See your true Google Maps rank
Your ranking changes from one street to the next. A local grid scan checks your position from up to 49 points around your business, so you see where you really appear on Google Maps — not just one biased search from your own desk.
Every point is colour-coded, so at a glance you spot where you win, where you slip, and which competitors are taking the customers you're missing.
What a grid scan answers
Where you disappear
One search from your own desk says almost nothing. A grid shows the streets where you drop out of the map pack entirely.
Who is beating you there
Every point records the businesses Google showed instead, with their categories, ratings and review counts.
Whether the work is paying off
Scans are kept, so you can put this month next to last month and see what actually moved.
See your own grid — free
Type your business name, and we'll run a real grid scan for your category “near me” — no account, no card.
3 free checks a day — 7×7, then 5×5, then 3×3 · 10 km around you · no account needed.
“self storage in Jasper”
You rank #3 — from one spot
What one check tells you
One position, from one place — usually your own office, where you rank best. It is the number that makes owners think everything is fine.
What 49 searches tell you
The same keyword from up to 49 points across your area. #3 at the shop can be #12 four streets away — and that is where the customers you are losing are searching from.
What you get with every scan
Grid sizes that fit the area
3×3, 5×5 or 7×7, over 1–20 km. A dense city centre and a rural service area need very different grids.
3×3
9 points
5×5
25 points
7×7
49 points
Pick the grid in the check dialog — tighter for a city block, wider for a whole region.
Competitor categories and reviews
See the Google categories each rival claims, their rating and review count — the gaps you can actually close.
Every rival Google shows, with the categories they claim and the reviews behind their rating.
Kept history
Every scan is saved and shareable as a public link or a PDF, so a client can see the change without an account.
Every scan kept, dated and ready to open, share or download as a PDF.
AI summary of the result
A short read of what the grid shows and what to do next, written from your own numbers rather than a template.
AI summary
You’re strong in the town centre but slip to #7 on the south and west edges, where Elite Storage takes the map pack. Closing that gap is where your next customers are.
Do next:
- ▸ Add “RV storage” to your categories
- ▸ Build 5 citations in the weak postcodes
- ▸ Post weekly for the next month
Written from your own grid — not a template.
See how we measure up
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| Price (from) | $19/mo | $31/mo | $10/mo | $24.99/mo | $39/mo |
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| Flexible grid points | Up to 7×7 | Up to 15×15 | Up to 15×15 | Up to 21×21 | Up to 13×13 |
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Competitor figures are indicative — check each provider's current plans before deciding.
Local rank grid scans, explained
A local rank grid scan — sometimes called a geo-grid or map rank tracker — measures where your business appears in Google Maps and the local pack from many points across your service area, not just one. Google personalises local results by the searcher's exact location, so the position you see from your office is rarely the position a customer sees a few streets away. A grid scan removes that guesswork by running the same keyword from a fixed grid of coordinates around your business and recording your ranking at each one.
Why one Google search is not enough
When you search your own keyword, Google factors in your location, your history and your account. The result is biased towards you and tells you almost nothing about how visible you are to the people you want to reach. Local ranking falls off with distance from your business, so a single check can look great while customers on the other side of town never see you. Tracking your Google Business Profile from a grid of real map points gives you the honest picture: a colour-coded map of where you win, where you slip, and how far your visibility actually reaches.
How the grid scan works
Choose a keyword and a grid size — 3×3, 5×5 or 7×7 — and we run your search from every point on that grid, up to 49 in all. At each point we record your position in the local results and who ranks above you. Every scan is saved, so month over month you can see whether your local SEO work is moving the map. A tighter grid over a small radius shows street-level detail; a wider grid shows how far your reach extends across a city or region.
Reading your ranking heatmap
Each point is colour-coded by position — top three, four to ten, eleven to twenty, and beyond — so you can read your visibility at a glance without reading a single number. Green clusters are the areas where you own the map pack; amber and red are where competitors are taking the customers you are missing. Your average rank across the whole grid is a single honest score for local visibility, and the trend of that score over time is the number worth watching.
Grid scans and your wider local SEO
A grid scan tells you where you stand; the rest of your local SEO decides whether it improves. Consistent citations, a complete and verified Google Business Profile, steady reviews, and regular posts all feed the local ranking factors a grid measures. Scan monthly, act on the weak areas of the map, and re-scan the same keyword to see the change — that loop is how local rankings are built and held.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly is a grid scan? +
We run your keyword as a search from a grid of map points around your business — up to 49 of them — and record which position you hold at each one. The result is a colour-coded map of your real visibility.
How is this different from checking Google myself? +
Your own search is personalised and comes from wherever you are sitting. A grid searches from fixed points across the area, so the answer is not biased by your location or history.
How often should I scan? +
Monthly is enough for most businesses. Local rankings move slowly, and scans are kept so the comparison is what matters.
Do I need to connect Google? +
Not for a grid scan. Connecting your Business Profile adds performance data, posting and review replies, but rank scans work from the map alone.
Does a scan cost anything on the free plan? +
The free trial includes scans so you can see your own grid before paying. Each plan sets how many scans a month and which grid sizes you can use.
Want to see where you actually show up?
Run a grid scan on your own business and see the map your customers see.
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