Common reasons your GBP listing might be suspended
When your business listing gets suspended, you might be wondering why. Here are some common reasons GBP listings get suspended:
- Keyword stuffing your business name.
- Using a P.O. Box or UPS store address.
- You set up your listing at a virtual office or co-working space address.
- You have a Service Area Business (SAB) and are displaying a physical address.
- You have an online-only business.
- You are in a high-risk business category, like lawyers, plumbers, HVAC, locksmiths, rehab centers, etc.
- If another business shares your same address – especially if it’s a residential address.
- You have made a bunch of changes/edits to your GBP profile in one sitting.
- The URL you add to your GBP profile forwards/redirects to another website or links to a social media page.
- If you change your listing from a Storefront to a SAB – or vice versa.
- Having multiple GBPs in an area that has service areas overlapping.
- Your address or hours don’t match what is listed on your website or other online business directories/citations.
- You list your business hours as 24/7.
- A manager on your listing had their account suspended – so your listing was also suspended.
- You created multiple listings for the same business at the same address.
- You violated the terms of service of some other Google tool or service.
- You have an account violation, like your email account being suspended.
