Stillwater Family Dental answered all 10 of its most recent reviews. So did Land of Lakes Endodontics, PA, and so did Lift Dental. Their listings hold 722, 592 and 345 Google reviews. Across the 20 dental practices we read, the median listing holds 209 reviews. The two kinds of number come from different places: the reply counts are drawn from each business's most recent reviews, while the review counts are the whole listing.
Depth is spread unevenly across this catchment. Among the 20 food trucks we read the median listing holds 684 reviews, among the 20 restaurants 625, and among the 20 bars 474. The treatment-room trades sit a long way under that — a median of 26 reviews across the 20 massage businesses we read, 37.5 across the 20 chiropractors, 41 across the 20 day spas and 48 across the 20 gyms. A short file is not a silent one. Revival Chiropractic answered 10 of its last 10 on a listing of 91 reviews, and Hall Family Chiropractic Clinic answered 9 of its last 10 on 152.
The Velveteen Speakeasy appears among the businesses answering the most in four of the six food and drink trades we read — restaurants, cafés, coffee shops and bars — at 10 of its last 10 each time, on a listing of 936 reviews. Someone searching around Stillwater who changes the word they type is not necessarily shown a different group of businesses. Bakeries look different again. The three most-reviewed bakery listings hold 623, 612 and 533 reviews. Keys Cafe Bakery & Bar, the bakery answering the most of its recent reviews, answered 4 of its last 10, on a listing of 372.
A typical business among the 37 we measured in what a searcher in Stillwater is shown answered 75% of its recent reviews. Ratings are not what this page ranks on, and nothing here is ordered by stars: the median rating across the 20 hair salons we read is 5, across the 20 gyms 5, across the 20 dentists 4.9 and across the 20 food trucks 4.4. A median is one figure for a whole trade and does not tell you which listing is which. In total we read 280 businesses here. Stillwater's population is 19,323 and its median household income is $109,297.
What to do about it
Whatever the size of the file underneath it, the recent ten is a small and finite piece of work. La'Noir Nail Bar - Stillwater (Turbo Nails) answered 10 of its last 10 on a listing of 485 reviews, and Nail Zone answered 9 of its last 10 on 372. Where a trade's median listing holds 26 or 37.5 reviews, ten replies covers a large share of the whole record. Where it holds 625, catching up once is not the job — keeping up is, and the ten that count keep moving.
Write each reply differently. A reply built from a template says the identical thing to every customer who gets it, and it reads that way underneath them. Answer the warm ones as well as the awkward ones, use the detail the customer actually mentioned, and sign off as a person rather than as the business. If asking for reviews is something you only remember on a good week, make it part of a routine instead — a standing prompt is easier to keep than an occasional push.
Food & drink in Stillwater, MN
The Velveteen Speakeasy is the business answering the most in four of the six food and drink trades we read around Stillwater — restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and bars — at 10 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing holding 936. Leo's Grill & Malt Shop is among the businesses answering the most in restaurants, coffee shops and food trucks, at 9 of its last 10 with 1999 reviews. These trade lists overlap: one business can be shown both to someone searching for a cafe and to someone searching for a bar, so the same name comes back more than once.
Food trucks hold the deepest review files of the six trades, at a median of 684 reviews per business across the 20 we read, with the three most-reviewed listings at 2996, 1999 and 1738. Nacho Mamas answered 10 of its last 10 there, on a listing with 1738 reviews. Bakeries sit at a median of 169.5, with their three most-reviewed listings at 623, 612 and 533. The two bakery businesses answering the most are Keys Cafe Bakery & Bar, at 4 of its last 10 with 372 reviews, and River Market Community Co-op, at 1 of its last 10 with 533 reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 625 | 4.6 | The Velveteen Speakeasy | 10 of 10 |
| Cafés | 268 | 4.7 | The Velveteen Speakeasy | 10 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 219.5 | 4.6 | The Velveteen Speakeasy | 10 of 10 |
| Bars | 474 | 4.6 | The Velveteen Speakeasy | 10 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 169.5 | 4.6 | Keys Cafe Bakery & Bar | 4 of 10 |
| Food trucks | 684 | 4.4 | Nacho Mamas | 10 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Stillwater, MN
La'Noir Nail Bar - Stillwater (Turbo Nails) answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing carrying 485 of them. Just For Me "The Spa" answered 9 of its last 10, and its listing holds 1296 reviews — the largest of the three biggest nail listings someone searching around Stillwater is shown, which run 1296, 709 and 485. Nail Zone answered 9 of its last 10, with 372 reviews on the listing. Those are the three answering the most of the 20 nail salons we read, and the list never holds anyone else.
