Twenty barbershops were read in the set someone searching around Maple Grove is shown, and not one of them had answered any of its recent reviews. The median rating across those twenty is 4.9, the median file holds 68.5 reviews, and the three most-reviewed carry 650, 390 and 285. Gyms came back the same way: twenty read, not one with a reply on any of its recent reviews, a median of 128.5 reviews apiece, and the three most-reviewed holding 891, 577 and 541. Two trades read twenty deep, and nothing written back in either.
Elsewhere in the same catchment the picture is different. Among chiropractors, the three answering the most of their recent reviews each answered 10 of their last 10: The Movement Chiropractic & Wellness with 638 reviews, Wellhouse Chiropractic with 360, and Trillium Chiropractic with 266. Pet boarding produced three more at 10 of 10 — Camp Bow Wow Plymouth with 462 reviews, Stone Mountain Pet Lodge - Xenia with 405, and Dogtopia of Golden Valley with 221.
The dentists a customer here sees carry a median of 292 Google reviews, with the deepest three at 807, 805 and 770. The three answering the most of their recent reviews are Metro Dentalcare Maple Grove Bass Lake at 9 of its last 10, on 535 reviews; Al Shifa Dentistry at 2 of its last 10, on 807; and Brook West Family Dentistry at 1 of its last 10, on 805. Those three are the top of what we read in that trade, not the bottom of it. The named tattoo studios show the same shape: Mafia Ink Tattoo Studio answered 8 of its last 10 on 363 reviews, and Ace Tattoo & Piercing, holding 1,914 reviews, answered 1.
A typical business among the 51 we measured in what a searcher in Maple Grove is shown answered 75% of its recent reviews. That is one figure covering every trade together, not any single trade. Depth is nothing like uniform underneath it: the restaurants in this catchment sit at a median of 1,100 reviews and the bars at 1,228, while food trucks sit at 34 and plastic surgery at 48.5. 460 businesses were read in all.
What to do about it
Open your own listing and read back its last ten reviews. The reply counts on this page are drawn from each business's most recent reviews; the review totals printed beside them are the whole listing. The size of that file does not change the window the reply count covers: the last ten are the last ten whether the file holds 1,914 reviews or 363.
If your trade's strongest repliers are sitting at 1 or 2 of their last 10, the job in front of you is small and countable rather than clever — ten replies, one review at a time, written in your own words instead of a line you paste. Answer the straightforward ones as well as the difficult ones; a reply to a good review is the cheapest one you will ever write. Then decide who writes the next one and when, because clearing a backlog once and staying current afterwards are two different jobs, and only the second one shows up in a ten-review window six months from now.
Food & drink in Maple Grove, MN
The two food-and-drink businesses answering the most of their recent reviews around Maple Grove sit at opposite ends of the review-count scale. Yummy Tummy Food Truck answered 10 of its last 10 and carries 79 Google reviews. Dave & Buster's Maple Grove also answered 10 of its last 10, on a file of 4066. Across the 20 food trucks we read the median is 34 reviews; across the 20 bars it is 1228. Pub 42 answered 9 of its last 10, with 3656.
Bars and restaurants carry the deepest files in this group. The three most-reviewed restaurants a searcher here is shown hold 7707, 5815 and 3189 reviews, against a trade median of 1100. Of the restaurants, the one answering the most of its recent reviews is The Original Pancake House Maple Grove, at 7 of its last 10, with 7707 reviews. The same business turns up again in our reading of cafes and of coffee shops, which is how these categories work — one listing can sit in several.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 1100 | 4.6 | The Original Pancake House Maple Grove | 7 of 10 |
| Cafés | 335 | 4.7 | Kingdom Coffee | 8 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 254.5 | 4.6 | Bruegger's Bagels | 9 of 10 |
| Bars | 1228 | 4.3 | Dave & Buster's Maple Grove | 10 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 171.5 | 4.6 | Bruegger's Bagels | 9 of 10 |
| Food trucks | 34 | 4.75 | Yummy Tummy Food Truck | 10 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Maple Grove, MN
Twenty barbershops were read in the set someone searching around Maple Grove is shown, and not one of them had answered any of its recent reviews. That is not a trade with nothing to answer: the three most-reviewed barbershops in that set carry 650, 390 and 285 Google reviews, and the median barbershop holds 68.5.
Hair salons have to be read one business at a time. Reflect Salon | Aveda + Kerastase | Maple Grove answered 10 of its last 10 recent reviews and carries 653 reviews. Willow Salon answered 7 of its last 10 and carries 309. Lua Nova Salon & Spa answered 4 of its last 10 and carries 280. Those three are the hair salons answering the most of the 20 we read, so they say nothing about the ones we did not name.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershops | 68.5 | 4.9 | — | |
| Hair salons | 127 | 4.8 | Reflect Salon | Aveda + Kérastase | Maple Grove | 10 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 250.5 | 4.55 | Nails & Spa on Main | 8 of 10 |
Spa & aesthetics in Maple Grove, MN
Among the 20 day spas someone searching around Maple Grove is shown, the business answering the most of its recent reviews answered 3 of its last 10. That is Emerald City Day Spa, which carries 792 Google reviews. The deepest listings in that trade hold 1917, 1469 and 792 reviews, and the median across the 20 we read is 132. So the review files are long and the count of recent ones answered, at the top of that trade, is 3.
