Quick answer: you can change your business address on Google Maps by opening your Google Business Profile dashboard at business.google.com, selecting the listing, clicking the pencil icon next to the address, entering the new location, and saving. The same edit is available from the Google Maps app under your Business Profile settings. Google typically reviews address edits within a few days to two weeks, and a real move (not just a typo fix) usually resets your local rank history for that area, even though your existing reviews carry over to the updated listing.
How to change your address in the Google Business Profile dashboard
Whether you think of it as your business address, your work address, or your company address, the edit lives in one place: your Google Business Profile listing. Editing the address directly inside that profile is the most reliable way to change it on Google Maps, because it is the same system Google uses to verify your listing in the first place.
Sign in at business.google.com with the account that manages your listing, and select the correct business if you manage more than one profile. Open the Info tab (shown as Business Profile settings on some newer accounts), then click the pencil icon next to the Address field. Type the new street address, confirm the pin lands on the correct building in the map preview, and click Save.
If the new location is a genuine move to a different building or city, Google will usually ask you to re-verify the listing, typically by postcard, phone, email, or a short video showing the storefront and signage. If you are only correcting a typo or adding a suite number at the same building, verification is rarely triggered and the edit is treated as a minor correction. While you are in the dashboard, it is a good time to run through our Google Business Profile optimization checklist as well, since an address change is often the first of several updates a moved business needs to make.
How to update your business address using the Google Maps app
The Google Maps app gives you the same editing controls as the desktop dashboard, which is useful if you manage your listing from your phone rather than a computer. Open the Google Maps app and sign in with the account linked to your Business Profile. Tap your profile photo in the top right corner, then tap Your Business Profile (older app versions list this as Business Profile under the main menu). Tap Edit profile, tap the Address field, enter the corrected address, and tap Save.
The app and the desktop dashboard write to the same underlying profile, so an edit made on one shows up on the other within the same review window. Use whichever is faster for you day to day; there is no ranking or verification advantage to editing from one over the other.
How long a Google Maps address change takes to go live
A small correction, like fixing a misspelled street name or adding a unit number at the same building, usually goes live within a few hours to 48 hours because it does not require re-verification. A full move to a new address almost always needs Google to re-confirm you operate at the new location, and that review typically takes anywhere from a few days to two or three weeks, depending on the verification method and how busy Google's review queue is.
Video verification tends to resolve fastest, often within a few days, while postcard verification adds mailing time on top of the review itself. If your business is in a category Google treats as higher risk for spam, home services, agencies, and other service-area businesses are common examples, expect the review to run closer to the two to three week end of that range. Check the Business Profile dashboard for a notification banner if a review is taking longer than expected.
What happens to your reviews and rank history after you move
Your existing reviews stay attached to your Business Profile, not to the address, so editing the address on your current listing keeps every review, star rating, and review reply intact. This only holds true when you edit the existing profile. If you instead create a brand new listing for the new location and abandon the old one, you lose that review history, because you have started a new profile with no track record.
Local rank history behaves differently than reviews do after a move, because Google's local ranking depends heavily on proximity between the searcher and your pin, plus the mix of nearby competitors at that specific point on the map. When your pin moves, both of those inputs change: you are now closer to a different set of searchers and surrounded by a different set of competitors. In practice, this means your map pack position for a given keyword and neighborhood effectively resets after a move, even for an address just a mile or two away, and it can take several weeks of normal signals (searches, clicks, calls, direction requests) before rankings settle into a new pattern. Budget for a temporary dip in visibility right after a move rather than expecting your old positions to carry over automatically.
Why this matters even more for restaurants
Address and hours accuracy matters for every business type, but it is especially unforgiving for restaurants, since most diners use Google Maps to decide whether to walk in right now rather than researching in advance. A restaurant that moved but still shows the old pin, or that has hours that do not match the new location's actual schedule, generates the exact complaints that hurt a Google Business Profile for restaurants the most: "closed when I arrived" reviews, wasted trips, and abandoned online orders. After any move, restaurants should recheck the menu link, delivery and reservation integrations, and photos in the same edit session as the address, since those are the fields diners check first when deciding whether to visit.
How to fix a wrong pin without changing your listed address
Sometimes the street address on your profile is already correct, but the pin, the marker Google Maps actually shows and routes drivers to, is dropped on the wrong building, the wrong side of the street, or even a neighboring block. This is a separate problem from the address text and has its own fix. In the Business Profile dashboard, open the Info tab, click into the address section, and look for the map view with a draggable marker rather than the plain text field. Drag the pin to the exact building entrance and save. Because the address text itself has not changed, this typically does not trigger the same re-verification a full address change does.
Fixing the pin matters even when your printed address is technically correct, because Google Maps uses the pin, not the text address, for "near me" results and for calculating walking or driving distance in search results. A pin that sits one block off can push you noticeably lower for nearby searchers than a competitor with an accurately placed pin, even if both listings show the same street address. After adjusting a pin, run a quick check with our free Google Business Profile audit to confirm the correction is reflected and nothing else on the listing needs attention.
Frequently asked questions
Will changing my address on Google Maps hurt my SEO rankings?
Changing your address will not get your listing penalized, but it will change your rankings, because local rank depends heavily on proximity to each searcher. Expect a temporary dip and a reset of your position for hyperlocal keywords tied to the old location, with rankings settling into a new pattern over the following weeks as Google gathers fresh signals from the new spot.
How long does a Google Maps address change take to show up?
A minor correction like a typo or suite number can go live in a few hours to 48 hours. A full move to a new address usually needs re-verification and takes anywhere from a few days to two or three weeks, depending on the verification method Google requires and how backed up its review queue is.
Do I have to verify my Business Profile again after changing the address?
Yes, in most cases. Moving to a genuinely different address almost always triggers a re-verification step, typically by postcard, phone, email, or a short video showing the storefront. Small edits at the same building, such as fixing a typo or adding a unit number, usually do not require re-verification.
What happens to my Google reviews if I move locations?
Your reviews stay with your Business Profile as long as you edit the existing listing rather than creating a new one. Star rating, review count, and your replies all carry over intact. Only your local rank history resets, since ranking depends on the new pin's proximity to searchers rather than on your review record.
Can I just move the pin without changing my business address?
Yes. If your listed address is correct but the map marker is in the wrong spot, drag the pin to the right location from the map view in the Info tab instead of editing the address text. This fixes "near me" and distance-based results without triggering the re-verification a full address change usually requires.
If a recent move affected more than just your address, a full local SEO audit shows your current map pack rank alongside profile completeness in one pass, so you can see everything a move touched, not only the listing itself.
Updated July 2026 to reflect Google's current Business Profile verification flow and app navigation.