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Semrush Local

76Judge labels
2First choices
11Negative labels
12 / 14Models named it
2Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10-05.2, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
4% in Local listings for mid-market buyers
Rank 5 of 65 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
1 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 13% of its 31 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Semrush Local →
By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
In local listings · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading

Standing by category

Every category where a model named Semrush Local for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
CategoryFunctionShareRankNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
Local listings managementMarketing4%5 of 6513%31accepted challenger
Channel partner and local marketingPartner and channel0%69 of 1240%1under 10 labels · led by Channelscaler at 10%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for Semrush Local yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment and per category, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.

By model

How each model treated Semrush Local across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
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ModelFirst choiceAlternativeMentionNegativeLabels
Claude Haiku 4.501102
GPT-5.4 mini11013
Gemini 3.5 Flash12014
Perplexity Sonar00011
Grok 4.2003003
Mistral Small00000
DeepSeek V4 Flash01102
Llama 4 Maverick00000
Qwen 3.7 Flash02103
Kimi K202002
GLM 4.7 FlashX04004
MiniMax M2.504004
GPT-6 Luna01113
Muse Glimmer 30B01001

By framing

Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct12 labels1
Paraphrase21 labels1
Comparative21 labelsNone
Budget-constrained8 labelsNone
Scale-constrained6 labelsNone
Negative8 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative76 labels in all, every segment counted; 2 of the 2 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“I'd most likely recommend Semrush Local as the default choice.” GPT-5.4 mini · Local listings · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“adding Semrush Local is almost always the most efficient path” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Local listings · direct prompt · first choice
“The integration with your existing keyword and competitive research data reduces tool sprawl, though multi-location workflows aren't as robust” Kimi K2 · Local listings · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Pros: Comprehensive SEO toolkit, includes listings management - Cons: Less focused on just listings” MiniMax M2.5 · Local listings · budget prompt · alternative

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“Semrush Local Pro is another option, but it's listed at $60/month per location billed annually, so it costs more for listings management alone.” GPT-6 Luna · Local listings · budget prompt · soft negative
“though it may lack some of the advanced enterprise workflow permissions of a standalone Yext/Uberall” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Local listings · scale prompt · soft negative
“Semrush Local starts at $30/mo per location billed annually ... but these are generally pricier” GPT-5.4 mini · Local listings · budget prompt · soft negative
“treat it as a tool to evaluate carefully if listings accuracy is your top priority” Perplexity Sonar · Local listings · negative prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as Semrush Local, over the 76 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Semrush Local was named but was not.
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ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
Yext64 of 7615Compare →
SOCi10 of 760Not among the top eight
Google Business Profile5 of 761Not among the top eight
Localo4 of 761Not among the top eight
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.

What carried it into the answer

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Semrush Local. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 71 of the 76 answers that named Semrush Local and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

brightlocal.com44
guideflow.com41
g2.com34
birdeye.com32
semrush.comYour site25
thestacc.com23
widewail.com23
nathanojaokomo.com18
gbppromote.com15
uberall.com15

245 of the 270 domain citations in answers naming Semrush Local came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Search and answers

Where Semrush Local stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
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In search

Google, US estimates
Searches for its name, Google
210 a month (“semrush local”)
AI search demand for its name, est.
5 a month
Its own site
It sits on Semrush's site (semrush.com), so there are no site figures for it alone

In answers

This edition
Share of first choices
4%
rank 5 of 65 in local listings
Segment leader
33%
BrightLocal
First choices
2 across its categories
Named in
76 answers
Its own site cited
in 71 of the answers that named it

Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read October 5, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.

Names read as Semrush Local

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Semrush Local; a claim can dispute any of them.
Semrush 10Semrush Local (powered by Yext/MapLabs) 1Semrush Local Business 1Semrush Local Pro 1

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The company

Semrush is the company behind Semrush Local.
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On record

Wikidata
Headquarters
Boston, United States
Founded
2008
Ownership
Public, SEMR on New York Stock Exchange

Fetched September 14, 2026. These describe the company, not the product's standing, and a claimed page can dispute any of them. · Wikidata · LinkedIn · Crunchbase

In its own words

Stated by the vendor, not checked
Positioning
Compare Semrush Local Toolkit plans to manage listings, track local rankings, monitor reviews, and improve your business visibility online.
For
local businesses
Price stated
Base: $30/mo per location, billed annually; Pro: $60/mo per location, billed annually; Business: Let’s talk / Contact sales semrush.com/pricing/local
Starting price
$30/mo per location semrush.com/pricing/local
Free plan or trial
Try Semrush free for seven days. Cancel anytime. semrush.com/pricing/local
Customers named
WixVodafone GroupMonash UniversitySkyscannerRock ContentSmileworks LiverpoolSam the (local) concrete manPastreez
Not stated on the pages read
Integrations, certifications, hosting

What Semrush Local's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: agencies.semrush.com/seo-local-berlin-seo-agentur, semrush.com/pricing/local, semrush.com/apps/local-seo, semrush.com/features/local-seo, agencies.semrush.com/list/local-seo. A claimed page can correct any of them.

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  • where Semrush Local is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
  • the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
  • its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
  • who was chosen in the answers that did not name Semrush Local, and every reason the record gives;
  • a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
  • one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.
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