General Dentist and Sleep Apnea/TMJ Specialist - two distinct businesses, same location

[Tony Wang]

I have a general dentist that also has a separate practice only for sleep apnea & TMJ. The two offices are at separate locations. He is planning to move to a new location and bring both to the same new office, while keeping the business practices separate.

Independent Sleep and TMJ practices are common, and often use the GBP categories of Medical Office and/or sleep clinic, since they bill under health insurance, not dental. However, many dentists also do sleep and tmj as part of their general practice, so I'm worried that Google may associate them as being in the same industry.

Does anyone have experience with having two separate practices being at the same address? I'm worried about one of them getting filtered. Both have strong and established profiles.

 

[keyserholiday]

I have a general dentist that also has a separate practice only for sleep apnea & TMJ. The two offices are at separate locations. He is planning to move to a new location and bring both to the same new office, while keeping the business practices separate.

Independent Sleep and TMJ practices are common, and often use the GBP categories of Medical Office and/or sleep clinic, since they bill under health insurance, not dental. However, many dentists also do sleep and tmj as part of their general practice, so I'm worried that Google may associate them as being in the same industry.

Does anyone have experience with having two separate practices being at the same address? I'm worried about one of them getting filtered. Both have strong and established profiles.

They won't get filtered as they will have different categories. The issue is, can you prove to Google that they are two different offices with different staff? When you move the GBPs, Google will make you complete the video verification for both GBPs. You will need to show signage for both GBPs.