Not one of the 20 dermatology practices we read around Pleasanton, CA had answered any of its recent reviews. We read 420 businesses across the trades someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown, and that is the plainest fact in the set. These practices do carry reviews: the median dermatology listing we read has 61, and the three most-reviewed hold 609, 536 and 393. The median dermatology rating we read is 4.8.
The food and drink listings are large. The median restaurant we read carries 514 reviews and the most-reviewed carries 1,355; the most-reviewed café carries 4,542. The reply figures we can name are small. Lokanta Grill & Bar, the one restaurant named among those answering, answered 1 of its last 10 on a listing of 967 reviews. Among the cafés, Inklings Coffee and Tea answered 4 of 10 on a listing of 1,172. Among the bars, Blue Agave Club answered 2 of 10, and among the food trucks, Blue Agave Club, Alberto's Cantina and Sabio on Main each answered 2 of 10.
In other trades, some owners answer nearly every recent review. Among the nail salons, Pleasanton Nail & Hair Salon and Lavender Oasis Nail Salon Day Spa each answered 10 of 10, and Theory The Pleasanton Salon 8 of 10. Among the med spas, Essential Bella, Medspa California and LūxMD each answered 9 of 10. B12 LOVE | Pleasanton and Gameday Men's Health Pleasanton, CA each answered 10 of 10 among the IV therapy businesses, as did Sono Bello San Ramon among the plastic surgery practices and Vim + Vigor Fitness, on a listing of 492 reviews, among the gyms. Camp Bow Wow Tri Valley / Livermore, Club K9 Fremont-Sunol and BratPak Dog Kamp - Livermore each answered 10 of 10 among the pet boarding businesses. Among the dentists, Zhao Dental of Pleasanton answered 10 of 10; among the veterinarians, Four Paws Veterinary Center and Pleasanton Veterinary Hospital each answered 9 of 10.
The benchmark measured here is 62%: the share of recent reviews a typical measured business answered, taken across 46 businesses and all trades together, not any single trade.
What to do about it
Open your Google listing and count the owner replies on your last 10 reviews. That is the same measure behind every reply figure above, and the 62% benchmark measured here is the share a typical measured business answered.
If you run a dermatology practice, none of the 20 we read had answered a recent review, so a single reply is more than any of them showed. If you run a restaurant, café or bar, the highest figures we could name were 1, 4 and 2 of 10. Among the nail salons and pet boarding businesses, some named owners answered 10 of 10. Whichever trade you are in, reply to each new review in a sentence or two that picks up what the customer actually said, and answer the critical ones as well as the kind ones. Of everything in that exchange, the reply is the only part you write.
Food & drink in Pleasanton, CA
Across the six food and drink trades we read among the businesses someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown, the most any named business answered was 4 of its last 10 reviews. That was Inklings Coffee and Tea, on a listing of 1,172 reviews, and it is named among the cafés, the coffee shops and the bakeries. Every trade in this section had at least one business with a measured reply, so none of them is a trade where nobody answers. But the figures for the owners we can name run from 1 to 4 of 10.
Among the food trucks we read, Blue Agave Club answered 2 of its last 10 on 696 reviews, Alberto's Cantina 2 of 10 on 600, and Sabio on Main 2 of 10 on 492. Blue Agave Club is also named among the bars. Lokanta Grill & Bar answered 1 of 10 on 967 reviews and is named among the restaurants, cafés, coffee shops and bars. Among the bakeries, 85°C Bakery Cafe - Pleasanton answered 1 of 10 on 1,042 reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 514 | 4.4 | Lokanta Grill & Bar | 1 of 10 |
| Cafés | 367 | 4.5 | Inklings Coffee and Tea | 4 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 162 | 4.6 | Inklings Coffee and Tea | 4 of 10 |
| Bars | 491.5 | 4.4 | Blue Agave Club | 2 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 169.5 | 4.7 | Inklings Coffee and Tea | 4 of 10 |
| Food trucks | 74.5 | 4.35 | Blue Agave Club | 2 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Pleasanton, CA
Among the nail salons someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown, some owners answer nearly every recent review. Of the 20 nail salons we read, Pleasanton Nail & Hair Salon answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing of 141 reviews. Lavender Oasis Nail Salon Day Spa also answered 10 of 10, on a listing of 74. Theory The Pleasanton Salon answered 8 of its last 10, on a listing of 172. Those three are the nail salons we can name as answering, and each is credited here with its own figure.
The barbershop figures read differently. Among the 20 barbershops we read in the same search, Luxe Barber Studio answered 1 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing of 297. We can name no other barbershop as answering. That is not a count of how many did: not every listing we read could be measured for replies, so the only thing we can report is the named business and its figure.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershops | 74.5 | 4.6 | Luxe Barber Studio | 1 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 38.5 | 4.5 | Pleasanton Nail & Hair Salon | 10 of 10 |
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Spa & aesthetics in Pleasanton, CA
Of the 20 dermatology practices someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown, not one had answered any of its recent reviews. That is the clearest point in this section. Across their whole listing history, the median dermatology practice we read carries 61 reviews and a 4.8 rating, and the three most-reviewed carry 609, 536 and 393.
