Review Impact Calculator
A handful of 1- and 2-star reviews can drag your average rating below the threshold customers actually shop at. Enter your current review counts below, then remove or add reviews one at a time to see exactly how much your rating could move.
Review Impact Calculator
See what your rating could be
Enter your current review counts by star rating, then use the + / - buttons (or type a number) to see how removing negative reviews, or adding new 5-star reviews, moves your average.
Your Current Rating
Simulated Rating
Why this matters?
Star ratings aren’t just a vanity number — they’re a filter customers use before they ever call you.
- In BrightLocal’s 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey, 68% of consumers said they’ll only use a business with 4 stars or higher, up from 55% the year before. 31% now require 4.5 stars or higher.
- A Harvard Business School study of Yelp-rated restaurants found that each additional star in average rating was associated with a 5–9% increase in revenue.
If a few policy-violating reviews are quietly holding your average below the line customers are drawing, removing them isn’t cosmetic — it can be one of the highest-leverage changes available to a local business.
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