Local SEO audit for UK trades

Find out why your competitors
are in the Map Pack and you aren't.

£149. One payment. A 1-page report in 5 working days. We check your Google Business Profile, your Map Pack position for the searches your customers actually type, your known citations, and the local signals on your website. Plain English, no jargon, no 60-page PDF.

One-off, no subscription Delivered in 5 working days Yours to keep, act on, or ignore
Why it matters

The Map Pack is where the work is.

When someone in your town searches "emergency plumber near me" or "electrician BS1" at 9pm on a Tuesday, your business should be one of the three names they see. The Map Pack takes 44% of the clicks on local search results. The businesses in it get the call. The ones below it don't.

Screenshot of a Google search result for 'emergency plumber bristol' showing the local Map Pack at the top of the page with three plumbing businesses, their ratings, review counts, opening hours, addresses, and Google reviews widget.
Google Search · Local 3-pack

Three businesses. Top of the page. Below them, everyone else fights for what's left.

76% of local mobile searches result in a phone call within 24 hours. If your business isn't one of the three in the Map Pack, the customers searching in your area right now are calling someone else. The fix isn't complicated. It's just boring, and it doesn't fit on a Saturday between jobs.

The £149 audit tells you exactly which of the six things you need to fix, in what order, and how much each one matters. No 60-page report, no strategy call, no upsell. One page, plain English, delivered in 5 working days.

What's in the report

Six things. Ranked by impact.

Every audit checks the same six things. Every report has the same structure. You know what you're getting before you book.

01

Google Business Profile score.

Out of 100. Based on whether your profile is claimed, verified, complete, has photos, has hours, has services listed, has Q&A seeded, and has a description. Most trades businesses score 40-60. Top 3 in the Map Pack usually score 80+.

02

Map Pack position, by keyword.

We track 3-5 keywords your customers actually type ("emergency plumber Bristol", "boiler repair BS1"). We tell you whether you're in the Pack, where, and who's in front of you. Screenshot included.

03

Review count, velocity, response rate.

Total reviews, new this quarter, average rating, how many of yours the business owner responded to. Counter-intuitive fact: review velocity matters more than total count. Steady drip wins.

04

Citation health.

You give us a list of citations you care about (your website, Yell, Checkatrade, anywhere else you're listed). We check each for Name/Address/Phone consistency. One mismatch is enough to confuse Google.

05

Website local signals.

Is your NAP in the footer? Is there a LocalBusiness schema markup? Is there a sitemap? Is there a Google Maps embed on the contact page? These are the things that signal "we're a real local business" to Google.

06

Competitor comparison.

The 3 businesses currently in the Map Pack for your main keyword. Their GBP scores, their review counts, their photo counts, their citation counts. Honest context for where you stand.

What if your profile isn't set up yet?

No GBP, or never claimed, or unverified? We handle it.

Most trades businesses fall into one of three camps: never created a Google Business Profile, created one but never claimed it (Google auto-generates listings for many businesses), or claimed it but never verified (so edits don't go live). The audit covers all three. Included in the £149.

No profile yet

We create it.

You give us your business name, address, phone, hours, services, and a few photos. We create the profile, fill in every field Google cares about, post the photos, and seed the Q&A. Verification arrives by postcard, phone, or email depending on what Google chooses.

Unclaimed

We claim it.

Google auto-creates GBP listings for most businesses based on public data. Most trades business owners don't realise they have one. We claim it, take over ownership, and clean up whatever's been auto-populated (often wrong hours, no services, no photos).

Claimed but broken

We fix it.

Missing hours. Old address. No services listed. Three photos from 2021. Profile description says nothing. We've seen all of it. The audit includes the cleanup: hours, services, photos, description, attributes, categories. Done as part of the report, not as a separate job.

What the report looks like

One page. Plain English. Yours to keep.

PDF, 1 page, scored checklist at the top, prioritised fix list at the bottom. No fluff, no agency-speak, no "synergise your omnichannel presence." Just what to fix, in what order.

