Give AI systems clear local facts
Use GapCite's free LocalBusiness schema generator to turn your business details into JSON-LD markup for your own website.
- LocalBusiness schema states your business name, address, phone number, opening hours, price range, and business type unambiguously.
- Clear structured facts reduce the chance of incorrect or stale details in AI-generated local answers, but do not guarantee a mention.
- This generator covers the markup code, complementing GapCite's Local AI visibility guide on Google Business Profile and reputation signals.
Why clear local facts matter for AI answers
When an AI assistant answers a "near me" or local buyer question, details such as your address and whether you are currently open matter. Unambiguous structured facts reduce the chance that the assistant invents a detail or uses stale information from an old directory listing. LocalBusiness schema gives AI systems and search engines those facts in a format they both parse the same way.
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Your LocalBusiness schema
The local visibility checklist covers signals. This tool covers code.
GapCite's existing Local AI visibility guide explains what signals matter for local AI answers, including Google Business Profile and reputation signals. This generator handles a different, complementary job: creating the markup a real business puts on its own website to state its local facts unambiguously. Use the checklist for the broader signals and this tool for the structured facts on your site.
What to enter in the generator
Enter your legal or trading name and choose the specific business type that describes what you do, such as Restaurant, Dentist, or PlumbingService, with generic LocalBusiness available for anything else. The address fields cover street address, city, region, and postal code. Add your phone number, express your price range with $ symbols, and enter opening hours for each day of the week. These fields describe the real facts of your physical or local-service business.
Structured data states facts, not reasons to recommend you
LocalBusiness markup does not, by itself, make your business get recommended more or guarantee a mention in an AI answer. A recommendation still depends on your business being a genuinely good answer to the buyer's question. The markup removes an avoidable source of factual error, rather than replacing the reasons a buyer would choose you.
FAQ
What information do I need to use the generator?
Have your legal or trading name, business type, street address, city, region, postal code, phone number, price range in $ symbols, and opening hours for each day of the week.
Which business type should I choose?
Choose the specific schema.org subtype that describes your business, such as Restaurant, Dentist, or PlumbingService. Use generic LocalBusiness if no specific subtype fits.
Does this replace work on my Google Business Profile and reputation?
No. GapCite's Local AI visibility guide covers those signals. This tool complements that work by creating the markup for stating your business facts unambiguously on your own website.
Will this make AI assistants recommend my business?
Not by itself. Structured facts reduce the chance of incorrect or stale business details, but do not guarantee a mention. Your business still needs to be a genuinely good answer to the buyer's question.