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Is "entity home" a Google term?
No. It's vocabulary used by SEO practitioners who work on brand search and knowledge panels, and Google doesn't define it. What Google does say comes close: put your organization's details "on your home page, or a single page that describes your organization, for example the about us page." The label is industry shorthand for that advice.
So treat "entity home" as a useful name for a sensible practice, not a ranking factor Google has announced. If someone pitches it to you as a special Google requirement, ask where Google says so.
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Which page should be a contractor's entity home?
Usually the About page, or the home page if your site is small. Pick the page that already describes the company, its owner, its history and its licensing, and make it the most complete and accurate statement of those facts anywhere online. Other pages can repeat the facts, but this one should never be out of date.
Google says you don't need Organization markup on every page; one page that describes your organization is enough. That's the natural place for it.
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What should an entity home include?
The facts every other record will be checked against: your legal name and any trade name, address or service area, phone number, services, license or registration numbers, owner and year founded. Then add links to the outside profiles that confirm them, such as your BBB page, your state license lookup and your Google Business Profile.
Those outside links can also go in your Organization markup as sameAs, which Google describes as "the URL of a page on another website with additional information about your organization." The outside records matter because AI answers check them: when we asked ChatGPT (the OpenAI API with web search) about named contractors, a government or licensing site was cited in 10,288 of 11,982 answers. See what ChatGPT checks before recommending a contractor.
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Does an entity home get you a knowledge panel or AI mentions?