Rankwise

Rankwise is a local-marketing agency based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, operating through the website rankwise.ca. The firm focuses narrowly on the local-search side of marketing for service businesses across the Lower Mainland, including plumbers, electricians, HVAC contractors, roofers, landscapers, auto repair shops, dentists, chiropractors, med spas, lawyers, and veterinarians. Rather than offering broad digital marketing, Rankwise concentrates on Google Business Profile optimization, review velocity management, citation consistency, local content strategy, and Map Pack visibility. The agency describes itself as intentionally narrow on function but broad on vertical: it works only on local search, and accepts one business per city, per category. Its service model includes foundation and growth plans that track progress against a written 90-day position target; if the target is missed, billing pauses until it is hit. Every audit begins with live Map Pack checks, competitor profiles, review signals, and the first city terms most likely to move. Rankwise publishes market studies under the banner "Rankwise Lab." One study, collected July 10, 2026, examined 628 Map Pack appearances across 216 Metro Vancouver plumber searches and found that 66 appearances went to businesses with fewer than 20 reviews, even though the median review count among shown businesses was 82. The agency presents this as public Google data rather than a client result. It also offers a free 15-minute rank check and a free rank check booking option. Contact for the agency is listed as zshef@rankwise.ca, and founder-led audits are conducted by Zack, who reviews the market before the call. The firm operates across 18 Metro Vancouver cities, including Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Surrey, Delta, White Rock, Langley, Abbotsford, Mission, and Chilliwack. Its published studies cover eight trade categories, with 216 Google searches per category across those cities in the July–August 2026 studies.

Rankwise is a local-marketing agency based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, operating through rankwise.ca. The firm was founded by Zack Shef, who conducts founder-led audits and reviews the market before client calls. The agency's contact email is zshef@rankwise.ca. Rankwise built its practice around local-search visibility for service businesses in the Lower Mainland. Its stated approach is intentionally narrow on function and broad on vertical: it works only on local search, and accepts one business per city, per category. The service covers Google Business Profile optimization, review velocity management, citation consistency across platforms such as Google, Yelp, HomeStars, Yellow Pages Canada, BBB, Apple Maps, and Bing Places, local content strategy, and Map Pack tracking. The agency introduced Foundation and Growth plans that track progress against a written 90-day position target. If the written target is missed, billing pauses until it is hit. Every month, clients see the available evidence and recommendations for next steps. Rankwise also offers a free 15-minute rank check and a free rank check booking option. In 2026, Rankwise began publishing market studies under the Rankwise Lab banner. A study collected July 10, 2026, examined 628 Map Pack appearances across 216 Metro Vancouver plumber searches and found that 66 appearances went to businesses with fewer than 20 reviews, even though the median review count among shown businesses was 82. The agency presents this as public Google data, not a client result. Its published studies cover eight trade categories, with 216 Google searches per category across 18 Metro Vancouver cities in the July–August 2026 studies. The cities covered include Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Surrey, Delta, White Rock, Langley, Abbotsford, Mission, and Chilliwack.

• Rankwise Lab plumber study collected, examining 628 Map Pack appearances across 216 Metro Vancouver plumber searches.

• Rankwise Lab studies published for eight trade categories across 18 Metro Vancouver cities, July–August 2026.

Local-search-only marketing for service businesses, one business per city per category, with written 90-day position targets and billing pauses if targets are missed.

• Foundation plan

  A local-search marketing plan tracking progress against a written 90-day position target; billing pauses if the target is missed.

• Growth plan

  A local-search marketing plan tracking progress against a written 90-day position target; billing pauses if the target is missed.

• Free 15-minute rank check

  A free rank check offered by Rankwise, with no pitch deck.

• Rankwise Lab market studies

  Published market studies using public Google data, covering trade categories across Metro Vancouver cities.

1. 1Rankwise — Local Marketing for Service Businesses, BCrankwise.ca
2. 2About Rankwise — Local Marketing for Lower Mainland Service Businessesrankwise.ca
3. 3Rankwisewikidata.org