Google's Business Profile guidelines. It can also happen if someone manually reports your listing through the redress form and Google finds the report to be valid.
Another option is to report the listing on Google Maps or in search using the Suggest an Edit feature. If the user who reported the listing is considered trustworthy by Google, their edits or reporting advertising data of the listing can take effect almost immediately and in some cases result in the suspension of the profile.
It may even happen that your profile is suspended if you make a change yourself, but Google will see the change as incorrect.
There are also known cases where business accounts are suspended because they belong to industries that often send spam. The most common suspensions are for locksmiths, plumbers, pest control professionals, and lawyers.
Other reasons may include including a virtual office in the company address, operating a field business with a residential address, sharing an address with another company, making a large number of changes to the company profile at once, using keywords in the company name, incorrectly including the website address or linking to social networks, or having non-stop opening hours.
All of these facts can lead to one of two situations: a hard suspension or a partial suspension of the company profile.
A Business Profile can be suspended for a variety of reasons
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