Why do I rank #1 at my address but not 2 km away? +
Proximity is the strongest local ranking signal. The further the searcher is from you (and the closer to a competitor), the harder it is to hold a top-3 spot. The heat map shows exactly where that boundary sits.
Is this a Google Maps rank tracker? +
It is a free on-demand checker. Run it whenever you want a snapshot; it does not store history or send reports.
What keyword should I check? +
Start with your primary service + city ("emergency plumber austin") and the generic head term ("plumber"). Then test the services you want to grow.
Is the local rank checker free? +
Yes — free forever with a fair daily limit per visitor so everyone can use it.
Keep learning
Guides that go with this tool
How to Check Your Google Maps Ranking (and Why It Differs by Street)
Why there is no single Google Maps ranking, how to check yours properly (incognito, set location, rank grid heat map), how to read a local SEO grid, and what to fix when the edges go red.
Read the guide →How to Rank Higher on Google Maps: The Complete Local Ranking Guide
How Google Maps ranks local businesses (relevance, distance, prominence), which Google Business Profile changes actually move positions, a 30-day plan, and a rank-grid worked example.
Read the guide →Google Business Profile Ranking Factors: What Actually Moves Local Rankings
Every GMB / Google Business Profile ranking factor grouped by profile, reviews, proximity, website, prominence and behavior: what Google says, what we observe, the effort, and how to check it free.
Read the guide →Local Pack Ranking: How to Get Into Google's Top 3 Map Results
What the local pack is, which searches trigger it, how Google assembles the top 3 (relevance, distance, prominence), the levers in order, a 6-week plan and a Google Business Profile worked example.
Read the guide →Google Business Profile for Service Area Businesses: Setup, Ranking, and Pitfalls
How to set up a Google Business Profile as a service-area business: the address rule, realistic service areas, why the hidden pin decides where you rank, video verification, area pages and reviews.
Read the guide →More free local SEO tools
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