What happened to Applegate.co.uk?

Businessmagnet acquired it on 19 September 2025 and applegate.co.uk now redirects here. If you had an Applegate listing, this is where it went. We had previously written Applegate off as a dead redirect, which was wrong: the destination is a live directory still taking free submissions.

Is Businessmagnet any use to a plumber or a hairdresser?

No. It describes itself as a B2B digital media publisher serving buyers and suppliers, with 100,000 product categories. A local consumer service has nowhere sensible to sit.

UK Directory

Businessmagnet for UK local SEO

Name: CitationHQ
Address: Bath, Somerset, GB
Price range: £59 - £149

Businessmagnet at DR 57: a free UK B2B listing on a directory of 150,000 companies that acquired Applegate in 2025.

Reviewed by James Burfield·Last reviewed 11 September 2026·general directory

Domain Rating

Ahrefs, Sept 2026

Organic search traffic

12.6K

Ahrefs estimate, Sept 2026

Free to list

Yes

Verification

Visit Businessmagnet ->Included in all plansTypical time-to-live: 7-14 days

Businessmagnet is a UK B2B directory of 150,000 companies, free to list on, with a Domain Rating of 57.

Why Businessmagnet matters

Domain Rating 57
Free listing, stated on the homepage
Absorbed Applegate.co.uk in September 2025

What you need to list

A registered account on the site
UK business address
Product or service categories
Email verification

What works

+Route is labelled add your business for FREE on the homepage
+150,000 UK businesses and over 20 years of trading history
+Acquired Applegate.co.uk in September 2025, so it absorbed an established directory
+12,600 organic visits a month by the Ahrefs floor, which understates

What to watch

-B2B only, aimed at suppliers and buyers, so a local consumer trade has no natural place
-Account registration required before the listing can be created
-Paid packages are pushed alongside the free registration

Best for these UK industries

Businessmagnet is particularly relevant for these business types, but works as a citation source for any UK business.

ManufacturersWholesalersIndustrial suppliersEngineering firmsBusiness services

How CitationHQ lists to Businessmagnet

You enter your business details once. We normalise the data. name, address, phone, postcode, into a single canonical format used across every directory.
Our team opens Businessmagnet's submission flow, fills the form with your normalised data, and uploads any required photos or descriptions.
Email is initiated. We monitor the verification flow and complete it where automated, or flag it on your dashboard if a manual step is required.
You see the status of every directory, including Businessmagnet. live in your campaign dashboard, with screenshots of submitted forms as proof.

Submit to Businessmagnet + 58 more in one campaign

No forms to fill. Consistent NAP. Full results dashboard.

Start your campaign

Frequently asked questions about Businessmagnet

Yes. The homepage links to add your business for FREE, which goes to account registration. Paid packages sit alongside it for enhanced placement, and the free listing does not require them.

Written by

James Burfield

Founder, CitationHQ

25+ years in UK SEO. Founder of SEOBurf.

View profile ->LinkedIn Website

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