The Network Behind The Local Internet
The Local Grid Network
A growing network of local, geographic, informational, marketplace and specialized destinations connected through shared infrastructure.
Explore the connected network of strategic domains, Business Record infrastructure, geographic properties, marketplaces, information experiences, shared-record surfaces and emerging AI-ready services.
Network Summary
What the network is today
25
Configured shared-record destinations
3
Regional and state surfaces
100+
Operating marketplace destinations
7M+
Existing marketplace listings (not Business Records)
50
State domain families represented
US · UK · CA · AU · NZ
Country coverage
What is not claimed
- · Every owned domain is a connected destination.
- · All 2,900+ held domains are developed.
- · All existing marketplace listings are authoritative Business Records.
- · Every legacy marketplace has migrated to the shared Business Record architecture.
- · Every deployed property is a separate company.
- · Every API or AI capability is production ready.
Portfolio
Held domains are counted separately
2,900+
Strategic domains held
Grid and Network
The Grid connects. The Network participates.
The Grid
TheLocalGrid.comThe relationships and infrastructure connecting records, places, categories, publications and destinations. The Grid explains why the network works.
The Network
LocalGridNetwork.comThe destinations and experiences participating in that infrastructure. The Network shows where it reaches.
- Business Record
- Publication
- The Local Grid
- Local Grid Network
- Surfaces / Destinations
- Local Experiences
The Grid connects. The Network participates. The surfaces deliver experiences.
Participation
One business across the network
Where this business appears
The Business Record feature “Where this business appears” lists the destinations where a record currently holds publication relationships. That is the difference between owning a domain and participating in the network — membership is never assumed from ownership.
Status
How participation is described
Connected
A destination that receives Business Record publications through the Grid.
Deployed
A destination that is publicly deployed, whether or not it is connected yet.
Independent
A property that operates on its own and does not participate in the Grid today.
Planned
A destination scheduled to participate; not participating yet.
Destinations
Participating destinations by function
Geographic Discovery
- · National
- · State
- · Regional
- · Local
Information
- · Local information
- · Articles
- · Happenings
- · Events
Business Experiences
- · Business Records
- · Storefronts
- · Reviews
- · Savings
- · Featured
Marketplaces
- · Participating marketplace destinations
Specialized Experiences
- · Deployed vertical and special-purpose surfaces
Marketplaces
From marketplace network to Local Grid Network
- Step 1
Marketplace Network
Independent marketplace destinations built before the shared architecture.
- Step 2
Shared Infrastructure
Records, publications and governed relationships.
- Step 3
Local Grid Network
Connected destinations and specialized experiences.
Terminology
Words used precisely
- Domain
- An owned or controlled internet address.
- Destination
- A configured endpoint in the platform.
- Surface
- A consumer-facing experience.
- Publication
- A governed relationship making something available at a destination.
- Grid
- The relationships and infrastructure connecting these things.
- Network
- The collection of participating destinations and experiences.
Network Overview
Five layers, from namespace to experience
- Layer 1
Owned Namespace
The held namespace: geographic families, record infrastructure names, surface families and category domains that define the addressable shape of the network.
Representative properties
Current status
Strategic Asset — held and inventoried; most names are not developed.
Next integration milestone
Complete classification and last-reviewed dates for every registry record.
Owned Namespace
The held namespace: geographic families, record infrastructure names, surface families and category domains that define the addressable shape of the network.
Representative properties
Current status
Strategic Asset — held and inventoried; most names are not developed.
Next integration milestone
Complete classification and last-reviewed dates for every registry record.
Shared Record
One record across many surfaces
Ecosystem
Which property does what
The larger system and vision.
The infrastructure and relationships.
What participation in the Grid means for one business.
The destinations and surfaces participating in the Grid.
The portfolio and commercial-opportunity gateway.
The owner and steward of the portfolio and operating assets.
Infrastructure
Core properties
TheLocalInternet.com
Infrastructure node in the Core layer of the Local Grid Network.
TheLocalGrid.com
The connective tissue of the network — the grid that links every local node.
OneBusinessRecord.com
One canonical record for a business, reused everywhere it appears.
TheLocalGraph.com
The relationship graph connecting entities, geography and information.
Deployment
Demonstrated, in development, planned
- P1Asset and Architecture Foundationdemonstrated
- P225-Surface Shared-Record Demonstrationdemonstrated
- P3Controlled Business Pilotin development
- P4Agency and Reseller Betaplanned
- P5Marketplace Integrationplanned
- P6Large-Scale Geographic and Vertical Deploymentplanned
- P7API, Publisher and AI-Agent Accessplanned
Registry
2,966 domains, one searchable registry
Local Grid Network is part of The Local Internet ecosystem. Owned and stewarded by Local Internet Holdings. Developed and operated by Local Internet Group.