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Top Citation Sites for Car Dealerships

Top Citation Sites for Car Dealerships

Last updated on November 15th, 2024

Building citations on a wide selection of authoritative business listing sites is an important process for car dealerships to undertake. Maintaining a positive reputation is essential for businesses of this type, and this begins with developing a consistent presence online.

As you continue to create listings on a variety of different citation sites relevant to your industry, search engines and consumers will place more trust in your car dealership. This can lead to more clicks and more auto sales.

While you’re making your way through this list, it’s wise to check the ‘country’ column so you’re only registering on the most relevant websites. You’ll also see that there’s a column explaining which sites you’ll have to pay for and which ones are free.

Below the niche list, we’ve also gathered the top general citation sites that most businesses should try to get listed on.

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Top Business Listing Sites for Car Dealerships

Citation SiteDomain AuthorityCountryFree / Paid
CarsUK65GBRPaid
ClassicCars.com65CAN,GBR,
ITA,NLD,
SWE,USA		Paid
DealerRater (Country Variants)56CAN,USAFree
SureCritic39ALLPaid
Trailers.com37USAPaid
TruckWorld.com37AUSPaid
AntiqueCar.com36USA, CANFree / Paid
Classic Car Website29GBRFree
UK Motoring Directory26GBRPaid
The Automotive Directory22USAPaid
Mobile Home Dealers19USAFree
Motoring Directory Australia17AUSPaid
Biker Businesses16USAPaid
AutoCarDealers16GBRPaid
Local Car Dealerships15USAFree
Utility Trailers15USAFree
CarDealersCentral.co.uk15GBRFree
RV Boss14AUSPaid
Auto Sales Directory10USAPaid
Used Truck Dealers8USAFree
Local Motorcycle Dealers8USAFree
CarDealersUP3GBRPaid
Auto+ Performance2ALLPaid

Please note: Local citation sites listed here aren’t necessarily ones we can submit to using Citation Builder. Click here for more information.

Top General Citation Sites

Citation SiteDomain AuthorityFree / Paid
Google Business Profile100Free
Apple Business Connect99Free
LinkedIn99Free
Facebook96Free
Instagram94Free
YELP (Country Variants)93Free
Trustpilot93Free / Paid
Waze92Paid
Foursquare92Free / Paid
OpenStreetMap90Free
Listly86Free / Paid
Here86Free / Paid
Nextdoor (Country Variants)83Free
TomTom81Free / Paid
Local Yahoo77Free
Apsense75Free
Just Landed75Free / Paid
BatchGeo72Free / Paid
Kompass (Country Variants)69Free / Paid
Ailoq68Free / Paid
ProvenExpert67Free / Paid
Zeemaps67Free / Paid
Storeboard64Free / Paid
Brownbook64Free
The Dots62Free / Paid
Tupalo59Free / Paid
Hotfrog (Country Variants)58Free / Paid
Cybo58Free
Infobel58Free / Paid
BizPages58Free / Paid
TrepUp57Free
Callupcontact55Free
BOTW (Best of the Web)55Paid
Twidloo55Free / Paid
YPLocal55Free
Adpost55Free / Paid
StartUs54Free
EnrollBusiness (Country Variants)54Free
ShowMeLocal53Free / Paid
Yellow.place53Free
Zumvu52Free / Paid
Bing Maps51Free
GlobalCatalog51Free
LinkCentre51Free / Paid
Startups SnapMunk50Free
FindIt48Free / Paid
Place12348Free
2FindLocal46Free / Paid
AGreaterTown46Free / Paid
WhoDoYou46Paid

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Rada Daktina
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Rada Daktina
Rada works tirelessly to manage BrightLocal's Citation Builder product. She oversees the processes and queries related to the campaigns, works closely with the Research team on the continuous upkeep of our citations database, and with our Product team on the improvements and fixes to the Citation Builder tool itself.
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