Local SEO Audit · Alpha Rod
5 working days · prepared by Expedient AI · 12 July 2026
SCORES
GBP completeness
42 / 100
Map Pack (1 of 5)
Not in pack
Reviews
23 · 2 this qtr
TOP 3 QUICK WINS
1. Add 8 photos of recent jobs to GBP. Top 3 in the Map Pack have 40+. You have 6.
2. Update hours to "Open 24 hours" on GBP (your website already says this). You lose out-of-hours searches.
3. Your Yell listing has your old BS3 address. Update to BS2. One mismatch costs Pack position.
CITATION DRIFT
Yell.com: phone 01249 448345 ✓ · address ✗ (old unit)
Checkatrade: phone ✓ · address ✓ · no hours
Facebook: phone ✓ · address ✗ (postcode missing)
COMPETITORS (Map Pack, "emergency plumber bristol")
Frank Plumbing: 4.5★, 296 reviews, 24h, GBP score 87
EMERGENCY PLUMBER BRISTOL: 4.9★, 565 reviews, 24h, GBP score 91
Smart Plumbing: 4.8★, 199 reviews, 24h, GBP score 84
Illustrative example · 1 page · PDF

What you actually get.

A score for each of the six checks, with the GBP score and Map Pack position at the top because those are the two that matter most. The top 3 quick wins below, ranked by impact, specific to your business (not generic SEO advice). Citation drift table if any of your listings are inconsistent. Competitor comparison so you know what you're up against.

The 1-page constraint is deliberate. If the report needs 10 pages, you won't read it. If it fits on one, you will. Actionable beats comprehensive.

Yours to keep. No contract, no upsell to a "managed service", no "strategy call" required. Use the report yourself, hand it to a web agency, or never act on it. Your £149 either tells you something useful or it doesn't, and the report stands on its own either way.

How it works

Five days. Three emails. One report.

01

You book and tell us your details.

Business name, town, your website, the 3-5 keywords your customers actually type, the citation URLs you care about, where to send the report. One form, 5 minutes.

02

We run the audit.

We check your Google Business Profile, your Map Pack position for each keyword, your known citations, your website's local signals, and the top 3 competitors in the Pack for your main keyword. Automated, takes 4-6 hours spread across days 1-4.

03

The report lands in your inbox.

Day 5. PDF, 1 page. Scored checklist at the top, prioritised fix list at the bottom. Plus the raw screenshots and data we used, in case you want to verify anything yourself.

04

You act on it (or don't).

The top 3 quick wins are usually 2-3 hours of work. Hand them to your web agency, do them yourself on a Saturday, hire someone on Fiverr. The report tells you what to do, not what we do next.

The honest bit

Who this is for. Who it isn't.

For you if:

You run a local UK trades business (plumber, electrician, roofer, gas engineer, locksmith, etc) within a 20-mile radius. You know the Map Pack matters but you don't know exactly where you stand or what to fix first. You want a clear, honest read on your local SEO without signing a retainer or learning another tool. Also for you if you have no Google Business Profile yet, or never claimed or verified the one Google made for you, because we set that up as part of the audit.

Need more than the audit?

Three options above the £149 read.

Some businesses want the report and the work done for them. Some want a monthly presence so the Pack position holds. Some want video on their GBP and YouTube because that's the new search surface. Pick what fits. Mix and match. Cancel monthly after one month, no contract.

£497 ONE-OFF

Full Map Pack setup.

Everything in the £149 audit, plus we do the fixes. Google Business Profile claimed, verified, filled out, with photos, services, hours, Q&A. Citations built across the 12 directories that actually move the needle (Yell, Checkatrade, Yelp, Thomson Local, FreeIndex, Hotfrog, Cylex, Scoot, TouchLocal, Tipped, UK Small Business Directory, 192.com). NAP consistency audit and correction on your existing listings. LocalBusiness schema added to your website. Maps embed on your contact page. One-time project, two weeks from intake.

Best for: businesses that know what to do but don't have the time or the patience to do it themselves between jobs.

Book the £497 setup
£150/MO MANAGED

Hold the Pack position.

