What is Google Place ID?

A stable text identifier Google uses for a business or place on Maps.

Place IDs (like ChIJ…) identify a listing across Google's APIs and are the best key for deduplicating businesses collected from Maps.

Related terms

• SERP: Search Engine Results Page: everything a search engine shows for a query.
• Google CID: A numeric customer ID for a Google Maps listing, usable in maps.google.com/?cid= links.
• Geo-grid rank tracking: Checking a business's Google Maps ranking from many points on a map grid.