ResearchLocal Business Data Quality Report
Data quality

How complete are published business profiles?

This report looks at practical profile-completeness signals across published listings. It does not score individual businesses. Instead, it shows how much of the directory has core discovery and contact information available to users.

Updated from live directory data · 18 Aug 2026
Website available93.6%

524 published profiles include a website.

Phone available93.4%

523 published profiles include a phone number.

Email available99.8%

559 published profiles include an email address.

Verified profiles0.5%

3 profiles currently carry the verified signal.

Updated in 90 days100%

560 published profiles were published or updated in the last 90 days.

WHAT THE DATA MEANS

Key interpretation notes

  • Contact-data completeness is a directory-quality signal; it should not be interpreted as an endorsement of any listed business.
  • Verification status is only one trust signal. Users should still confirm time-sensitive commercial information directly with a business.
  • Freshness percentages can move quickly when owners edit profiles or administrators complete data-quality work.
METHODOLOGY

How this report is calculated

  1. Source: The Business Directory first-party production database.
  2. Scope: businesses with status = published at the time the report is generated.
  3. Counts are aggregated; this research does not expose private account data.
  4. Category and location counts are based on current directory taxonomy relationships.
  5. The report is generated dynamically and may change as directory records change.
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