Local Business Schema WordPress 2026: GeoRadius & AI Overviews

AI Overview Schema Team·Mar 20, 2026·10 min

Local Business Schema in the AI Overview Era

Google AI Overviews for local searches now regularly cite specific business websites. Businesses with comprehensive LocalBusiness schema — geo coordinates, opening hours, aggregate ratings, and sameAs verification links — appear significantly more often in local AI Overview citations.

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"LocalBusiness","name":"Martinez Plumbing","telephone":"+1-212-555-0100","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"123 Main St","addressLocality":"New York","addressRegion":"NY","postalCode":"10001"},"geo":{"@type":"GeoCoordinates","latitude":40.7128,"longitude":-74.0060},"aggregateRating":{"@type":"AggregateRating","ratingValue":"4.9","reviewCount":"384"},"sameAs":["https://business.google.com/...","https://yelp.com/biz/..."]}

GeoRadius for Service-Area Businesses

If you serve customers at their location, use GeoRadius schema with a GeoCircle covering your full service territory — far more powerful than a single address for ranking across an entire metro area in both local packs and AI Overviews.