What are the Google Business Profile user roles?
Google enables three different user roles for Business Profiles. Understand the difference between the Owner, Manager, and Site Manager roles.
In This Article:
The Owner user role
Each Business Profile can have multiple owners but only one Primary owner.
Primary owners and Owners:
- Can add other users to share management of a profile
- Have the same capabilities, except:
- A Primary owner can’t remove themselves from a Business Profile until they transfer primary ownership to another user
The Manager user role
- Have most of the capabilities of an Owner, except for more sensitive functions
- Can’t remove the Business Profile
- Can’t manage users
The Site Managers user role
- Have most of the capabilities of a Manager
- Can only edit some business information
- Can submit a request to upgrade their role. To submit a request, a Site Manager must:
- Sign in to the Google Business Profile
- Submit the request to a Manager or Owner of a verified Business Profile
- Any owner can then approve or deny the request
Summary chart of user roles
The chart below details the capabilities of each type of user.
| Owner | Manager | Site Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add and remove users | |||
| Remove Business Profiles | |||
| Edit all URLs | |||
| Accept all Google updates | |||
| Opt-in or out of Bookings | |||
| Update certain location settings | |||
| Manage Business Profile directly on Search and Maps | |||
| Manage Google Ads account links | |||
| Use Messaging | |||
| Add custom group labels | |||
| Edit attributes | |||
| Edit the food delivery link | |||
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Edit some main business info |
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| Edit phone number | |||
| Edit services | |||
| Create, manage, and publish posts | |||
| Add, delete, and edit cover photos and additional photos | |||
| Add, delete, and edit logos | |||
| Add, delete, and edit products | |||
| Respond to reviews | |||
| Download insights | |||
| Respond to Q&A |