Interactive example · Multi-site
A store locator that sends people to the right store, open, with what they need
For a business with several locations, the most important page on the site is often the one that answers "which one, and is it open?". Most locators stop at a pin on a map. Below, a fictional Victorian tyre and auto chain goes further: open-now hours, services, stock at each store and a booking in the same place.
In short
A store locator helps customers find the nearest location by suburb, postcode or their current position, shows whether each store is open now, and filters by the services each store offers. A good one also checks stock and takes bookings at the chosen store, and gives every location its own page for local search.
Interactive demo: Store locator for multi-site businesses
Live demo · Calderline Tyre & Auto, central Victoria is a fictional business with sample data. Nothing you do here is saved or sent.
- Search by suburb or postcodeTry Kyneton, 3550 or Daylesford and watch the stores re-sort by distance.
- Use your locationIt's simulated here, so nothing asks for permission, but you'll see how it behaves.
- Filter by service or open nowNeed a roadworthy or EV servicing? Only the stores that do it stay.
- Book at a storeChoose a service and a time at the store you picked.
Example site · Calderline Tyre & Auto is a fictional business. Stores, stock and phone numbers are sample data. · fictional business, sample data
9 stores · Sunbury to Echuca
Find your nearest store
Same-day tyre fitting at every store. Search your suburb or postcode to see who’s closest and who’s open.
Demo: location is simulated. A real site would ask your browser for permission first.
Stylised map — not to scale
For the owner
Every store gets its own page
Each location publishes a page with its own hours, services, manager and stock, so someone searching “tyres Kyneton” lands on the Kyneton store, not a generic contact page. Change the hours once and the locator, the store page and the booking slots all follow.
- Local title and description, written per town
- Hours kept current from one place
- Services and booking on the page
Tyres, Servicing & Alignment in Kyneton | Calderline
96 Mollison Street, Kyneton. Tyres, wheel alignment, servicing and more. Book online in under a minute.
Calderline Tyre & Auto is fictional. Store locations use real towns with invented details, the map is stylised and not to scale, and "use my location" is simulated, so the demo never asks your browser for your position.
What you just used
Every screen is a decision about how the work runs
Nearest first, by suburb or postcode
Type a town or postcode and stores re-sort by distance. Suggestions come from your own list of localities, so misspellings and small towns still resolve.
Open now, in the right time zone
Hours are worked out from the current time in Melbourne, including stores that close early on Saturday or don't open Sunday. "Closes 5:30pm" answers the question before anyone rings.
Services that differ by store
Not every store does roadworthies, 4WD work or EV servicing. Filtering keeps only the stores that can do the job, so nobody drives to the wrong one.
Stock at the store
A tyre size lookup shows what's on the shelf at that store and offers to order it in. The locator becomes a reason to choose you, not just a map.
Booking where the decision is made
Pick the store, the service and a time in one flow. The booking goes straight to that store's calendar.
A page for every store
Each location gets its own page with local hours, services and directions, which is what search engines and AI assistants use to answer "tyres near me". It's the local SEO most multi-site businesses miss.
Built for you
Your rules, not a template's
Built for your business, the locator runs on your real locations and systems:
- Your stores, hours, public holiday hours and services, managed in one admin screen
- Stock from your point-of-sale or inventory system, where it offers an API
- Bookings into each store's calendar or your workshop system
- A real map provider if you want one, or a branded map like the demo
- Store pages with local structured data, reviews and staff
- Franchisee access so each store can keep its own details current
Connects to what you already use
Where a tool offers an API or a calendar feed, the build talks to it directly. Your data stays in accounts you own.
- Google Maps or Mapbox
- Google Business Profile
- Point-of-sale stock
- Workshop booking systems
- Google Calendar
- SMS
Custom locator, a plugin, or a list of addresses?
Store locator plugins exist for most website builders and suit simple needs. Custom work fits when your locator needs to do more than show pins.
| Criteria | Address list | Locator plugin | Custom store locator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest store | Customer works it out | Yes | Yes, with your local place names |
| Open now | Hours listed | Sometimes | Yes, including exceptions |
| Services and stock by store | No | Limited | Yes, from your systems |
| Booking | Phone | Separate tool | In the locator, per store |
| Local SEO pages | One page for all | Varies | A page per store with structured data |
| Best when | Two or three locations | Several locations with simple needs | Many locations where services, stock or bookings differ |
How we'd build yours
Fixed price, agreed before we start
List what differs between stores
Hours, services, stock, staff and booking rules. The locator is only as useful as what it knows about each store.
Fix the scope and the price
Locator, store pages, stock and booking integrations in the first version, with one fixed price you approve before we start.
Connect the systems each store already uses
Stock and bookings come from where they already live, so store managers don't maintain a second copy.
Launch the store pages and measure
We track searches, store views, directions and bookings per store, and watch local search rankings for each location.
What moves the price
Custom work is quoted individually, at a fixed price, once the scope is written down. These are the things that make the biggest difference.
- Number of locations
- The locator itself scales easily; store pages and content take time.
- Stock lookup
- Needs your point-of-sale or inventory system's API.
- Bookings
- Booking into each store's calendar adds an integration.
- Map provider
- A licensed map has usage costs; a branded map doesn't.
When you shouldn't build this
With two or three locations, a clear locations page with hours and a phone number for each is all you need. If a website builder's locator plugin shows your stores and hours correctly, keep it. Custom makes sense when services, stock or bookings differ by store, and customers are choosing the wrong location or ringing to ask.
Want this, with your name on it?
Tell us how the work runs today. We'll reply within one business day with what we'd build first, what we'd leave out, and whether an off-the-shelf tool would serve you better.
Common questions
A tool on a multi-location business's website that finds the nearest store by suburb, postcode or current location, and shows each store's address, hours and services. Better ones also show stock and take bookings at the chosen store.
It helps. A page per location with its own hours, services and address gives search engines and AI assistants something specific to show for local searches, and it matches the location's Google Business Profile.
Yes, if your point-of-sale or inventory system can share stock levels through an API. Stock is usually refreshed every few minutes, and the locator offers to order an item in when a store doesn't have it.
Not necessarily. Google Maps or Mapbox give a familiar map but have usage costs and licence terms. A branded map, like the demo, works well when there are a few dozen locations and customers mostly search by town.
Yes. Store managers or franchisees can be given access to their own location's hours, services and staff, while head office controls branding and shared content.
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Last reviewed . The business in the demo is fictional; names, prices and bookings are sample data.