Google Maps rank tracking for restaurants
A diner by the station and one across town can see different restaurants for the same search. Rank tracking runs your chosen search from a grid of points around you once a month, so you can see where you appear, where you don’t, and who is showing up instead.
You’re top 3 for “restaurant near me” across the centre of Newark. A few fresh reviews will push you out to the villages.
How it works for restaurants
One search that matters
Pick the phrase that brings in covers, like Italian restaurant or Sunday lunch. It’s searched from 25 points around you, 1 km apart, as if a hungry customer were standing at each one. We can widen or tighten the grid to suit your area.
Pins coloured by position
Each point shows a pin coloured by where you came, with your average and best position, how many points put you in the top three or top ten, and the gaps where you don’t appear at all.
Who’s beating you, and where
Pick any point to see who outranks you there, plus a table of the restaurants that show up most often. That helps you decide where to put your effort, whether that’s reviews, your profile or articles.
A plain-English read each month
Every scan comes with a short summary, two or three things to do and the trend against last month. Past scans are kept, so in August you can look back at how the map looked in spring.
The 1st of the month at Saffron Yard
Strong by the high street, missing near the hotels
Arjun assumed Saffron Yard showed up everywhere for curry near me. The first rank map said otherwise. He was in the top three along the high street and around the station, but missing on the side of town with the two big hotels, where visitors stay. The read suggested more reviews and a fuller Google description. A month later, he could put the new map beside the first and compare them pin by pin.
An illustration of how it works, not a real customer.
The film
Three self-contained chapters: a monthly Google Maps scan from a grid of points around the business, a monthly check of whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name it, and a monthly head-to-head with the local rivals it picks. It works the same way for restaurants.
Read the transcript
0:01Where you show up on Google Maps depends on where your customer is standing.
0:06So once a month, we run your key search from a grid of points around your business, as if a customer were standing at each one.
0:13You see where you're top three, where you don't appear at all, who beats you at each point, and two or three plain-English things to do next.
0:24Customers can now ask AI assistants where to go, too.
0:28Once a month, we put up to four of your customers' questions to ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, each answering from live web results.
0:37You see whether you're named, how high, and who's named instead. Nobody can buy a recommendation, but now you'll know where you stand.
0:48And how do you stack up against your local rivals?
0:52Pick them from Google, and every month we check their rating and review count, new reviews, how often they reply, what customers praise and complain about, their AI visibility and map position.
1:04Then it's all set beside yours, head to head, so you can see where you're ahead, and where they're pulling away.
1:12LocalQuiver. Your marketing, sorted.
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What's included
- A 5×5 grid of points around your restaurant
- One search phrase, scanned on the 1st of each month
- Pins coloured by position, with average and best
- Top-three and top-ten counts, plus where you don’t appear
- Who outranks you at each point
- A plain-English summary with two or three next steps
More for restaurants
The map follows one search phrase, so choose the one that matters most for your covers, like pizza near me or Sunday lunch. We’ll help you pick it. Your blog articles’ own Google positions are tracked separately by the Search Agent.
Not on its own. It measures, it doesn’t act. What it gives you is a clear picture of where you’re strong and where you’re missing, which makes it easier to judge whether more reviews, a better profile or local articles are paying off over the months.
Once a month, on the 1st, with every past scan kept for comparison. Maps results move about from day to day, so a monthly snapshot taken from the same points is a fairer way to see the trend than checking your phone after every service.
Google Maps rank tracking
Book a free chat and we'll show you how it would work for your restaurant, set up and running for you.