Would listing an address on a location page for a franchise count as a citation?

[JoshuaRich6]

If a small franchise with 15 locations implemented location pages for each location including address and phone then made them crawlable by the search engines and also accessible through a store locator, would this be counted as a citation for the location?

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Joshua, Are you saying that a business will list each of its 15 locations on its website? If so, I would not consider this as a citation. A citation is what a second party says about the business, not what the business says about itself. If I've misunderstood your query, please clarify.

[JoshuaRich6]

Thanks Miriam.  Yes that is what I was asking.  A follow up question would be if that location appeared in a store locator on another  site.  For example if a manufacturer had a store locator which referenced businesses that sold their products.

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Joshua, Yes, if a totally separate website (like a manufacturer's site) lists your client's NAP (name, address phone number), and lists it in indexable text, that would definitely be a citation. You're very welcome!