The other trades in this group read differently, at least among the businesses we can name. Among the med spas, Essential Bella, Medspa California and LūxMD each answered 9 of their last 10 reviews, on listings of 247, 149 and 134 reviews. Among the IV therapy businesses, B12 LOVE | Pleasanton and Gameday Men's Health Pleasanton, CA each answered 10 of 10. Among the weight-loss clinics, Radiance East Bay Aesthetics answered 10 of 10 on a listing of 93 reviews, and Onestop Aesthetic Travel and Wellness Center answered 6 of 10 on a listing of 205. The one plastic surgery business named here, Sono Bello San Ramon, answered 10 of 10 on a listing of 184. Among the day spas, Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa answered 8 of 10 on a listing of 351.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 52 | 4.7 | Essential Bella | 9 of 10 |
| Med spas | 76.5 | 4.95 | Essential Bella | 9 of 10 |
| IV therapy | 58.5 | 5 | B12 LOVE | Pleasanton | 10 of 10 |
| Weight-loss clinics | 66 | 5 | Gameday Men's Health Pleasanton, CA | 10 of 10 |
| Dermatology | 61 | 4.8 | — | |
| Plastic surgery | 51 | 4.8 | Sono Bello San Ramon | 10 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Pleasanton, CA
The median gym among the businesses someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown carries 40.5 Google reviews. The three most-reviewed gyms we read carry 927, 686 and 671. That distance between the middle of the list and its top is the most striking thing in this section. A median is a single point, so it tells you nothing about how any one gym's listing looks, only where the middle of the 20 we read falls.
The median rating among those 20 gyms is 4.85 stars. Like the review counts, that figure covers each listing's whole history, not a recent stretch of it. It is the middle value of the gyms we read, and it says nothing about how closely the others sit around it.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 40.5 | 4.85 | Vim + Vigor Fitness | 10 of 10 |
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Dental & orthodontics in Pleasanton, CA
Among the dentists and orthodontists someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown, Zhao Dental of Pleasanton and Live & Smile Dental & Orthodontics each answered every one of their 10 most recent Google reviews. We read 20 dentists and 20 orthodontists. On the ratings, the two trades look alike: the median rating is 4.9 for the dentists we read and 4.9 for the orthodontists. On volume, the median dentist carries 92 reviews and the median orthodontist 55, while the most-reviewed dentist carries 403 and the most-reviewed orthodontist 477.
Among the dentists, Zhao Dental of Pleasanton answered 10 of its last 10, on a listing of 128 reviews. Pleasanton Ridge Dental Group answered 6 of its last 10, on a listing of 276, and Pleasanton Dublin Dental Center answered 6 of its last 10, on 182. Among those we could measure, these practices answered the most of their recent reviews. The measurement says nothing about how the other dentists we read handle theirs, so these figures describe these practices and nobody else.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 92 | 4.9 | Zhao Dental of Pleasanton | 10 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 55 | 4.9 | Live & Smile Dental & Orthodontics | 10 of 10 |
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Pets in Pleasanton, CA
Among the pet boarding businesses someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown, the three we can name for answering reviews each answered 10 of their last 10: Camp Bow Wow Tri Valley / Livermore, Club K9 Fremont-Sunol and BratPak Dog Kamp - Livermore. Across their whole histories, those listings hold 262, 203 and 188 reviews. We read 20 boarding businesses in this catchment; the median one carries 66 reviews and a 4.7 rating, and the three most-reviewed carry 262, 207 and 203.
Veterinarians carry the largest listings of the three pet trades in this section. The median vet we read has 108 reviews, against 66 for boarding and 29 for grooming, and the most-reviewed vet listing holds 618. The median vet rating is 4.7. On replies, Four Paws Veterinary Center and Pleasanton Veterinary Hospital each answered 9 of their last 10 reviews, and IronHorse VetCare answered 6 of 10. Separately, their listings hold 350, 325 and 488 reviews in total.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet grooming | 29 | 4.65 | Pet Supplies Plus Pleasanton | 10 of 10 |
| Pet boarding | 66 | 4.7 | Camp Bow Wow Tri Valley / Livermore | 10 of 10 |
| Veterinarians | 108 | 4.7 | Four Paws Veterinary Center | 9 of 10 |
Shops & studios in Pleasanton, CA
We read 20 tattoo studios among the businesses someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown. The median studio we read carries 46 Google reviews. The most-reviewed studio we read carries 1,185, and the next two carry 206 and 118. The median rating among the 20 is 4.85 stars. Those are whole-listing figures: every review each studio has collected, with no dates attached.
Replies are measured on a different window. For each studio we could measure, we looked only at its most recent 10 reviews and counted how many carry an answer from the owner. Among the tattoo studios we read, Sacred Soul Studio answered 9 of its last 10. Inkestry Custom Tattoo Studio answered 1 of its last 10. Those are the two names the measurement gives us. Not every studio we read could be measured, and we can't see how the other studios handled their recent reviews, so nothing here describes them.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tattoo studios | 46 | 4.85 | Sacred Soul Studio | 9 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 Pleasanton, 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. Pleasanton, CA has a population of 77,500 and a median household income of $186,206 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.