Reviews · North York
Asking properly,
in North York.
In North York the median business has 48 Google reviews and the quiet quarter of the market sits under 13. 218 have none at all — for them the first ten matter more than the next hundred ever will.
We did not sample North York — all 2,745 listings were checked, and each fault was counted on the page itself rather than estimated from a tool. (North York is part of Toronto; we count the businesses that give North York as their address.)
The moment matters more than the wording
The time to ask is when the work has just been finished and the customer is pleased. A week later that moment has gone. We set the ask up so it happens then, by whatever route that customer already uses.
Nothing bought, nothing screened
We do not buy reviews and we do not filter out the customers likely to be unhappy before asking. Both are against Google policy, both are detectable in the pattern, and the listing is usually worth more than the website.
What a realistic target looks like in North York
Getting past 48 puts you in the upper half of this market. Getting past 151 puts you in the top quarter. Catching the 12,192 at the top took that business years and is not a first-year target.
Trade by trade
Dentists lead
the list in North York.
The same survey, split by field. Dentists come top here with 79; furniture stores sit at 56. Fields are not comparable to each other on review counts, but they are on faults.
| Trade in North York | Listings | Median reviews | Top quarter starts at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 79 | 277 | 503 |
| Car dealerships | 77 | 186 | 642 |
| Law firms | 69 | 101 | 180 |
| Medical practices | 69 | 136 | 253 |
| Accountants | 61 | 29 | 90 |
| Real estate agents | 59 | 63 | 116 |
| Movers | 59 | 183 | 346 |
| Gyms | 59 | 146 | 629 |
| Photographers | 59 | 57 | 113 |
| Furniture stores | 56 | 82 | 309 |
What it costs.
Full breakdown on the pricing page, including the one-off services that sit alongside this one.
Related.
Everything we found in North York Review generation across the GTA All cities
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Questions
The usual questions.
How many Google reviews do I need in North York?
The median across 2,745 North York businesses is 48; the top quarter is past 151. Those numbers are not comparable between trades — a count that is exceptional for an accountant is unremarkable for a restaurant.
Does a 5.0 rating look fake?
Above about fifty reviews, a perfect score starts to read as filtered. 1,314 businesses in North York already hold 4.9 or better, so a high rating is table stakes here rather than a differentiator.
Now check your own
You have read the numbers.
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