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Multi-Location Management for Yext Listings

Updated over 3 months ago

Who This Is For / When to Use

This feature is for agencies, franchises, and multi-location businesses that manage two or more physical locations and need bulk control, consistent branding, and unified performance tracking for online listings.


What Is an Entity in Listings

An Entity represents one physical business location (for example, a storefront, office, or branch). Each entity has:

  • Its own address and business hours

  • Location-specific attributes (services, categories, keywords)

  • Independent listing status (Incomplete, Submitted, Active)

Multiple entities can share common business details while still maintaining unique location data.
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Creating Listings for Multiple Locations

Step-by-Step

  1. Go to Reputation β†’ Listings.

  2. Click Create Entity.

  3. Complete the listing form with location details:

    • Business name

    • Address

    • Business categories

    • Website URL

    • Business hours

  4. Save the entity.

Result:

  • The entity appears instantly in the Listings dashboard.

  • Entities with missing required fields show a status of Incomplete Setup until finalized.


Viewing and Managing All Locations

Listings Overview Dashboard

The Listings dashboard displays all entities in one table with:

  • Entity name

  • Status (Incomplete Setup, Submitted, Active)

  • Categories

  • Address

  • Last updated date

  • Entity ID

From this view, you can:

  • Search for entities

  • Select one or more entities

  • Open individual entities for editing


Bulk Editing Multiple Listings

Bulk Edit allows you to update shared fields across multiple locations at once.

Supported Bulk-Editable Fields

  • Business description

  • Website URL

  • Business hours

  • Business categories

  • Year established

  • Languages

  • Keywords

Bulk Edit Flow

  1. Select two or more entities from the Listings table.

  2. Click Edit.

  3. Choose the attributes you want to edit.

  4. Enter the updated values.

  5. Click Preview and confirm edits.

  6. Confirm changes.

Important:

  • Only selected fields are overwritten.

  • Location-specific data not selected remains unchanged.


Editing Business Details Across Locations

When bulk editing Business Details, Kyrios publishes the updated information to all supported Yext directories.

Common Business Details

  • Business description

  • Website URL

  • Business timing (hours of operation)

Use Copy to all when setting business hours to quickly apply the same schedule across every selected location.


Listings Analytics (Multi-Location)

The Analytics tab provides aggregated and per-entity insights.

Available Metrics

  • Total listings impressions

  • Total listings actions (calls, clicks, direction requests)

  • Profile views

  • Device usage (desktop, mobile, tablet)

Filters

  • Entity selector (All Entities or individual locations)

  • Date range selector

Use Case: Compare performance across locations to identify top-performing or underperforming listings.


Listing Status Definitions

  • Incomplete Setup: Required fields are missing and the listing is not yet published.

  • Submitted: Listing data has been sent to Yext and is under review.

  • Active: Listing is live and synced across directories.


Common Issues and Fixes

Issue: Listing shows "Incomplete Setup"

Cause: Required fields were not completed.

Fix:

  1. Open the entity.

  2. Complete all required fields.

  3. Save and resubmit.


Issue: Bulk edits overwrite unintended data

Cause: Extra fields were selected during bulk edit.

Fix: Carefully select only the fields you want to update before confirming edits.

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