LOCAL BENCHMARK · SPARSE

Legal in Duluth, MN.

Every business below was observed on Google Maps for "personal injury lawyer" targeted at Duluth. Review counts, ratings, and ranks are from the IMPIOUS benchmark snapshot (internal benchmark, Apr 2026).

MEDIAN REVIEWS — TOP 3

19

P25 — MIN TO COMPETE

3

AVG RATING — TOP 3

4.77

DENSITY TIER

SPARSE

TOP-3 MEDIAN REFERRING DOMAINS

248

TOP-3 MEDIAN DFS RANK

116

AI MENTIONS — TOP 3 CITED

0 / 3

AI PLATFORMS

none

# BUSINESS REVIEWS RATING REF. DOMAINS AI CITED
1 Stockman Law Office 162 4.8 60
1 McConkey-Greene Law Office, PLLC 3 3.7
1 BK Law Group 20 5.0 569
1 Novak Law Group 64 4.8 248
2 Nicolet Law Accident & Injury Lawyers 128 4.9 2009
2 Johnson/Turner 3 5.0 476
2 Andrew T. Poole, Attorney at Law 55 4.8 289
2 Lake Superior Law, PLLC 2 5.0 38
3 Menk & Menk Law Office 2 5.0 264
3 The Reynolds Law Office, PLLC 3 5.0 12
3 The Law Offices of David C. Keegan and Mikkel A. Long 18 4.3 87
3 Legacy.Law LLC 32 5.0 19
4 Lowe Law Group 35 5.0
4 Benjamin Kaasa Law Office, PLLC 15 3.7
4 Stocke Law Office 10 4.6
4 Dahlberg Law Office 13 4.2
5 Stephens Law P.A. 20 5.0
5 Downs Law Firm and Mediation Services 15 3.7
5 Andrew & Poole, P.A. 3 5.0

Market read

Duluth's legal market shows minimal review velocity despite strong ratings: top-3 firms average 4.77 stars across 19 median reviews (internal benchmark, Apr 2026), yet only post 1.5 reviews monthly. GBP completeness lags at 51/100 across leaders, suggesting untapped profile optimization. The SPARSE density tier reflects limited competitor saturation—pack entry requires just 3 reviews. Top firms command substantial backlink authority with 248 median referring domains and rank 116 DFS median. AI visibility remains negligible; ChatGPT named zero of Google's top-3 for local injury lawyer searches. For p25 entrants targeting top-3 status, the path hinges on sustained review cadence and profile completion rather than oversaturated competition.

See "The Review Gap Is Smaller Than Everyone Thinks" for the cross-city pattern and "What the Top-3 Actually Have on Their Backlink Profile" for the backlink + AI-citation breakdown.