Why include a paid directory when everything else on the list is free?

Because the sum is a pound and the traffic is the best on the list outside names like Yell and Trustpilot. Our rule is that a plan never promises a listing you would have to buy yourself. This one does not break that rule, because we pay it.

Does a My Local Services listing link to my website?

Yes, and it is a dofollow link. We checked three live listings on 11 September 2026: each links straight to the business domain with no nofollow and no redirect wrapper, on a page carrying index,follow.

How long does a My Local Services listing take to go live?

One business day, which is the fastest on our list. Listings are moderated before publication rather than after, so nothing goes live and then disappears. It also means a rejected listing never appears at all, and we resubmit it rather than you finding a gap weeks later. Google then crawls and weighs the citation over the following weeks, so expect the ranking effect to lag the live date by a month or so.

UK Directory

My Local Services for UK local SEO

My Local Services at DR 59: a lifetime UK business listing that costs £1 once. CitationHQ covers the fee, so it is included in every plan at no extra cost to you.

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

Domain Rating

Ahrefs, Sept 2026

Organic search traffic

66.3K

Ahrefs estimate, Sept 2026

Free to list

We pay it

£1.00 once plus VAT, paid by us

Verification

Visit My Local Services ->Included in all plansTypical time-to-live: 1-3 days

My Local Services is a UK business directory with 200,053 listings and 21 years online. A listing costs £1.00 once, which we pay.

Why My Local Services matters

66,300 organic visits a month, the highest on our list outside the household names
One payment of £1, no renewal and no recurring invoice
Dofollow link to your website from an index,follow page
Live within one business day

What you need to list

Business name and phone number to start
Address and up to three categories
A website address, if you want the link
Email verification

What the £1 covers

Address and phone numbers, opening hours, a link to your website, a location map, a customer contact form, customer reviews and three categories. Further categories are £1.00 each and are not part of a CitationHQ campaign.

What works

+66,300 organic visits a month, the most of any directory on our list outside the household names
+One payment of £1 and the listing never expires, with no recurring invoice
+Listing pages carry index,follow and a dofollow link to the business website, confirmed on three live listings
+Live within one business day, the fastest turnaround on our list
+200,053 businesses and 21 years online, moderated before publication

What to watch

-Not free. It costs £1.00 plus VAT, which CitationHQ pays on your behalf
-Three categories included, then £1.00 for each additional category, which we do not pay for
-Domain Rating 59 puts it mid-table, well below Yell or Trustpilot

Best for these UK industries

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

PlumbersElectriciansAccountantsLocksmithsBuilders

How CitationHQ lists to My Local Services

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 My Local Services'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 My Local Services. live in your campaign dashboard, with screenshots of submitted forms as proof.

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Frequently asked questions about My Local Services

No. The listing costs £1.00 plus VAT as a single payment, and CitationHQ covers it as part of your campaign. We include it because at that price it would be daft to leave out a directory with this much search traffic. Additional categories beyond the first three cost £1.00 each and we do not buy those.

Written by

James Burfield

Founder, CitationHQ

25+ years in UK SEO. Founder of SEOBurf.

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