Powerful Local SEO APIs for Agencies & Brands - BrightLocal

BRIGHTLOCAL API: LOCAL SEO, RANKINGS, AND REPUTATION DATA

The power of BrightLocal built into your workflows

Get BrightLocal anywhere with our developer-first API suite. Integrate rankings, reviews, listings, and citations into your SaaS or agency dashboards.

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Manage local SEO at scale

Manage rankings, reviews, listings, and citations across thousands of locations. All through a single, reliable integration.

Deliver trusted visibility insights

Surface reliable local SEO insights inside your own tools to show performance, progress, and ROI with confidence.

Automate repetitive work

Replace manual processes and spreadsheets with automated workflows that save time and help teams move faster.

Built for teams that need local SEO at scale

Manage rankings, reviews, listings, and citations for dozens, or even hundreds and thousands of clients, all from one place.

SaaS Platforms

Use our APIs to build local SEO features directly into your platform. Replace dozens of integrations with one reliable partner, and ship faster with lower engineering overhead.

Developers

Whether you’re building customer-facing features or internal automation, our APIs are designed to be reliable, flexible, and easy to integrate.

Agencies

Automate repetitive local SEO work across clients. Use APIs to trigger reports, manage data, and integrate BrightLocal into your own internal systems and workflows.

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Fully featured RESTful APIs

Embed local SEO features and activity directly into your product or workflows.

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Local Rank Tracking API

Manage local rank tracking and geo-grid reports. Programmatically add, update, and schedule reports.

AI Insights API

Get AI-generated local SEO insights & recommendations embedded into your systems or workflows.

Locations API

Manage multiple locations with bulk upload, update, and delete capabilities.

Listings Management API

Manage and update business information across Google, Apple, Facebook, Bing, and Yelp.

Citation Building API

Manage citation-building services: order citations, update them, and track campaigns.

Reputation Manager API

Find reviews across 80+ directory sites. Create, update, and schedule reputation reports.

WHY USE BRIGHTLOCAL APIs?

Everything you need to succeed

Build powerful local SEO tools and workflows with our comprehensive API suite. From rank tracking to review management, we provide the data and infrastructure you need.

Connect to LLMs via MCP

Connect to AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral) to enable real-time ‘conversations’ with your data.

Manage local SEO your way

Create, schedule, and manage local SEO for all your locations or clients from a single integration.

Dedicated account handling

Get a dedicated account manager who understands your business and technical needs.

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Get started with BrightLocal APIs

Interested in using BrightLocal APIs in your platform, workflows, or client dashboards? Tell us what you’re looking to build, and the right member of our team will get back to you.

We can help with questions around rankings, reviews, listings, citations, reputation data, and how our APIs could support your use case.

Frequently asked questions

We’ve gathered the most common questions our community asks to help you move forward with total confidence. If your question isn’t there, we’re only a message away.

Do you offer a sandbox environment?

Sadly, we don’t offer a traditional dedicated sandbox environment.

Is the API RESTful?

Yes. The BrightLocal API follows RESTful principles to ensure easy integration:

Standard Methods: It uses standard HTTP verbs like GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE.

Data Format: All requests and responses are structured using JSON.

Resources: The API is resource-oriented, organized around entities like “Clients” and “Locations.”

What are the rate limits?

We enforce rate limits to ensure platform stability. These limits are based on the HTTP method used rather than the specific API type:

How do I authenticate my requests?

Authentication is by API Key.

You can find more information at developer.brightlocal.com

How do I connect to BrightLocal’s MCP server?

Our MCP Server forms part of BrightLocal Anywhere, our package designed to help you take your BrightLocal data wherever you need it, via LLMs or APIs.

To access the MCP server and BrightLocal anywhere, you’ll need two things:

For guidance on setting up the supported tools, visit our help center: