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Foursquare: the listing whose data reaches more apps than you think
Foursquare is a general business listing, and the reason it matters is reach. The location data behind a Foursquare place is widely licensed and used by other maps, apps, and services, so an inaccurate listing quietly spreads the wrong name, address, or phone to places you never edited. A citation audit checks Foursquare because its data travels further than its own app.
Why a Foursquare listing carries reach beyond its app
In our catalog, Foursquare carries an authority weight of 65 out of 100. On its own it is a mid-tier listing rather than a top-five citation, but its value is downstream: Foursquare's location data is used by a broad set of maps and apps that license it, so a clean listing lands in more places than the app itself. A consistent name, address, and phone here reinforces the same canonical record your Google Business Profile uses.
Accurate listings everywhere they matter are also what make a business eligible to be cited in AI search, not just found in a single app. A correct Foursquare place is part of the wider set of signals that agree on who the business is and where it is.
What goes wrong on a Foursquare listing
- Auto-generated places: Foursquare can create a place from user check-ins before any owner claims it, often with imperfect data.
- Duplicate places: a second entry from a check-in or an old location, splitting the signal between two listings.
- Address and suite errors: a wrong street number or a missing suite that disagrees with the website and Google.
- Old phone or hours: a disconnected number or outdated hours carried over from a stale source.
- Category drift: a category that no longer reflects what the business actually does.
A citation audit reads the live Foursquare listing and compares each field against the rest of the ecosystem, flagging only the genuine disagreements rather than fields a directory simply does not display.
How to fix your Foursquare listing
Foursquare is an auto-fix directory in our catalog. Connect the listing once and accuracy corrections apply through Foursquare's own management path, included in every plan. Where Foursquare requires owner verification, you get the exact step-by-step playbook and a deep link to the right screen.
Claim the place first, merge or report any duplicate, then align the name, address, and phone to the same canonical version you use on Google Business Profile and Yelp. Because the data is licensed downstream, fixing it once correctly helps more than one surface at a time.
Where it fits in a full citation audit
Foursquare is a low-effort win precisely because so few businesses manage it, but accuracy only pays off when the whole set agrees. Run a free citation audit to see Foursquare graded against the directories that matter, fix what the audit finds, and keep it monitored so a duplicate or a stale field does not creep back in.
Visit Foursquare to manage the listing directly, or see the full directory catalog.
Frequently asked questions
Is a Foursquare listing a citation?
Yes. A Foursquare place publishes the business name, address, and phone, which makes it a citation. Because its location data is licensed by other maps and apps, an accurate listing carries weight beyond Foursquare's own app.
Does Foursquare still matter if I do not use the app?
Yes. Foursquare's location data is widely used by other maps and apps, so the listing's accuracy travels even if few of your customers open Foursquare directly. Keeping it consistent helps everywhere that data lands.
How do duplicate Foursquare places happen?
Check-ins and auto-generated places create duplicates, often from an old address. Claim the correct place, then merge or report the duplicate so the signal consolidates to one listing. A citation audit surfaces the duplicate first.
Does fixing my Foursquare listing cost anything?
No. Claiming and correcting the basic listing details is free. The work is keeping the name, address, phone, hours, and category consistent with the rest of your listings, which is what an audit and ongoing monitoring handle.
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- Google Business Profile
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- Yelp
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