We read 380 businesses that someone searching in Moorpark, CA is shown, and the plainest fact among them is in bakeries: of the 20 bakeries we read, not one had answered any of its recent reviews. Those listings are not empty. The median bakery we read carries 165.5 reviews, and the two most-reviewed carry 664 and 657.
Nail salons read the other way. DT Nails, ProfessioNail & Spa and PamperMe Nails & Spa each answered 10 of their last 10 reviews. Across their whole listings they carry 249, 202 and 170 reviews. ProfessioNail & Spa and PamperMe Nails & Spa also appear among the day spas named here, and PamperMe Nails & Spa among the massage businesses too. Among the veterinarians we could measure, Rancho Sequoia Veterinary Hospital and Moorpark Veterinary Hospital each answered 10 of 10, and Dr. Ron's Animal Hospital answered 9 of 10. In cafés, Natural Cafe Moorpark answered 10 of 10; among the bars, High Street Arts Center did the same.
Other trades sit lower among the businesses we could measure. In restaurants, Luna Grill Moorpark answered the most of its recent reviews: 1 of 10. In coffee shops, Coffee a la Mode - Moorpark's Coffee House answered 4 of 10. Among the dentists, Moorpark Center For Dentistry, Dr. Zachary Potts answered 4 of 10, and over its whole history that listing has gathered 1,010 reviews. Among the orthodontists, Moorpark Dental Group and Orthodontics answered 9 of 10. Moorpark Smiles Dental appears among both the dentists and the orthodontists named here, at 3 of 10. In gyms, EPIC Fitness answered 9 of 10.
The benchmark measured here is 69%: that is the share of recent reviews a typical measured business answered, across 37 businesses. That figure is measured across all trades together, not any single trade. We can't see how the businesses we read but could not measure handled their recent reviews.
What to do about it
Pull up your listing and count how many of your last 10 reviews have a reply from you. The reply figures above were counted exactly that way. If you run a bakery, among the 20 bakeries we read that number was 0 for every one. If you run a nail salon, the three named above each answered 10 of 10, and the benchmark measured here is 69%.
Then make it a standing task rather than something you get to when there is time: set a day each week, read what came in, and answer each review in a sentence or two that responds to what the person actually wrote. Thank the good ones specifically. Answer the unhappy ones calmly, once, and offer a way to reach you directly. The reply is the one piece of that exchange that is yours to write.
Food & drink in Moorpark, CA: who answers their reviews
Among the bakeries someone searching in Moorpark, CA is shown, not one of the 20 we read had answered any of its recent reviews. That is the clearest point in this section. The median bakery we read carries 165.5 reviews and a 4.6 median rating, and the three most-reviewed carry 664, 657 and 298 reviews. Customers are writing about these bakeries on Google; we found no owner reply on the most recent reviews of any of them.
Two businesses in this search show the opposite. Natural Cafe Moorpark answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing of 333. Among the bars we read, High Street Arts Center also answered 10 of its last 10, on a listing of 231. Each figure belongs to one named business rather than to its trade: we can't see how the other cafés and bars we read handled their recent reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 135 | 4.65 | Luna Grill Moorpark | 1 of 10 |
| Cafés | 166 | 4.6 | Natural Cafe Moorpark | 10 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 89 | 4.6 | Coffee a la Mode - Moorpark's Coffee House | 4 of 10 |
| Bars | 178 | 4.5 | High Street Arts Center | 10 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 165.5 | 4.6 | — |
Hair, nails & barbering in Moorpark, CA: who answers their reviews
Among the nail salons someone searching in Moorpark, CA is shown, three names stand out for replies: DT Nails, ProfessioNail & Spa and PamperMe Nails & Spa each answered 10 of their last 10 reviews. We read 20 nail salons in this catchment and can't see how the others handled their recent reviews, so this is a statement about those three businesses, not about the trade. None of the three is a small listing: DT Nails carries 249 reviews, ProfessioNail & Spa 202 and PamperMe Nails & Spa 170. Across the nail salons we read, the median listing holds 73 reviews and a 4.5 median rating, and the three most-reviewed carry 281, 249 and 244.
The barbershops look different. Among the barbershops we could measure, Sport Clips Haircuts of Moorpark answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, while His & Hers Barbershop answered 1 of its last 10. Taken over each listing's full history, the median barbershop we read carries 68.5 reviews with a 4.7 median rating, and the three most-reviewed carry 325, 175 and 174.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershops | 68.5 | 4.7 | Sport Clips Haircuts of Moorpark | 10 of 10 |
| Hair salons | 48.5 | 4.8 | Sport Clips Haircuts of Moorpark | 10 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 73 | 4.5 | DT Nails | 10 of 10 |
Spa & aesthetics in Moorpark, CA: who answers their reviews
Among the day spas someone searching in Moorpark, CA is shown, ProfessioNail & Spa and PamperMe Nails & Spa each answered all of their last 10 reviews. ProfessioNail & Spa carries 202 reviews on its listing, and PamperMe Nails & Spa carries 170. Nails Studio, whose listing holds 281 reviews, answered 8 of its last 10. The median day spa we read carries 61.5 reviews and a median rating of 4.7.
