Building & renovation
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Gordon, NSW
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Ongoing
North Shore Building Co
A renovation builder that started with no reviews, two directory listings and 84 backlinks against competitors averaging 34,000. Direct Local has them at number one on Google Maps for 41 keywords across the whole North Shore.
A good builder nobody could find
Zero Google reviews, no phone number on the listing, two directory listings out of thirteen, and eight points of domain authority against a competitor average of nearly 21. Smith & Sons alone had 18,429 backlinks.
Suburb by suburb, job by job
Direct Local rebuilt the Google Business Profile around the work they actually take on — extensions, structural renovations, design and build — and then around each North Shore suburb by name: Gordon, Pymble, Lindfield, Turramurra, Wahroonga, Chatswood.
Top of the map, right across the grid
41 keywords at position one in the Google Maps three-pack, 48.9% local pack coverage, and an average map rank of 1.0 on “builder north shore” from every point tracked between Hornsby and North Sydney.
Rank #1 at every point on the grid
We track rankings from dozens of points across the North Shore, not just from the office on the Pacific Highway. Every marker is a real search location, and the number is where North Shore Building Co shows on Google Maps from there.
Twenty-one terms at the top of the map pack
A selection of the 41 keywords ranking first. Each one puts North Shore Building Co above every other builder in the area on Google Maps.
Builder north shore
Builder Gordon
Builder Pymble
Building company north shore
Building company near me
Home renovations north shore
Home renovations lower north shore
Home extensions north shore
House extensions north shore
Building extensions north shore
Home additions north shore
Home renovation builder north shore
Renovation builder north shore
Renovation contractor north shore
Custom home renovations north shore
Structural renovations north shore
House restoration north shore
House renovation company north shore
Licensed builder north shore
Design and build north shore
Renovations Gordon
The starting line, in their own numbers
Source: local search audit, 13 Jan 2026.
Outranking builders with hundreds of times the links
On “builder north shore” North Shore Building Co holds the top spot across the entire grid. These are the builders sitting below it, and what they’re sitting on.
Average map rank for ‘builder north shore’, Mar 2026. Smith & Sons Turramurra does not place in the grid’s top ten for this keyword.
The work still in front of us
The map pack is won on North Shore terms. Reviews are the weak link — three so far against competitors carrying a hundred or more — and the trade-specific searches like bathroom and kitchen renovation still belong to the specialists.
Build the review programme out across finished jobs
Claim the 11 remaining directory listings
Add Gordon and NSW to the page titles
Take on bathroom and kitchen renovation searches
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