The med spas in the same catchment read differently, business by business. Luxus Laser and Esthetics answered 10 of its last 10, against 207 reviews. Beautox Bar Medspa answered 9 of its last 10, against 458. Belladerm MedSpa answered 9 of its last 10, against 300. In dermatology, Ecker Dermatology, PA answered 10 of its last 10 with 721 reviews on file, and the most-reviewed listings in that trade carry 2522, 1244 and 721. In plastic surgery, Dr Jennifer Harrington answered 9 of her last 10 with 133 reviews, and Harrington + Associates Plastic Surgery answered 8 of its last 10 with 156, in a trade whose median review count is 48.5.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 132 | 4.8 | Emerald City Day Spa | 3 of 10 |
| Massage | 82 | 4.8 | Decompress Massage Therapy | 10 of 10 |
| Med spas | 104.5 | 4.9 | Luxus Laser and Esthetics | 10 of 10 |
| IV therapy | 59.5 | 4.95 | IV Minnesota | 10 of 10 |
| Dermatology | 152.5 | 4.9 | Ecker Dermatology, PA | 10 of 10 |
| Plastic surgery | 48.5 | 4.7 | Beautox Bar Medspa | 9 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Maple Grove, MN
We read 20 gyms in the set someone searching around Maple Grove is shown, and not one of them had answered any of its recent reviews. That is unusual on its own, but it is the size of the files that makes it worth stopping on: the three most-reviewed gyms carry 891, 577 and 541 Google reviews. The largest of those answered none of its recent ones, and so did every other gym we read.
The chiropractors sit in the same group and read very differently. The Movement Chiropractic & Wellness answered 10 of its last 10 recent reviews and carries 638 reviews in total. Wellhouse Chiropractic answered 10 of 10, with 360 reviews. Trillium Chiropractic answered 10 of 10, with 266. Those are the three answering the most of the 20 chiropractors we read, so they tell you nothing about the other names on that list, but three separate listings at 10 of 10 is a real pattern and not a fluke of one busy practice.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 128.5 | 4.45 | — | |
| Chiropractors | 115 | 5 | The Movement Chiropractic & Wellness | 10 of 10 |
Dental & orthodontics in Maple Grove, MN
Two of the three dentists answering the most of their recent reviews sit at 2 of their last 10 and 1 of their last 10. Al Shifa Dentistry, at 2 of 10, carries 807 Google reviews; Brook West Family Dentistry, at 1 of 10, carries 805. Those are the two largest review counts among the twenty dentist listings we read, whose three biggest files hold 807, 805 and 770. The third business on that list, Metro Dentalcare Maple Grove Bass Lake, answered 9 of its last 10 and holds 535.
The three orthodontists answering the most all sit at 9 or 10 of their last 10. Kottemann Orthodontics - Maple Grove answered 10 of its last 10, on 277 reviews, and Smile Orthodontics Maple Grove answered 10 of 10, on 189. Metro Dentalcare Maple Grove Bass Lake appears in this group as well, again at 9 of 10 with 535. The median review count differs sharply between the two trades: 292 across the twenty dentists we read, 112 across the twenty orthodontists.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 292 | 4.8 | Metro Dentalcare Maple Grove Bass Lake | 9 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 112 | 4.9 | Kottemann Orthodontics - Maple Grove | 10 of 10 |
Pets in Maple Grove, MN
Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Plymouth answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing holding 169 in total. Bubbly Paws, whose listing holds 409, answered 1 of its last 10. Those two are the pet groomers answering the most out of the 20 we read in the set someone searching around Maple Grove is shown, which means they are also the only two whose reply behaviour we can report at all; the rest of the twenty we did not name.
The three pet trades sit a long way apart on review depth. Veterinarians run to a median of 351 Google reviews per business across the 20 we read, while pet boarding sits at 90.5 and pet grooming at 82. The largest vet listings go further still, at 1704, 834 and 661. Those are whole-listing totals, and the reply counts are a different window entirely, drawn only from each business's most recent reviews. Brooklyn Park Pet Hospital answered 10 of its last 10 against a file of 834. Plymouth Heights Pet Hospital answered 10 of its last 10 against 635, and Corcoran Pet Care Center 9 of its last 10 against 589.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet grooming | 82 | 4.75 | Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Plymouth | 10 of 10 |
| Pet boarding | 90.5 | 4.7 | Camp Bow Wow Plymouth | 10 of 10 |
| Veterinarians | 351 | 4.75 | Brooklyn Park Pet Hospital | 10 of 10 |
Shops & studios in Maple Grove, MN
Three tattoo studios can be named as answering the most of their recent reviews, and their figures are 8, 3 and 1. Mafia Ink Tattoo Studio answered 8 of its last 10, with 363 reviews on its listing. Serenity Tattoo and Piercing answered 3 of its last 10, with 183. Ace Tattoo & Piercing, whose listing carries 1914 reviews, answered 1 of its last 10. Those three are the top of the list for the 20 tattoo studios someone searching around Maple Grove is shown.
Set that against the backdrop: across the 51 businesses we measured in the set a searcher here is shown, a typical one answered 75% of its recent reviews. That figure covers every trade together, not tattoo studios on their own, so it is a backdrop and nothing more. The two windows are different too. The reply counts come from each business's most recent reviews; the review counts are the whole listing, built up over however long the studio has been open.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tattoo studios | 78 | 4.95 | Mafia Ink Tattoo Studio | 8 of 10 |
Method
Every figure comes from public Google listings — the businesses and owner replies any customer can see — read on 2026-09-24. Counts describe the businesses someone searching in Maple Grove, MN is shown, which is the competitive set a customer actually chooses from, not a register of businesses inside the city limits. A business is named only where we read at least eight of its recent reviews, and only the ones answering the most are named; the rest of a market appears as a distribution with its denominator. Chains are counted but never named. Nothing is ranked on star rating. Maple Grove, MN has a population of 70,539 and a median household income of $129,481 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.