Reviews · Oakville
Asking properly,
in Oakville.
In Oakville the median business has 43 Google reviews and the quiet quarter of the market sits under 10. 122 have none at all — for them the first ten matter more than the next hundred ever will.
We did not sample Oakville — all 2,125 listings were checked, and each fault was counted on the page itself rather than estimated from a tool.
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 Oakville
Getting past 43 puts you in the upper half of this market. Getting past 129 puts you in the top quarter. Catching the 7,257 at the top took that business years and is not a first-year target.
Trade by trade
Car dealerships lead
the list in Oakville.
The same survey, split by field. Car dealerships come top here with 65; gyms sit at 55. Fields are not comparable to each other on review counts, but they are on faults.
| Trade in Oakville | Listings | Median reviews | Top quarter starts at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car dealerships | 65 | 120 | 204 |
| Dentists | 64 | 177 | 286 |
| Real estate agents | 62 | 49 | 87 |
| Law firms | 61 | 38 | 64 |
| Medical practices | 61 | 74 | 180 |
| Accountants | 60 | 19 | 42 |
| Financial advisors | 59 | 4 | 11 |
| Therapists | 58 | 5 | 11 |
| Insurance brokers | 55 | 39 | 160 |
| Gyms | 55 | 104 | 254 |
What it costs.
Full breakdown on the pricing page, including the one-off services that sit alongside this one.
Related.
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Questions
Before you ask.
How many Google reviews do I need in Oakville?
The median across 2,125 Oakville businesses is 43; the top quarter is past 129. 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. 1,122 businesses in Oakville already hold 4.9 or better, so a high rating is table stakes here rather than a differentiator.
Your turn
Same check,
run on your site.
The check behind this page is the one we ran on every business above. Put your own address in and it will load your site on a phone screen, look at the certificate and the page age, and tell you what a visitor meets. No email, nothing stored.
If you want
one built.
We build the site, you look at it, and you pay once it is finished and you are happy with it. Hosting, edits and the Google listing carry on monthly, cancellable any month.