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How to Get a Google Review QR Code for Your Business

The QR code that opens your Google review form is free, and it comes straight from your Google Business Profile. Here is how to get it, where to put it, and how to make customers actually use it.

Updated 26 September 2026 · The Brand Maniacs

Step by step: get your review link and QR code

1. On a computer, sign in to the Google account that manages your business and open your Business Profile (search your business name on Google, or go to business.google.com).
2. Select Read reviews, then Get more reviews.
3. To share by message, select Copy to copy your review link. It opens the review form for your business directly.
4. To print, right-click the QR code and choose Save image as…. Google notes that review QR codes can only be generated on a computer browser, not on mobile.

Only on your phone? Copy the review link on your phone instead, and turn it into a QR code with any QR generator. It points to the same review form.

Where to put it

A QR code works when it is in front of the customer at the moment they are pleased and not in a hurry. For most Indian local businesses that means:

• Billing counter or reception. The customer is standing still, phone often in hand to pay by UPI.
• Tables and waiting areas. Restaurants, cafes, salons and clinics, where people wait anyway.
• The bill, receipt or invoice. Useful for furniture, electronics and anything delivered later, because the customer reviews after using the product.
• Packaging and delivery. A small card in the box, for businesses that deliver.
• WhatsApp. Send the review link a day after the service or delivery, in the chat you already have with the customer.

How to make customers actually scan it

• Say what it does in one line, in the language your customers speak: "Scan to review us on Google, it takes a minute."
• Make it big enough. Around 3 cm across is the practical minimum for a counter; larger for a wall or a table tent.
• Avoid glare. Glossy lamination under shop lights is the most common reason a QR code will not scan. Matte works better.
• Mention it once, never push. A staff member saying "we'd love a review if you liked it" is fine. Google's policy says businesses should not require or pressure people to review while on the premises.
• Take away the blank page. Many customers scan, see an empty review box and give up. Helping them put their own experience into words, in their own language, is what turns a scan into a review.

QR code or NFC standee?

An NFC standee lets customers tap their phone instead of scanning. Most recent Android phones read NFC tags when NFC is switched on, and iPhones from the XS onward read them without an app. A QR code works on every phone with a camera. The practical answer is both: a standee that has an NFC chip and a printed QR code, so every customer has a way in.

Common mistakes

• Linking to your Maps listing instead of the review form. Customers then have to find the review button themselves. Use the review link from Get more reviews.
• Offering a discount or freebie for a review. Google treats incentives as fake engagement and prohibits them, even for honest reviews.
• Only asking happy customers. Selectively asking for positive reviews is against Google's policy. Ask everyone.
• Printing a short link you do not control. If a link shortener or old tool stops working, every printed code breaks. Print the Google link, or a link you own.

Sources: Google Business Profile Help: Create a Google link or QR code to request reviews · Google Business Profile Help: Tips to get more reviews · Google Maps user-contributed content policy: Prohibited and restricted content