The best local businesses, ranked on real Google data

Best in Hood is a directory of the best local businesses and services across 14 flagship cities and 46 more cities in the United States and Canada. Every list ranks real businesses on their Google ratings and review volume so you can choose with confidence.

Every category is ranked on the same criteria: real Google ratings, how many customers left a review, and how recent those reviews are. Paid listings are labelled Featured Partner. You can read the full method on our How we rank page.

Every business on a list has a free badge page: where it stands, the Google rating and review count behind it, and a badge for its website that links back to the list. Find yours on our For businesses page. Premium and #2 listings also get a printable certificate once they have 10 or more Google reviews.

Choose a package on the pricing page: a Basic Listing ($50 once), the #2 spot ($75 a year), the top spot with a Premium Listing ($100 a year), or a new page for your city or service ($150). Every package includes a permanent link to your website.

Yes. If your business is already listed, you can send us updated details so your information stays current.

Every figure comes from the Google Maps data on our own lists: the star rating and review count shown on each list, collected from July 2026 to November 2026. A business that appears on two lists in the same city, category or service is counted once. "Every business we compared" means the full set of Google Maps businesses each list was picked from. These numbers describe the businesses on our lists, not every business in a city. A table appears only where there are at least 15 businesses, and a city's category page also needs at least 3 lists.

Every list shows the month it was last updated, right under its title. When we refresh a list from Google or a business's details change, that date moves with it.