Once you're in the Pack, you stay there by being active. We run your GBP every month: 2-4 posts, monthly photo refresh, Q&A seed, review response (you send us the new ones, we reply). Citation drift monitoring across the 12 directories. Monthly rank report for your 3-5 keywords with Pack position, top 3 competitors, and a 1-line action note. Monthly fee, cancel after one month, no setup fee if you've had the £149 audit or £497 setup with us.

Best for: businesses that have got into the Pack and want to stay there without doing the monthly work themselves.

Start the £150/mo plan
FROM £397

GBP video + YouTube channel.

The new search surface for trades is video. AI Overviews cite YouTube in 30% of local-intent answers, and a GBP video gets 5x the calls of a GBP without one. Two routes. Filmed video: one half-day with a local crew in your area, 3 short-form videos (60-90 seconds each, on-site at a real job or in your workshop), edited and uploaded to your GBP and YouTube channel with titles, descriptions, and tags tuned for local AI search. £897 one-off. AI video: no filming. We script, storyboard, and produce 3 short-form videos from your existing photos and assets using AI tooling. £397 one-off. Both routes include a 30-min YouTube channel setup call so your channel exists, has the right categories, and starts with a real upload.

Best for: businesses that know their next customers are finding people on YouTube and ChatGPT, not just Maps.

Book a video package
Side by side

What you get, what you don't.

Four SKUs. The audit is the entry. The other three are the work above it. Pick the one that matches what you want to hand over. Anything outside the four is a custom engagement and goes on services.html, not this page.

£149 AUDIT

Read.

  • GBP score (out of 100)
  • Map Pack position, 3-5 keywords
  • Review count + velocity
  • Citation NAP check (your URLs)
  • Website local signals
  • Top 3 competitor comparison
  • Top 3 quick wins
  • 1-page PDF, 5 working days
£497 SETUP

Build.

  • Everything in the audit
  • GBP claimed + verified
  • GBP fully filled + photos
  • Citations built (12 dirs)
  • NAP drift fix (existing)
  • LocalBusiness schema added
  • Maps embed on contact page
  • 2 weeks from intake
£150/MO MANAGED

Hold.

  • 2-4 GBP posts / month
  • Monthly photo refresh
  • Q&A seeding
  • Review responses (you send, we reply)
  • Citation drift monitoring
  • Monthly rank report (3-5 kws)
  • 1-line action note
  • Cancel any month after first
FROM £397 VIDEO

Show.

  • 3 short-form videos (60-90s)
  • Local AI search titles + tags
  • Uploaded to GBP + YouTube
  • YouTube channel setup call (30 min)
  • Filmed: £897 with local crew
  • AI: £397, no filming
  • GBP video = 5x calls
  • Yours to publish or reshoot

Most customers start with the £149 audit, then add either the £497 setup or the £150/mo plan once they've seen the report. The video option is independent and works either before or after the audit. Stack any combination.

Video

The new search surface is video.

AI Overviews cite YouTube in nearly a third of local-intent answers, and a Google Business Profile with a video gets five times the calls of one without. If you have no video, your business is invisible at the second step of the journey.

AI video · £397

Three videos, no filming.

Produced from your existing photos and copy. 60-90 seconds each, captioned, with titles and tags tuned for local search. Uploaded to your GBP and YouTube channel. Five days from intake.

Filmed video · £897

Half a day, three videos.

A local crew on a real job or in your workshop. Edited and captioned, uploaded to both, with titles tuned for the terms your customers type. You keep the raw footage.

Video SEO

The full breakdown.

How video helps you twice, what the channel setup call covers, and what video will not fix for you. The honest version, including when it is not worth doing.

See video SEO

Video covers what your customers watch. If the problem is that AI assistants and answer engines cannot read your website at all, that is a different discipline: Agentic Engine Optimization.

From £149 audit to a fully managed Map Pack presence with video.

Read the page. Pick the SKU that fits. Or book the £149 audit first if you'd rather see where you stand before committing to anything. We do the work; you get the calls.

See the four SKUs