Content by Marian Leonte in July, 2026

That residential address showing publicly would be my first suspect. Google has been re-checking older listings, and a home-based business that displays its address instead of hiding it as a service-area business can get flagged now even if it verified fine before. So the cause and the fix may...

This is a known Google-side bug right now, not something wrong with your listings or your access. The reviews are all still there and safe, it is purely a display problem in the web dashboard. Two things working for people while it clears: reply from the Google Business Profile app on your phone...

Full disclosure: I build a reporting tool in this space, so weigh that accordingly - but the answer is the same whatever you use: for a one-off move I wouldn't buy listings software at all. Those tools are built for agencies pushing hundreds of locations, and support is slow everywhere, not just...

Before the forms, try the built-in route: open the profile in Maps, click "Own this business?", and request access. Google emails whoever controls it now, and they get 3 days to respond. A hijacker usually ignores it, and after that you can often verify ownership yourself and take it straight...