Discover verified businesses AI engines cite.

DirJournal is human-editor curated, not user-review aggregated. Every published listing passes a 12-point editorial standard covering operating history, credentials, and citation consistency. No pay-to-pass and no auto-scraped filler.

Basic listing and verification is free. Paid tiers (Silver, Gold, Platinum, Enterprise) unlock featured placement, extended schema fields, and priority editorial review — but the underlying verification standard is identical across all tiers.

Typical turnaround is 3 to 7 business days from submission. Complex listings (regulated industries, multi-location entities) may take up to 14 days. You'll get an editor note if we need clarification on any of the 12 points.

Operating history, primary domain match, contact reachability, credential and licence verification, ownership disclosure, citation consistency across the open web, schema validity, media presence, hours accuracy, service-area accuracy, review authenticity signals, and category placement fit.

Verified DirJournal entities have been observed in citations from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. We publish an ongoing AI citation study measuring vertical coverage rates — see /blogs/ai-citation-study for the current snapshot.

If your business is already indexed here, use the claim flow from the listing page (or /claim). You'll verify ownership via the primary domain, then an editor will merge your update into the canonical record. There is no cost to claim.