The sharpest contrast in our data is between trades where no business we read had answered and individual owners who answer almost every review. Among the businesses someone searching in San Leandro, CA is shown, not one of the coffee shops, bakeries, food trucks or gyms we read had answered any of its recent reviews. Listing totals are a separate, whole-history measure: the most-reviewed coffee shop we read carries 3,903 reviews, and the median gym we read carries 70.
The named repliers sit in other trades. Among the pet boarding businesses we read, Club K9 answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, The Pack, Fruitvale 10 of 10 and PupTown Dog Daycare & Boarding 9 of 10. Among the veterinarians, Good Samaritan Veterinary Hospital answered 10 of 10 and Boulevard Pet Hospital 9 of 10; among the groomers, Groombuggy Mobile Dog Grooming answered 10 of 10. Vista Nail Spa answered 10 of 10 and Bossy nails 9 of 10 among the nail salons, Acai Skin Studio 9 of 10 among the med spas, and Western Dental & Orthodontics 10 of 10 among the orthodontists. CityHealth - San Leandro answered 9 of 10. Its listing, at 3,004 reviews, is the largest among the weight-loss clinics we read.
In food and drink, the named figures are lower. Among the restaurants we read, Lavanta Mezze Bar & Restaurant answered 3 of its last 10 and SONS OF LIBERTY ALEHOUSE 1 of 10. SONS OF LIBERTY ALEHOUSE appears among the restaurants, cafés and bars named here, and its listing carries 1,701 reviews. The median restaurant we read carries 240 reviews and the median café 178. In hair and barbering, B'Gorgeous Intl “The Hair Boutique" answered 5 of 10 and Richie's Barber Shop 4 of 10; the median hair salon we read carries 26.5 reviews and the median barbershop 41.
The benchmark measured here puts a typical measured business at 55 percent of its recent reviews answered. That figure is measured across 29 businesses from all trades together, not any one trade. Ratings are a whole-history figure of their own: the median med spa and the median weight-loss clinic we read both rate 5, and the median day spa 4.3.
What to do about it
If you run a coffee shop, bakery, food truck or gym, the starting point is plain: among the ones we read, none had answered a recent review, so a single reply would be more than any of them had written on theirs. Start with your newest reviews and answer each one.
In every other trade, count how many of your last 10 reviews carry a reply. Every reply figure on this page is counted the same way. Then put it beside a named business in your own trade: Vista Nail Spa at 10 of 10 among nail salons, San Leandro Dental Studio at 7 of 10 among dentists, 1 Touch Relaxed at 6 of 10 among day spas, Richie's Barber Shop at 4 of 10 among barbershops. The benchmark measured here is 55 percent, across all trades together. A reply is the one part of a review exchange you write.
Food & drink in San Leandro, CA
In three of the six food and drink trades we read around San Leandro, not one business had answered any of its recent reviews. Those three are coffee shops, bakeries and food trucks, 20 of each, read from the businesses someone searching in San Leandro, CA is shown. Among the coffee shops sits a listing carrying 3,903 reviews, the largest among the food and drink businesses in this section. The two most-reviewed bakeries we read carry 1,283 and 1,211 reviews, and the most-reviewed food truck carries 945. None of the businesses we read in those three trades had replied to a recent review.
In restaurants, cafés and bars, we can name businesses that answered. Among the restaurants we read, Lavanta Mezze Bar & Restaurant answered 3 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing of 414. SONS OF LIBERTY ALEHOUSE answered 1 of its last 10, on a listing of 1,701. Among the cafés and among the bars we read, SONS OF LIBERTY ALEHOUSE is again the business answering the most of its recent reviews among those we could measure, at the same 1 of 10. Its 1,701 reviews also place it among the three most-reviewed businesses in each of those three trades.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 240 | 4.4 | Lavanta Mezze Bar & Restaurant | 3 of 10 |
| Cafés | 178 | 4.4 | SONS OF LIBERTY ALEHOUSE | 1 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 141 | 4.35 | — | |
| Bars | 217 | 4.4 | SONS OF LIBERTY ALEHOUSE | 1 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 83.5 | 4.5 | — | |
| Food trucks | 118.5 | 4.6 | — |
Hair, nails & barbering in San Leandro, CA
Among the nail salons someone searching in San Leandro, CA is shown, Vista Nail Spa answered 10 of its last 10 reviews and Bossy nails answered 9 of 10. The highest barbershop figure we measured was 4 of 10, from Richie's Barber Shop, and the highest hair salon figure was 5 of 10, from B'Gorgeous Intl "The Hair Boutique". Among those we could measure, the highest reply figures in this section belong to Vista Nail Spa and Bossy nails.
We read 20 barbershops. The median one carries 41 Google reviews with a median rating of 4.7, and the three most-reviewed carry 206, 134 and 100. Richie's Barber Shop, whose listing holds 100 reviews, answered 4 of its most recent 10. Handsome Hooligans Barber Lounge, with 70 reviews on its listing, answered 1 of its most recent 10.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershops | 41 | 4.7 | Richie's Barber Shop | 4 of 10 |
| Hair salons | 26.5 | 4.8 | B'Gorgeous Intl “The Hair Boutique" | 5 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 50 | 4.4 | Vista Nail Spa | 10 of 10 |
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Spa & aesthetics in San Leandro, CA
Among the weight-loss clinics someone searching in San Leandro, CA is shown, one listing carries 3,004 Google reviews, while the median clinic of the 20 we read carries 71. That listing belongs to CityHealth - San Leandro. Measured on its most recent reviews, it answered 9 of its last 10.
