Free tool, built on Census boundaries

Plan your service area by county and independent city

Virginia has 95 counties and 38 independent cities, and Google treats each as its own place. Pick where you're based and how far you go; the planner lists what's inside, nearest first.

Where your business is based How far you'll travel: 25 miles Straight-line miles between locality centers, not road miles.

9localities inside 25 miles

5counties

4independent cities (separate from every county)

Localities within 25 miles of Richmond city, nearest first
#	Locality	Region	Miles
1	Richmond city	Central Virginia	base
2	Henrico County	Central Virginia	4
3	Chesterfield County	Central Virginia	12
4	Hanover County	Central Virginia	16
5	Colonial Heights city	Central Virginia	19
6	Hopewell city	Central Virginia	19
7	Petersburg city	Central Virginia	23
8	Powhatan County	Central Virginia	24
9	King William County	Central Virginia	24

Boundaries and centers: U.S. Census Bureau. A planning aid, not a promise of where you'll rank. Count keywords for 9 localities.

How to use the list

1. Put the 20 nearest localities where you really work into your Business Profile's service areas.
2. Where a city and a county share a name, list both only if you serve both.
3. Give a locality its own page only if you can say something specific about your work there.
4. Mention the rest on your service area page in plain words.

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Regions used in the planner.

Northern Virginia14
Central Virginia17
Hampton Roads17
Shenandoah Valley16
Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Southside27
Roanoke and Southwest Virginia33
Northern Neck and Eastern Shore9

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