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Miami-Dade · Google Maps

Local SEO in Miami for a county of 34 cities.

For your Miami business, local SEO means looking after your Google Business Profile, its reviews and your directory listings every month, and fixing pages of your website. We set it up for Miami-Dade: 34 cities, 1.2 million residents outside any city, and customers in two languages. It starts at $1,500.00 a month for one location, with no setup.

Cities in the county
34
People who live outside any city
1,216,651
Service areas allowed on one Google profile
20
Tax receipts for a business inside a city
2

Sources: Miami-Dade County, FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget; Google Business Profile Help; Miami-Dade Tax Collector. Read October 17, 2026.

Your name

One name, from Sunbiz to Google Maps

Florida requires any business that trades under a name other than its legal one to register that name with the state first. Anyone can then look it up on Sunbiz, the state’s business register. An LLC’s legal name must include “LLC”, “L.L.C.” or “limited liability company”.

Google asks for the name on your storefront, your website and your stationery. It keeps “LLC” off the profile unless your sign, cards or invoices show it. If your sign reads in English and Spanish, the profile still carries one name: Google does not allow the same name repeated in two languages.

We start by lining up three names: the one on Sunbiz, the one on your door and the one on Google. The name in a verification video must match the profile.

Legal name of an LLC
Includes LLC, L.L.C. or limited liability company
Trade name
Registered with the state before you trade under it
Name on Google
The one on your storefront, website and stationery
“LLC” on Google
Only if your sign, cards or invoices show it
Two languages
One name, not repeated in the other language
Verification video
The name on camera matches the profile

Sources: Florida Statutes, sections 865.09 and 605.0112; Florida Division of Corporations; Google Business Profile Help, “Guidelines for representing your business on Google”. Read October 17, 2026.Google’s guidelines

Where you serve

The largest part of Miami-Dade is not a city

Unincorporated Miami-Dade is home to 1,216,651 people, 43.4% of the county. That is more than the six largest cities put together, and the county itself acts as their city government.

If you go to your customers, Google lets you list up to 20 service areas, by city, ZIP code or another area, never as a radius. In a county where so many people live outside any city, a list of city names leaves gaps.

Kendall is one example: the Census counts it as a census-designated place, a named community that is not a city. We draw your area with the cities you cover in full and ZIP codes for the rest, and leave out what you don’t serve.

Google’s own tip for service areas: be as specific and accurate as possible.

Where Miami-Dade’s residents livePeople, by the government of their area
  1. Unincorporated area, run by the county
    1,216,651
  2. City of Miami
    475,802
  3. Hialeah
    232,243
  4. Miami Gardens
    116,192
  5. Homestead
    85,613
  6. Doral
    83,746
  7. Miami Beach
    83,678
Miami-Dade County, FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget, population by jurisdiction (official Florida estimates). The other 28 cities add up to 511,062 people.

Verification

The video Google may ask for, and the papers to have ready

Google may ask you to verify the profile with a video. It has to be one live take of at least 30 seconds, recorded and uploaded from your phone, with no edits or breaks.

The take shows where you are, your name on a permanent sign and something only staff can reach. A service-area business can also prove it runs the business with a permit, an invoice or a utility bill in the profile’s name.

Miami-Dade requires a local business tax receipt for each place of business, and the county asks you to post it where you work. Inside a city you need the city’s receipt as well. Both run from October 1 to September 30.

Plan the take before you record, so the camera catches your name and none of your tax, bank or ID numbers. Google does not allow them in the video.

Location

Street signs · building number · nearby businesses

Your name

On a sign, wall or window, as on the profile

Staff only

Register · kitchen · storage room · point of sale

Papers

Business permit · invoice · utility bill, for a service-area business

Not allowed

Tax, bank or ID numbers · other people’s faces

Review

Up to 5 business days

Sources: Google Business Profile Help, “Verify your business with a video recording”; Miami-Dade Tax Collector, “Local Business Tax Receipt”; Florida Statutes, section 205.053. Read October 17, 2026.Google’s video requirements

Every month

The plans, from one location to a whole metro area

Starter covers one location. Each month it brings 4 posts, a reply to every review, listings that match the profile and fixes on up to 4 pages of your site. Posts go out in English, Spanish or both at one price, and each reply goes out in the language of its review.

Prices do not include sales tax. Where Florida applies it, it is added to the invoice.

Growth adds articles and service pages for the regular search results. Pro, the city program, covers up to 3 locations or a whole metro area. Both have a 3-month minimum, and we give you their price on the call.

  • $1,500.00a month on Starter, with no setup and month to month
  • 15searches at most in your monthly report, chosen with you and tracked on Google Maps
  • 25new city or service pages a month at most on Pro, each with real data for its place

Questions

Questions about your profile in Miami-Dade

How much does local SEO cost in Miami?

With us, Starter costs $1,500.00 a month for one location, with no setup fee. It runs month to month, and you stop with 30 days’ written notice. Growth and Pro add articles and pages, have a 3-month minimum, and we give you their price on the call.

Can I have one profile in English and another in Spanish?

No. Google allows one profile per business, and it bans the same name repeated in two languages, even if your sign shows both. Your posts can still go out in both, and each review gets its reply in its own. Spanish is the language at home for 67% of Miami-Dade residents age 5 and over.

Do I need to register my business name in Florida?

If you trade under a name that is not your legal one, yes. Florida’s Fictitious Name Act asks you to register it with the Division of Corporations before you do business under it. An LLC that trades under its registered name is exempt. If that name is on your sign, Google wants it on your profile too.

What if Google rejects my verification video?

Google tells you why, with reasons such as a name you can’t see on the storefront, no surroundings in the shot, or no proof that you run the business. You record a new video with everything from the first one plus what was missing. The review can take up to 5 business days.

What should my profile say when a hurricane closes us?

Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. For a closure of 7 days or less, set special hours on those dates. For a longer one, or with no date to reopen, mark the profile “Temporarily closed”. Lift it the day you open again: on broad searches, Google says a temporarily closed business can rank after open ones.

Pedro Galindez

Pedro Galindez

Founder

Rodrigo Martin

Rodrigo Martin

Founder

Next step

Show us your profile and the name on your door

In 20 minutes we compare your profile with your Sunbiz record and your sign, and tell you which plan fits.

Marketing audit: $500.00, credited in full if you sign a plan within 30 days: against the setup or, if it has none, the first month. The 20-minute call is free.