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Brownbook
Brighton, England
What it is
Brownbook is a global business listing directory where people can add or update business profiles and leave reviews. Owners can claim a listing to verify its details and manage it, add text, photos and videos, and receive alerts when reviews arrive. Brownbook also offers BLINX, a mobile-optimised business bio page with a short URL and QR code. For bulk listing work, its Publisher API supports searching, inserting, editing and deleting listings; access requires a signed API agreement and an OAuth key or token. Brownbook says its listings can help websites rank on major search engines and attract customers. Listing submission and claiming are free. The free business listing plan is free. The Publisher API is $0.10 a month, billed per listing per month. The service is available on the web and through an API, and focuses on local business listings. Its terms limit commercial users to five submitted listings unless they use the authorized API under a commercial agreement.
For and against
For
- Free listing submission and claiming
- Profiles support text, photos and videos
- Owners can receive review alerts
- BLINX provides a short URL and QR code
- API supports bulk listing operations
Against
- Commercial submissions are limited to five listings without an agreement
- Publisher API requires a signed agreement and OAuth key
- Submitted content is not editorially reviewed
The verdict
Brownbook combines free business listings, owner-claimed profiles and reviews with a separate API for volume listing work. Commercial users should note the submission restriction and API agreement requirement.
Who it suits
Brownbook suits local businesses that want to publish and manage a listing, and agencies assisting client businesses with online visibility. Its API may suit organizations managing listings in volume, subject to an agreement.
Plans and prices
Free business listing
Add and claim listings · Enhance profiles with text, photos and videos
Read 3 Oct 2026 · brownbook.net
Publisher API
Search, insert, edit and delete listings in volume · Requires an API agreement and authorized OAuth key/token
Read 3 Oct 2026 · brownbookblog.wordpress.com
On the record
- API access
- The Publisher API requires a signed API agreement, after which Brownbook says it provides an OAuth key or token.brownbookblog.wordpress.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes Brownbook as useful for businesses of any size and agencies that help client businesses get found online.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- BLINX
- Brownbook says BLINX provides a mobile-optimised business bio page with a short URL and QR code.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Claiming
- A business owner can claim a listing to verify its details and take control of it.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Company
- Brownbook Limited lists its address as 80 East Street, Brighton, England, BN1 1NF, and says it was established in 2007.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Content moderation
- Brownbook says it does not editorially review submitted content or reviews, apart from an automated profanity filter for reviews.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Brownbook says its service is trusted by Yext, Uberall, InfoUSA and Acxiom.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Listing profiles
- Listings can be enriched with text, photos and videos, and businesses can receive alerts when someone reviews them.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Product
- Brownbook is a global business listing database and directory that lets people add listings, update them and review businesses.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Publisher API
- The Publisher API supports searching, inserting, editing and deleting listings in volume.brownbookblog.wordpress.com · read 3 Oct 2026
- Search visibility
- Brownbook says its listings help websites rank on major search engines and drive more customers to businesses.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- Brownbook's terms say it observes GDPR, lets registered users and business owners access personal data through the web interface, and promises breach notification within 72 hours of discovery.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Brownbook offers help pages and a contact form for questions not answered there, with replies sent by email.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
- Usage limits
- The terms prohibit submitting more than five business listings for commercial gain except through the authorized API under a commercial agreement.brownbook.net · read 3 Oct 2026
