# How do I claim or verify my Google listing?

Source: https://dylt.ai/help/claiming-your-google-listing (updated 2026-10-12)

Find your practice on Google Maps, click Claim this business (or Own this business?), then Manage now, and verify the way Google offers: usually a call, a text or a short video. Only an owner can make changes or add us, so this comes first.

## Is it claimed?

Search your practice's name on Google while signed in to your Google account. If you see your listing with options to edit it, it's claimed by you. If you see **Claim this business** or **Own this business?**, nobody has claimed it yet.

## Claiming it

1. Find your listing on [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps).
2. Click **Claim this business** (or **Own this business?**), then **Manage now**.
3. Sign in with the Google account you want to own it. Use one you'll keep, like your practice's main Google account.
4. Verify the way Google offers: usually a phone call, a text or a short video of your office. Sometimes a postcard. It can take a few days.

## Someone else already owns it

Often it's an old web designer, an agency or a former colleague. Ask them to add you as an **Owner**. If you can't reach them, Google lets you request access when you try to claim it; the current owner is asked, and if they don't reply, Google may let you claim it after about a week.

## Two listings for the same practice?

Claim the one with your reviews, then ask Google to remove the duplicate using **Suggest an edit** → **Close or remove** on the other one. Tell us through **Support** if you'd like help.