Yell Reviews 

16,666
TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.1

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Evaluating 1,562 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the staff for their helpfulness, professionalism, and ability to listen to their needs, making the setup process easy and efficient. Many appreciate the personalized customer service, with staff members remembering them and ensuring they are connected to the right team. The overall service is described as excellent, with a strong focus on supporting businesses and providing a smooth user experience. However, some people were dissatisfied with the website and the results of their campaigns, feeling that promises were not delivered and that their websites did not accurately reflect their businesses. Conversely, a small portion of people felt that customer support was unhelpful, with some experiencing ignored messages, lack of support, or issues with contract terms and data privacy.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Excellent experience setting up was easy Can always get in touch with staff from start to finish they help you through to set up site.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Daryl is very hands on as my web manager and is full of ideas about how my website can be even further improved. I would suggest that he has has been a driving force the past 6 months in growing my a... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

From the initial call to the set up I chose the team was both knowledgeable and more important listened to what your needs were. No pushy sales just informative conversations based around your needs.... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Enquired into Yell Business and spoke with a very helpful and friendly sales rep. They were genuinley interested in my enquirey and wanted to get an understanding of my business and needs. It felt lik... See more

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Company details

  1. Online Marketing Agency

About Yell

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Yell, a champion of local business since 1966, empowers consumers and businesses to effortlessly connect. Every month, we help millions of consumers find the local services they need, while businesses across the UK benefit from our powerful digital marketing solutions to be found, trusted, and chosen online. We want to transform everyday business to improve everyday life.

Digital marketing solutions provider

As the UK’s number one for managed digital advertising for local businesses*, and 50+ years of experience, we know how to help your business grow.

Over the years, hundreds of thousands of businesses have trusted Yell’s marketing services. In fact, some of our clients have been with us for over 30 years!

We build and manage digital marketing solutions that help your business to get the leads you actually want. As a partner of Meta and Microsoft, as well as one of the UK’s top Google partners**, we know how to level up your marketing and drive your business’s success.

From your business profiles, reviews, social media, websites, and advertising campaigns across search engines and social media, we do it all as part of an all-in-one managed digital marketing solution.

We offer 3 powerful digital marketing solutions that will be tailored to your business, industry, ideal customers, and goals:

Activate

Activate is great for businesses who want to be found online, apply for customer jobs & build credibility.

Amplify

Amplify is ideal for businesses who want a strong online presence and a professional, conversion-focused website (trust us – we’ve built over 140,000!).

Accelerate

Accelerate is perfect businesses who want to reach ready-to-buy customers across multiple platforms and drive leads.

Features you get as part of our digital marketing solutions:

  • A strong online presence across up to 58 platforms
  • Ads across Yell.com & the Yell app to drive ready-to-buy enquiries
  • Instant access to local customer leads with Yell Ads & Jobs
  • Request & manage Yell reviews
  • Post across social media platforms in a tap
  • Easily manage reviews across platforms (Amplify & Accelerate only)
  • A conversion-focused website (Amplify & Accelerate only)
  • Expertly managed search, social & display ads (Accelerate exclusive)
  • Help & support just a call or message away
  • Advice & guidance to help get the most out of your solution
  • Manage your solution & view performance via the app
  • Updates to your profiles, website & ads whenever needed (Amplify & Accelerate only)
  • Regular performance reviews & optimisations (Amplify & Accelerate only)
  • Advanced call tracking & analytics (Accelerate exclusive)
  • A dedicated account manager (Accelerate exclusive)

Let us take care of your marketing so you can focus on what you do best – running your business.

Want to grow your business? Let's get started today. Call us on 0800 777 445 or visit our website.


*We’re number 1 among direct competitors (those that target local businesses regardless of the customer’s industry)

**Google, 2024

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thankyou Shah

Thankyou Shah

16 June 2026
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Reply from Yell

Hi Lee

Thanks for your kind words - we will pass your feedback to Shah.

Kind Regards,
Abbie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

James was very helpful

James was very helpful, explained everything that I needed to know , and yes definitely will be coming back and hopefully set my business up with yell to get more notice on google search. Thank you

16 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Dear Eva

We're so glad to hear you had such a positive experience and found our colleague helpful. We look forward to assisting with your business!

Kind Regards,
Marie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Irene and Laura

just joined Yell with the help of Irene and Laura. They have been absolutely amazing from the word go and couldn't recommend them enough. 10/10 service!

16 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Hi Stephen

We're so happy to hear about your excellent experience with our team! Thank you for sharing your positive feedback; it truly means a lot to us.

Kind Regards,
Greg

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Grant and Harold explained everything…

Grant and Harold explained everything in detail for me. They never put any pressure on me to buy and left the choice up to me.

16 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Hi Lee

We're so glad to hear that you had such a positive experience! We always aim to provide clear information without pressure, and we appreciate your kind words.

