One rank number hides most of the map.
A standard rank tracker checks from a single point. Your customers search from their homes, offices and cars, all at different distances from the branch.
Rank depends on where you stand
You may be #1 outside the front door and #12 two kilometres away. A single-point tracker reports the good number and misses the rest.
Blind spots cost calls
The streets where you rank poorly are often the busiest residential areas. Without a grid you cannot see which neighbourhoods you are losing.
Too many branches to check by hand
Searching from different spots for every keyword at every location is impossible at 20 branches, let alone 200.
A map of your visibility in minutes.
Set it up once per brand. AreaAce builds grids for every location and keeps them updated.
Pick keywords and grid size
Choose the searches that matter, like “dentist near me” or “pizza delivery”, and a grid size from 3×3 up to 7×7 with the spacing that fits your area.
AreaAce scans each point
For every point on the grid, AreaAce records where your profile appears in the local results and which competitors rank above you.
See heatmaps and trends
Each branch gets a colour-coded map, an average grid rank and a trend line, so you can spot slips and wins at a glance.
Average grid rank for every location.
Each scan rolls up into one simple number per branch: the average grid rank. It tells you how visible a location is across its whole area, which makes branches easy to compare and easy to report on.
Click any branch to open its heatmap. Green points show where you are in the top three, amber shows positions four to ten, and red shows where customers will probably never see you. Hover a point to see who ranks above you there.
- Branch leaderboard sorted by average grid rank
- Week-over-week trends so you know if a fix worked
- Competitor names at every grid point
- Scheduled scans with alerts when a branch drops sharply
Everything you need to win the local map.
Geo-grid tracking in AreaAce is built for brands that manage many locations at once.
Flexible grid sizes
Run 3×3, 5×5 or 7×7 grids with custom spacing, so a city-centre cafe and a suburban showroom each get a grid that fits.
Bulk setup
Apply one keyword set and grid template to every branch in a region with a single click.
History and trends
Keep every scan so you can show how rankings moved after a new review routine or a profile update.
Competitor overlay
See which rival wins each point and how often, so you know who you are really up against in each area.
Drop alerts
Get notified when a branch loses ground across the grid, with a note from the AI SEO expert on the likely cause.
Shareable reports
Export heatmaps per branch or per region for managers, franchisees or the board.
Useful wherever customers search nearby.
If people find you by searching “near me”, the grid shows how many of them actually see you.
Clinics and dental groups
Check visibility for treatments like implants or emergency care across each clinic's whole patient area, from the street outside to the suburbs nearby.
Restaurants and delivery
See which neighbourhoods surface your branch for “food near me” and where delivery apps or rivals take the spot.
Auto service and dealerships
Showrooms and service centres often draw from a wide radius. Larger grid spacing shows how far your reach really goes.
Retail stores
Compare stores in malls and on high streets, and find the branches that need local posts and reviews to compete.
Geo-grid tracking versus the usual checks.
How grid-based tracking compares with single-point rank trackers and manual searches.
Pair it with the rest of the platform.
Every AreaAce feature reads from the same location data, so a fix found in one tool shows up as a task in the others.
Performance reports
Calls, directions and website visits for every branch and region, ready for the board.
Explore this featureReviews and sentiment
One inbox for every location's reviews, replies in your brand voice and the themes behind them.
Explore this featureAI visibility tracker
Know when ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and AI Overviews name your brand, and who they name instead.
Explore this featureQuestions about
geo-grid tracking.
Still deciding? Book a branch review with a local search strategist. No pitch deck, just a look at how your locations show up today.