# Google Business Profile

A Google Business Profile is the listing that appears in Google Maps and the map pack. Learn how verification, service areas, categories, posts, multiple locations, and suspensions work.

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## Articles

- [What is a service area business?](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/what-is-a-service-area-business) — [Markdown](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/what-is-a-service-area-business.md): A service area business visits or delivers to customers at their location and does not serve customers at its own address, so its Google Business Profile shows a service area instead of a street address.
- [How Google Business Profile verification works](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/verification) — [Markdown](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/verification.md): Google Business Profile verification is the process Google uses to confirm that you own or represent a business before you can edit its profile, using a method such as video, phone, text, email, or a mailed code.
- [Why Google Business Profiles get suspended](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/suspension) — [Markdown](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/suspension.md): Google suspends or disables Business Profiles that don't follow its guidelines, and the owner can ask for reinstatement by fixing the problem and submitting an appeal with supporting evidence.
- [How Google Business Profile categories work](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/categories) — [Markdown](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/categories.md): Google Business Profile categories tell Google and customers what kind of business a profile represents, and Google says the primary category and up to 9 additional categories affect local ranking.
- [What are Google Business Profile posts?](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/posts) — [Markdown](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/posts.md): Google Business Profile posts are updates, offers, and events a business publishes on its profile, which appear on Google Search and Maps and are archived after 6 months unless they have a date range.
- [Google Business Profiles for multiple locations](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/multiple-locations) — [Markdown](https://movermarketing.ai/learn/google-business-profile/multiple-locations.md): A business can have one Google Business Profile for each real location, and Google allows a service-area business one profile per location only when each has its own service area and staff.