A business directory lists companies with their name, address, phone and website. We checked 52 local business directories on October 31, 2026. The median DR is 85, and 8 are confirmed free or have a free tier.
| Submitted | Link to site | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook Pagesfacebook.com | 100 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Google Business Profilegoogle.com | 100 | Business directory | Free | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| LinkedIn Company Pageslinkedin.com | 99 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Apple Business (Business Connect)business.apple.com | 97 | Business directory | Free | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Yelp for Businessbusiness.yelp.com | 94 | Business directory | Free + paid | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| Better Business Bureaubbb.org | 93 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Bing Places for Businessbing.com | 93 | Business directory | Free | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Tripadvisor for Ownerstripadvisor.com | 93 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Cylexcylex.us.com · blocks checks | 92 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Houzz for Proshouzz.com | 92 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Foursquarefoursquare.com | 91 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Justia Lawyer Directoryjustia.com · blocks checks | 91 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| MapQuestmapquest.com | 91 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Nextdoor Businessnextdoor.com | 91 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Yellyell.com · blocks checks | 91 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Angi for Prosangi.com · blocks checks | 90 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Dun & Bradstreetdnb.com · blocks checks | 90 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Thumbtack for Prosthumbtack.com | 90 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Yellow Pagesyellowpages.com · blocks checks | 89 | Business directory | Free + paid | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Barkbark.com | 87 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Expertise.comexpertise.com | 87 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Healthgradeshealthgrades.com · blocks checks | 86 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Mantamanta.com · blocks checks | 86 | Business directory | Free + paid | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Porch for Prosporch.com | 85 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Superpagessuperpages.com · blocks checks | 85 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Thomasnetthomasnet.com · blocks checks | 85 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Alignablealignable.com | 84 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Chamber of Commercechamberofcommerce.com | 84 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| MerchantCirclemerchantcircle.com | 84 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Hotfroghotfrog.com | 82 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| FreeIndexfreeindex.co.uk | 81 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Brownbookbrownbook.net | 80 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| EZlocalezlocal.com · blocks checks | 80 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Data Axledata-axle.com · blocks checks | 78 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| Europageseuropages.co.uk | 78 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| ShowMeLocalshowmelocal.com · blocks checks | 78 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Kompasskompass.com · blocks checks | 77 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Medium | Open | |
| 2FindLocal2findlocal.com | 76 | Business directory | Free | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| Local.comlocal.com | 76 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| Spokespoke.com | 76 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Cybocybo.com · blocks checks | 75 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| n49n49.comFree listing has no website link. | 75 | Business directory | Free + paid | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| Bizapediabizapedia.com | 74 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| iBeginibegin.com | 74 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| Citysquarescitysquares.com · blocks checks | 73 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Infobelinfobel.com · blocks checks | 73 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Thomson Localthomsonlocal.com · blocks checks | 73 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Hub.bizhub.biz · blocks checks | 72 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Tupalotupalo.co | 70 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| Tuugotuugo.us · blocks checks | 67 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open | |
| Fyplefyple.com | 63 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Submit | |
| Yalwayalwa.com · blocks checks | 56 | Business directory | Not checked | Not tested | Low | Open |
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Google Business Profile, Bing Places and Apple Business put you on the maps people use, and all three are free. Everything else on this page matters less for a local business.
Use the exact same business name, address and phone number on every listing. Mismatched details create duplicate listings that take a long time to clean up.
This list leans toward the US and UK, with a few global sites such as Kompass and Infobel. Yell, Thomson Local and FreeIndex are UK only. If you are elsewhere, look for your national directory too.
52 sites · median DR 85 · 52 at DR 50 or higher · 8 confirmed free or free tier · link type not tested on these
People still search for these lists, so the rows are in the table and labeled. We are not recommending them for SEO. Read Google’s link spam policy.
Expect little or no SEO value. Google's policy names bookmark site links as an example of link spam when they are low quality. Pinterest and Flipboard can still send readers if your audience is there, so use them for reach, not for links.
A profile link shows a brand exists, and that is about all. Anyone can make one in a minute, so search engines have little reason to count it. Fill in the profiles you would really use, such as GitHub, and skip the bulk lists.
The old article directories are going away: EzineArticles, GoArticles and HubPages all failed our check. Google's policy also covers links with optimized anchor text in articles distributed on other sites. Medium and DEV can reach readers, so write for them, not for the link.
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Start with Google Business Profile, Bing Places and Apple Business. After that, 8 sites in this table are confirmed free or have a free tier. Some free tiers leave out the website link, and we note that where we saw it.
They help people and search engines confirm your business details. Google's documentation says local ranking depends on relevance, distance and prominence, so a listing helps but does not guarantee a ranking.
A few relevant listings can send visitors and confirm your brand exists. They rarely move rankings alone. Google's link spam policy names low-quality directory and bookmark site links as an example of spam, so quality matters more than count.
Yes. All 449 rows are on this page and in the CSV with no email and no sign-up. The optional updates box is only there if you want to hear when the list changes.
Our script opened up to four listing pages per site and read the rel attribute on outbound links. 22 sites showed only followed links, 68 showed nofollow on some or all, and the rest could not be tested, often because the site blocks automated requests. Subreddits are marked nofollow by platform rule, not by test.
DR means Domain Rating, a 0 to 100 score for the strength of a site's link profile. We read it for each domain on October 31, 2026 from a third-party SEO data API. It describes the whole domain, not the page your listing would sit on, so a high DR does not mean your link will carry much weight.
No. Nobody can. Neither this list nor Outrank's services promise a ranking.
We started from the Outrank team’s list of 404 places to post a startup and added 110 well-known business, bookmarking, profile and article sites that keyword searches expect. A script then did the following on :
Sites that refuse automated requests stay marked “blocks checks”. We did not try to get around those blocks. Outbound links here are nofollow, and no site paid to be listed. We make Outrank, which sells the services above.