PamperMe Nails & Spa appears among both the day spas and the massage businesses named here, with the same 10 of 10. Among the massage businesses, ME SPA answered 1 of its last 10, on a listing of 128 reviews. We can't see how the other massage businesses we read handled theirs. The median massage business we read carries 43.5 reviews and a median rating of 4.65; the three most-reviewed carry 274, 170 and 139.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 61.5 | 4.7 | ProfessioNail & Spa | 10 of 10 |
| Massage | 43.5 | 4.65 | PamperMe Nails & Spa | 10 of 10 |
| Dermatology | 34 | 4.9 | Simi Doctors Medical & Aesthetics | 8 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Moorpark, CA: who answers their reviews
Among the chiropractors someone searching in Moorpark, CA is shown, the median rating is 5 stars. We read 20 chiropractic businesses in that catchment, and the median one carries 45 Google reviews; the three most-reviewed carry 500, 363 and 251. For the 20 gyms we read, the median rating is 4.75 and the median listing carries 48.5 reviews, while the three most-reviewed carry 839, 742 and 718. Those are whole-listing figures, counted across every review each business has ever received.
The reply figures that follow are a different measure: how many of a business's most recent 10 reviews the owner answered. Among the gyms we could measure, EPIC Fitness answered the most of its recent reviews: 9 of 10. Its listing carries 422 reviews in total. We can't see how the other gyms we read handled theirs, so this is a figure about one gym, not about gyms as a group.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 48.5 | 4.75 | EPIC Fitness | 9 of 10 |
| Chiropractors | 45 | 5 | Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc. | 10 of 10 |
Dental & orthodontics in Moorpark, CA: who answers their reviews
Among the dentists we could measure, the practice answering the most of its recent reviews answered 4 of its last 10. That is Moorpark Center For Dentistry, Dr. Zachary Potts. Moorpark Smiles Dental answered 3 of its last 10, and Paul Jang Dentistry - Moorpark Dentist answered 2 of 10. The benchmark measured here is 69% of recent reviews answered, taken across 37 businesses in all trades together. Among the dentists we could measure, none reached that figure.
The orthodontist search looks different at the top. Moorpark Dental Group and Orthodontics answered 9 of its last 10 reviews. First Street Dental Group and Orthodontics answered 4 of 10, and Moorpark Smiles Dental 3 of 10. Moorpark Smiles Dental appears among both the dentists and the orthodontists named here. We can't see how the other practices we read handled their recent reviews, so these figures credit the names above and say nothing about the rest.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 40.5 | 4.95 | Moorpark Center For Dentistry, Dr. Zachary Potts | 4 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 40.5 | 4.95 | Moorpark Dental Group and Orthodontics | 9 of 10 |
Pets in Moorpark, CA: who answers their reviews
Among the veterinarians someone searching in Moorpark, CA is shown, the three practices we could measure answering the most of their recent reviews each answered at least 9 of their last 10. Rancho Sequoia Veterinary Hospital answered 10 of 10, on a listing of 371 reviews. Moorpark Veterinary Hospital answered 10 of 10, on a listing of 285. Dr. Ron's Animal Hospital answered 9 of 10, and its listing carries 584 reviews.
We read 20 veterinarians in this catchment. The median one carries 101 reviews, and the median rating across them is 4.65. The three most-reviewed veterinary listings we read carry 737, 584 and 371 reviews. Those are whole-listing totals; the reply figures above cover only each practice's most recent 10 reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet grooming | 69 | 4.7 | Kahoots Feed & Pet | 7 of 10 |
| Pet boarding | 37 | 4.9 | Kennel Connection | 8 of 10 |
| Veterinarians | 101 | 4.65 | Rancho Sequoia Veterinary Hospital | 10 of 10 |
Shops & studios in Moorpark, CA: who answers their reviews
Among the shops someone searching in Moorpark, CA is shown, Pretty As You Please answered 10 of its last 10 Google reviews. Its listing carries 142 reviews in total. Functional Beauty Medical Spa Moorpark answered 8 of its last 10, on a listing of 152. Among the shops we could measure, those two answered the most of their recent reviews.
The third name is T.J. Maxx, which answered 1 of its last 10. It carries 303 reviews, the most of any of the 20 shops we read. The two numbers come from different windows: 303 is every review the listing has collected, while 1 of 10 describes only its most recent ten. We can't see how the other shops we read handled their recent reviews, so none of these figures describes the trade as a whole.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shops | 40.5 | 4.6 | Pretty As You Please | 10 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 Moorpark, CA 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. Moorpark, CA has a population of 35,957 and a median household income of $149,403 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.