Reviews · Etobicoke
Asking properly,
in Etobicoke.
In Etobicoke the median business has 43 Google reviews and the quiet quarter of the market sits under 11. 238 have none at all — for them the first ten matter more than the next hundred ever will.
These are counts, not projections. 2,470 Etobicoke listings, 1,601 working websites opened and read. (Etobicoke is part of Toronto; we count the businesses that give Etobicoke 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 Etobicoke
Getting past 43 puts you in the upper half of this market. Getting past 134 puts you in the top quarter. Catching the 20,389 at the top took that business years and is not a first-year target.
Trade by trade
Dentists lead
the list in Etobicoke.
Broken out by trade, because the Etobicoke average hides a lot. The gap between dentists at 86 and financial advisors at 53 is most of the story.
| Trade in Etobicoke | Listings | Median reviews | Top quarter starts at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 86 | 272 | 462 |
| Real estate agents | 66 | 45 | 75 |
| Law firms | 63 | 60 | 121 |
| Medical practices | 62 | 104 | 237 |
| Accountants | 61 | 20 | 63 |
| Gyms | 58 | 126 | 289 |
| Car dealerships | 56 | 96 | 168 |
| Photographers | 56 | 22 | 60 |
| Physiotherapists | 55 | 123 | 246 |
| Financial advisors | 53 | 3 | 7 |
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
Asked often.
How many Google reviews do I need in Etobicoke?
The median across 2,470 Etobicoke businesses is 43; the top quarter is past 134. 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. 1,148 businesses in Etobicoke 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.
Want the same for
your business?
Tell us what you do and where you work. We will look at what you have now and say plainly whether it is worth rebuilding — including when it is not.