Of the 20 med spas we read, the median carries 28 reviews and a median rating of 5, the same median rating as the weight-loss clinics we read. Among the med spas, Acai Skin Studio answered 9 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing of 74 reviews in total. Lotus Esthetic & Skin Care answered 4 of its last 10, and Medspañol answered 4 of 10 as well. The most-reviewed med spa we read carries 290 reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 31 | 4.3 | 1 Touch Relaxed | 6 of 10 |
| Massage | 32 | 4.6 | 1 Touch Relaxed | 6 of 10 |
| Med spas | 28 | 5 | Acai Skin Studio | 9 of 10 |
| Weight-loss clinics | 71 | 5 | CityHealth - San Leandro | 9 of 10 |
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Fitness & wellness in San Leandro, CA
Of the 20 gyms we read among the businesses someone searching in San Leandro, CA is shown, not one had answered any of its recent reviews. That is the headline for this section, and it is a plain one: across the recent reviews we could check on these gym listings, we found no owner reply at all.
The listings themselves are not empty. The median gym we read carries 70 Google reviews, and the median rating is 4.8. The three most-reviewed gyms carry 587, 570 and 507 reviews. Those are counts over each listing's whole history, which is a different window from the reply finding above. The reply finding looks only at the most recent handful of reviews on each listing we could measure, so the two should not be read as describing the same period.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 70 | 4.8 | — |
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Dental & orthodontics in San Leandro, CA
Among the orthodontists someone searching in San Leandro, CA is shown, Western Dental & Orthodontics answered 10 of its last 10 Google reviews. Its listing carries 604 reviews in total. Among the dentists we read, San Leandro Dental Studio answered 7 of its last 10, and Dr. Lula Tsegay Family Dentistry answered 4 of its last 10. Those three are the practices this section can credit by name for replying; we can't see how the other practices we read handled their recent reviews, so nothing here describes them.
The listing sizes are a separate measure, taken across each listing's whole history rather than its latest reviews. The median dentist we read carries 103.5 reviews, and the three most-reviewed dentist listings carry 1,340, 638 and 614. San Leandro Dental Studio's 638 is one of those three. The median orthodontist we read carries 60 reviews, and the three most-reviewed orthodontist listings carry 866, 752 and 604, the last of them Western Dental & Orthodontics. The median rating is 4.85 for the dentists and 4.9 for the orthodontists. A median is one number from the middle of the set; it does not say how any individual practice is rated.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 103.5 | 4.85 | San Leandro Dental Studio | 7 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 60 | 4.9 | Western Dental & Orthodontics | 10 of 10 |
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Pets in San Leandro, CA
Among the pet boarding businesses someone searching in San Leandro is shown, the named leaders answer almost every review. Club K9 answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, The Pack, Fruitvale answered 10 of 10, and PupTown Dog Daycare & Boarding answered 9 of 10. Club K9 and PupTown are also the two most-reviewed boarding listings we read, at 402 and 327 reviews. The median boarding business we read carries 65 reviews and a 4.9 rating.
Pet grooming looks different. Of the 20 groomers we read for someone searching in San Leandro, the median carries 88 reviews and a 4.7 rating, and the most-reviewed carries 1,400, the largest listing among the pet businesses in this section. Groombuggy Mobile Dog Grooming, on 550 reviews, answered 10 of its last 10. Classy Canine's Wiggle Rumps, on 186 reviews, answered 1 of its last 10. Those are the only groomers we can name here, and the figures say nothing about how the other groomers we read handle their reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet grooming | 88 | 4.7 | Groombuggy Mobile Dog Grooming | 10 of 10 |
| Pet boarding | 65 | 4.9 | Club K9 | 10 of 10 |
| Veterinarians | 165 | 4.5 | Good Samaritan Veterinary Hospital | 10 of 10 |
Shops & studios in San Leandro, CA
Among the tattoo studios someone searching in San Leandro, CA is shown, we read 20. Of those, Simms Ink is the studio this section can credit for replying: it answered 2 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing that carries 259 reviews in total. That is a figure for one named business, not a tally of the trade. We could not measure replies for every studio we read, and we can't say how many answered, so nothing here describes the studios left unnamed.
The listing figures cover a different window from the reply figure. The median tattoo studio we read carries 50 Google reviews and a median rating of 4.7 stars. The three most-reviewed studios among the 20 we read carry 259, 203 and 107 reviews. Those are totals across each listing's whole history, while the reply figure above covers only the most recent 10 reviews. A median is a single number: it marks where the middle studio sits, and it says nothing about how the other listings are spread around it.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tattoo studios | 50 | 4.7 | Simms Ink | 2 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 San Leandro, 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. San Leandro, CA has a population of 88,531 and a median household income of $98,063 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.