Free tool · Google Maps ranking
Local Rank Checker
See where your business actually ranks on Google Maps for a keyword — checked from 9 real points around your location, not just one search from your own couch.
Step 1 — find your business
Checking rank for
This listing didn't come back with a location from search, so we can't run a grid check against it yet — try another result, or a slightly different search.
Step 2 — check a keyword
Search and pick your business above first.
Want the full picture?
Get the extended 7×7 report by email
This free check covers 9 points in a ~2km grid. The full report checks 49 points across a wider ~6km grid — free, no card, emailed straight to your inbox.
How it works
Three steps, no account.
Search your business
Type your business name and city, then pick your exact listing.
Enter a keyword
Whatever you'd want a customer to search — "plumber Austin", "hair salon near me", etc.
Read your grid
Nine real Google Maps searches around your location — see exactly where you show up, and where you don't.
One search isn't your real ranking
Searching your own business name from your own phone almost always shows you at #1 — Google knows where you are and what you're looking for. Customers searching a generic phrase ("plumber near me") from three streets over see something completely different. A grid check is the only honest way to see that.
Ranking isn't static, either — it shifts with reviews, posts, and what competitors are doing. This free check is a snapshot. If you want it tracked continuously with alerts when it moves, that's what the RateGather dashboard does.
Ranking well? Make sure the reviews back it up.
Showing up on the map is half the job — what customers see once they click matters just as much. Our free Google Review Link Generator gets you a direct link (and QR code) that skips straight to the review box.
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
Nine separate Google Maps searches for your keyword, run from nine points laid out in a square around your business (roughly 2km across, edge to edge). Each cell is the position your listing showed up at from that exact spot — the same "where do I rank near this street corner" check the RateGather dashboard runs continuously for paying customers.
Every point is a real, paid Google Maps search — there's no way around that cost. Nine points (a 3x3 grid) is enough to see whether your ranking holds up as you move away from your own address, without us subsidizing an unlimited free tool. The full 49-point (7x7) grid is available below — free, emailed to you, no card required.
Grid results for a given keyword and neighborhood are cached for up to 48 hours so this tool doesn't re-run the exact same paid search over and over for every visitor checking the same phrase. If you want a fresh number today, change the keyword slightly or check back after the cache window — we're not going to pretend every check is live-this-second when it isn't.
Your business didn't show up in the top 20 Google Maps results for that keyword from that specific point. It might still be findable further down, or it might not be showing at all there — either way, "20+" means "not competitive at this spot today," not a made-up exact rank.
No. It's free, permanently, no signup and no credit card — the same free-tools policy as the review link generator. RateGather makes money from the paid dashboard (continuous tracking, autopilot posts/replies), not from this one-off check.
Same underlying engine, different cadence: this free tool runs one manual 3x3 (or 7x7) snapshot when you ask for it. The dashboard tracks your grid automatically over time, alerts you when a competitor overtakes you, and is the thing that actually does something about the ranking (posts, reviews, replies) rather than just reporting it.
Want your ranking tracked every day, automatically?
RateGather runs this same grid check continuously, alerts you when a competitor overtakes you, and works the ranking with autopilot posts, reviews, and replies — all from one dashboard.
No contract. Free plan available.