Large construction company has campus with multiple divisions

[Rich Owings]

Wow, did I ever inherit a mess. Here's the situation... A large construction company, which I'll call Acme, has the following:

• 12 listings in their GMB dash (I've identified five as dupes)
• At least two others not in their GMB dash
• They have several divisions which don't appear to be independent corporations (Acme Plumbing, Acme Heating & Cooling, Acme Solar, Acme Constructors, Acme Electric, etc.)
• They use three addresses that are adjacent to each other
• They all use the same phone number and generally link to the same website from their GMB listing

What would you do? Are they eligible for separate listings? Could I list them as departments?

 

[JoyHawkins]

They would only be allowed to be departments if they had unique signage and entrances/sections in the business. IE: Geek Squad inside Best Buy.

 

[Rich Owings]

Thanks, Joy. Most of them should meet that criteria, since they are spread across multiple buildings. Do you think sharing the same phone number and/or linking to the website homepage would be a barrier to getting Google to allow for department listings?

 

[JoyHawkins]

I would suggest having different numbers and landing pages to avoid Google automatically merging them. It's very likely that will happen with your current scenario.

 

[Rich Owings]

That confirms my suspicions. Thanks for taking the time to respond and for everything you do for the local SEO community.