What does Service-Area Business Setup cover?
Correct profile setup for businesses that serve customers at their location: hidden address, honest areas.
The problem: service-area rules are easy to break
Most problem profiles share the same mistakes:
- A home address displayed to customers who should never visit it
- Service areas listing towns the business never actually visits
- A storefront setup for a business with no customer-facing location
- Multiple profiles created to cover extra towns
- Categories that describe the location instead of the service
What correct setup covers
Every setting matched to how the business really works.
- Eligibility check: confirming the business qualifies as a service-area business
- Address visibility set correctly for the business type
- Service areas listed honestly, within genuine travel limits
- Categories and services describing the work, not the location
- Phone, website and hours consistent with the service model
How the setup works
Careful and documented.
- Review how and where the business actually serves customers
- Correct address visibility and service-area entries
- Clean up duplicates or conflicting listings found on the way
- Align website service-area pages with the profile
- Handover notes so future edits stay compliant
What changes for your business
A profile that fits the rules and reaches the right towns.
- No customer-facing address where none should show
- Service areas you can defend because they are true
- Fewer suspension risks from setup mistakes
- Website and profile telling the same coverage story
What we will not do
Service areas must reflect where you genuinely provide service. We will not list towns you do not serve, create extra profiles for coverage or show an address that misleads customers.