Where your competition is in Louisiana
The largest concentrations of restoration companies in our Louisiana data are in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport, Lafayette, Metairie, Lake Charles, Mandeville and Monroe. Competition for the map pack is heaviest there, and so is the reward: the same review count that dominates a small town is invisible in Baton Rouge.
The map pack in Louisiana
Google shows three businesses in the map pack for a search like "restoration company near me" in Baton Rouge. In Louisiana the shops that hold those spots usually sit near the 90th percentile, 112 reviews, not the median. 10.6% of Louisiana restoration companies have passed 100 reviews; the other 89.4% are competing for whatever is left below the fold.
The website gap in Louisiana
12.6% of Louisiana restoration companies list no website on their Google profile, about as many than the national 14.8%. Nationally, restoration companies with a website have a median of 22 reviews against 2 without. A five-page site with tap-to-call and a page per service is the cheapest gap to close.
Hours and after-hours calls
81.5% of Louisiana restoration companies list themselves as open 24 hours. If you take after-hours calls, say so in your profile hours, because Google shows "Closed" in red on a profile that says it is closed. If you do not, list real hours and let missed-call text-back cover the gap, so the caller gets a reply instead of dialing the next name.
How Louisiana compares
Of the 50 states in our data, Louisiana ranks 29th for the number of restoration companies, 47th for median review count, and 17th for the share with no website, which leaves more room than most states for a shop that builds a real site. The review bar is lower than in most of the country, so a few months of asking every customer moves you up fast.
| State | Listed | Median reviews | No site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 151 | 11 | 12.6% |
| Arkansas | 95 | 15 | 13.7% |
| Oklahoma | 143 | 21 | 15.4% |
| Texas | 1,206 | 14 | 13.9% |
What to do first in Louisiana
- Set a review velocity. One review per job day, asked at the door, moves a 11-review shop past the Louisiana 75th percentile (46) within a year. The guides have the scripts.
- Finish the Google profile: primary category, every service you offer, real job photos, and hours that match reality. It is free and it is where Louisiana customers decide.
- Turn on missed-call text-back. Run the calculator with your own numbers to see what unanswered calls cost.
- Then, and only then, spend on ads. Pointed at a profile with 11 reviews and no website, ads pay for your competitor's education. Pointed at a finished profile, they work.
The full national picture, with percentiles, ratings and hours, is in the benchmark report. The method is on the about page.