The hair salon figures sit differently. Among the 20 we read, median reviews per business is 53.5, and the three most-reviewed listings hold 360, 260 and 137. Taking the ones answering the most in order: REVIVE Salon Stillwater answered 6 of its last 10, on a listing of 115 reviews. Prohibition Barbers answered 5 of its last 10, on 360. The Hair Tailor answered 2 of its last 10, on 137. Because that list only ever holds the best repliers, it says nothing either way about the rest of the twenty we read.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hair salons | 53.5 | 5 | REVIVE Salon Stillwater | 6 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 105.5 | 4.85 | La'Noir Nail Bar - Stillwater (Turbo Nails) | 10 of 10 |
Spa & aesthetics in Stillwater, MN
One listing carries 1298 Google reviews and sits at the top of both trades in this group. It belongs to Just For Me "The Spa", which answered 9 of its last 10 reviews. Behind it the files are far shorter: across the 20 day spas we read, the median business holds 41 reviews, and across the 20 massage businesses we read, the median holds 26.
The businesses answering the most in each trade come with their own counts. Among the day spas, Magic Hands Massage answered 7 of its last 10, on a listing of 56 reviews, and REVIVE Salon Stillwater answered 6 of its last 10, on 115. Among the massage businesses, MLL Deep Massage answered 9 of its last 10, on 56 reviews, and Ultima Bellezza Salon answered 4 of its last 10, on 72. Those are the ones answering the most of what we read, and they say nothing about the rest of the twenty in either trade.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 41 | 4.95 | Just For Me "The Spa" | 9 of 10 |
| Massage | 26 | 5 | Just For Me "The Spa" | 9 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Stillwater, MN
A median rating of 5 sits over both trades in this group: the 20 gyms we read and the 20 chiropractors we read around Stillwater. A median is a single figure for a whole set, so it does not tell you which listing is which, and nothing here is ordered by stars anyway. The review counts move a great deal more. Median Google review count is 48 across the gyms we read and 37.5 across the chiropractors, while the three most-reviewed gym listings hold 156, 156 and 154, and the three most-reviewed chiropractic listings hold 163, 152 and 99.
Replies are where individual businesses separate. Anthem Strength & Conditioning - CrossFit Anthem answered 9 of its last 10 reviews, on a listing of 156. The Pole Barn Studio answered 8 of its last 10, on 154. Among the chiropractors we read, Revival Chiropractic answered 10 of its last 10, on a listing of 91, and Hall Family Chiropractic Clinic answered 9 of its last 10, on 152. The Lumberjack's Back answered 5 of its last 10, on a listing of 99. Two different windows are in play there: the reply counts come from each business's most recent reviews, while the review counts are the whole listing.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 48 | 5 | Anthem Strength & Conditioning - CrossFit Anthem | 9 of 10 |
| Chiropractors | 37.5 | 5 | Revival Chiropractic | 10 of 10 |
Dental & orthodontics in Stillwater, MN
Stillwater Family Dental answered 10 of its last 10 reviews, and its listing holds 722 of them, the largest review file among the 20 dental and orthodontic businesses we read. Land of Lakes Endodontics, PA holds 592 and also answered 10 of its last 10. Lift Dental holds 345 and answered 10 of its last 10 as well. Those three are the businesses answering the most of the 20 we read. Two of them are also the two most-reviewed listings in the set, at 722 and 592.
The review files here are not thin. The median across the 20 we read is 209 reviews, and the three biggest hold 722, 592 and 451. Set that beside the other trades we read around Stillwater: the median is 53.5 reviews for hair salons, 26 for massage, 48 for gyms, 37.5 for chiropractors. The two windows are different and worth keeping apart. The reply counts above are drawn from each business's most recent reviews; the totals of 722, 592 and 345 are the whole listing.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 209 | 4.9 | Stillwater Family Dental | 10 of 10 |
Pets in Stillwater, MN
One listing among the 20 we read under veterinarians holds 3310 Google reviews. The median across those same 20 is 82, and the next two largest files hold 720 and 590. All four numbers come out of one read of twenty, which is what makes the median awkward to use on its own: 82 is a middle point, not a description of any particular listing a customer is shown.
Three of those twenty had answered more of their recent reviews than the others. Atlas Pet Supply answered 9 of its last 10, on a listing holding 351 reviews. Stillwater Veterinary Clinic answered 8 of its last 10, on 590. Cedar Pet Clinic answered 5 of its last 10, on 313. Two different windows are in play there: the answered counts are drawn from each business's most recent reviews, while the review totals beside them are the whole listing. We list only the businesses answering the most, so those three figures say nothing about the rest of the twenty we read.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinarians | 82 | 4.8 | Atlas Pet Supply | 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 Stillwater, 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. Stillwater, MN has a population of 19,323 and a median household income of $109,297 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.