Kind Regards,
Zoe

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good experience

Listening to my requests and taking things on board.

16 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Hi Paul

We're glad to hear we met your expectations. Thank you for your feedback!

Many Thanks,
Lee

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Both Kevin & Andrea have been very…

Both Kevin & Andrea have been very helpful in finding me alternate solutions to maximise my listing with Yell.com

15 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Hi Darren

We are so glad to hear that our team provided such helpful solutions. Thank you for sharing your positive experience!

Kind Regards,
Greg

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I’ve been a customer of Yell now for…

I’ve been a customer of Yell now for over 5 years and I’m very happy with the relationship they have with my business nothing is too much trouble

12 June 2026
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Reply from Yell

Hi Todd

We are so happy to hear about your positive experience and long-standing relationship with us. We truly appreciate your kind words!

Kind Regards,
Priya

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Mixed experiences

Mixed experiences

Started well then went downhill. I am pleased with the website design and was impressed with my first Account Manager. Less pleased to have 3 Acc. Managers in less than a year and not being informed about it. The website worked well for 8 months, then the enquiries stopped. Yell.com's reaction? Buy more advertising! I was only put in touch with somebody helpful giving me useful advice when I made a complaint. I'm not I.T.-savvy & made this clear right from the start. I was told I'd get all the advice & help I needed. Except with my first Acc Mgr it hasn't happened. I feel like a blind man blundering around a minefield after my guides all ran away.

15 June 2026
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Reply from Yell

Dear Mr Hamilton

We appreciate you sharing your candid feedback regarding your experiences. We are concerned to hear about the inconsistencies with your Account Managers and the decline in enquiries. We are committed to providing the support you need, especially given your stated IT comfort level. We would like to review your account to understand where improvements can be made. Please contact us on 0800 555 444 so a member of our team can review this further.

Kind Regards,
Lee

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Hard sell when trying to cancel.

Hard sell when trying to cancel my contract.

15 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Hello

We appreciate your feedback. We are reviewing our cancellation process to improve it.

Kind Regards,
Abbie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Paul and the team are great

Paul and the team are great. Easy to work with, looking forward to what we can achieve together.

15 June 2026
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Reply from Yell

Dear Michael

We appreciate your kind words! We are delighted to hear you find our team easy to work with and look forward to our future collaborations.

Many Thanks,
Chris

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I really don't like the service

I really don't like the service

5 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Hi Aman

We regret your experience. We are would like to review your account, please contact us on 0800 555 444 and a member of the team will help you.

Kind Regards,
Priya

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay well away from this company I…

Stay well away from this company I purchased the lead guarantee package I’ve paid nearly £3000 and not had a job in 3 months they have put scam calls down as leads that I’ve had it’s saying I’ve had 34 leads and only 3 of 4 of them are genuine, also jobs are being posted and put down as leads but I’m not able to see them on the job section or or respond to them, and now they want another £1600 which I will not be paying, would not recommend anyone to be using them was promised so much before signing and I’m very disappointed results I’ve had!

14 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Dear Leonard

Thank you for sharing your concerns. We are truly sorry to hear about your disappointing experience with our lead guarantee package and the issues you've encountered with lead quality and job visibility. We take your feedback seriously and would like the opportunity to review your account and understand what went wrong and how we can improve. Please contact us on 0800 555 444 and a member of our team will help you further.

Kind Regards,
Greg

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Overpriced / Low Job Leads

As a business owner I find the monthly subscription fees expensive and have complained about aggressive contract renewals. Low amount of jobs leads. In my opinion the service is not that great, all they want is your money and leave you to it. I wouldn’t recommend yell for business advertising. There are much better platforms.

13 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Dear Matthew

We appreciate you sharing your concerns regarding our subscription fees and contract renewals. We are sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with the number of job leads received. We are always working to improve our services and your feedback is valuable.

Kind Regards,
Marie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent from start to finish took the…

Excellent from start to finish took the stress out of everything couldn’t have asked for more if I could would give 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

10 June 2026
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Reply from Yell

Hi Philip

We are so happy to hear we could make your experience stress-free! Thank you for your wonderful feedback. We truly appreciate your kind words.

All the best,
Chris

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I cannot recommend Samir enough

I cannot recommend Samir enough! He was very friendly, professional, and went out of his way to be helpful. Excellent service from start to finish. 5 stars!
Thank You.

The Fireplace Gallery Ltd.
Nino

12 June 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Yell

Dear Antonio

We are so pleased to hear such wonderful feedback about your experience. Providing excellent service is our top priority, and we truly appreciate you taking the time to share your positive comments.

Kind Regards,
Penny

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Customer Service


Excellent Customer Service Many Thanks

12 June 2026
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Reply from Yell

Hi Rich

We truly appreciate your kind words. We are so pleased to know you had an excellent experience.

All the best,
Zoe

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