Pets in Lake Zurich, IL

We read 60 businesses across 3 trades — the businesses someone searching in Lake Zurich, IL is shown — and recorded what their Google reviews look like.

Among the pet businesses someone searching in Lake Zurich, IL is shown, one name is credited in all three trades we read. Scenthound Lake Zurich appears among the groomers, the boarding businesses and the veterinarians named here, and in each list it answered 10 of its last 10 reviews. Its listing carries 386 reviews in total.

We read 20 pet grooming businesses. The median one carries 64.5 reviews and the median rating is 4.75; the three most-reviewed groomers carry 549, 386 and 254. Scenthound Lake Zurich and Scenthound Buffalo Grove each answered 10 of their last 10 reviews. Their listings carry 386 and 254 reviews respectively.

We also read 20 pet boarding businesses. The median boarding listing carries 145 reviews, with a median rating of 4.8, and the three most-reviewed carry 386, 318 and 244. Alongside Scenthound Lake Zurich at 10 of 10, Dogtopia of Deer Park answered 8 of its last 10 reviews; its listing, at 244 reviews, is the third most-reviewed among the boarding businesses we read.

The largest listing in this section is a veterinarian's, at 654 reviews. Of the 20 we read, the median carries 245.5 reviews and the median rating is 4.7; the three most-reviewed carry 654, 590 and 549. The two largest are both named for answering. Premier Veterinary Group - Mundelein, the most-reviewed veterinarian we read at 654 reviews, answered 9 of its last 10. Companion Lake Zurich, at 590 reviews, answered 10 of its last 10. Separately, the reply benchmark measured for this catchment is 79 percent, measured across 55 businesses in all trades together rather than in pet businesses alone: that is the share of its recent reviews a typical measured business answered.

What to do about it

Open your own listing and look at your last 10 reviews. Note how many of them have a reply from you. Scenthound Lake Zurich, Scenthound Buffalo Grove and Companion Lake Zurich each answered 10 of their last 10; Premier Veterinary Group - Mundelein answered 9 and Dogtopia of Deer Park 8. Those named businesses are ones a person searching for pet care in Lake Zurich is shown, so their figures are a fair measure to hold your own count against. The wider benchmark measured for this catchment, across trades together rather than pet care alone, is 79 percent.

If your count is lower, start with the next review that arrives and reply to it, then keep going with each one after. A reply does not need to be long: thank the person, mention the pet or the service by name where the review does, and sign it. The rating and the review count are written by your customers. You do not write the review, but you do write the reply.

Pet grooming

#BusinessAnsweredReviewsRating
1Scenthound Lake Zurich10 of 103864.8
2Scenthound Buffalo Grove10 of 102544.8

Pet boarding

#BusinessAnsweredReviewsRating
1Scenthound Lake Zurich10 of 103864.8
2Dogtopia of Deer Park8 of 102444.8

Veterinarians

#BusinessAnsweredReviewsRating
1Companion Lake Zurich10 of 105904.8
2Scenthound Lake Zurich10 of 103864.8
3Premier Veterinary Group - Mundelein9 of 106543.9

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What pets businesses around Lake Zurich, IL do with their reviews
TradeMedian reviewsBest answeredYou
Pet grooming64.510 of 10the audit fills this in
Pet boarding14510 of 10the audit fills this in
Veterinarians245.510 of 10the audit fills this in
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