The main reason to consider claiming your own Google Business Profile listing isn’t just because someone else may claim it but rather to gain the benefits of having your listing under your control. Claiming your GBP profile is extremely important and is actually the first step towards getting all the benefits Google has to offer to businesses like yours.’

But If your Google Business Listing is showing on Google Maps as unclaimed, this means that Google has already indexed your business automatically from another online directory and is now waiting for the business owner to claim ownership.

This is where a lot of local businesses trip up as they just don’t know how to claim the listing and miss out on updating their details and more impotently replying to Google reviews about their business both good and bad!