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Great stuff there Ryan. I've been reading a lot about how to deal with separating offices and individual practices on G+ in industries such as Dentists, Lawyers, and Real Estate. You're advice looks excellent. For the individual dentist that you posted, would you still recommend that he verify his page some way? It would probably also be beneficial for him to get a custom URL when he's able to.

Here are some additional links about dealing with local listings such as these:

http://searchengineland.com/the-most-common-problems-with-local-business-listings-151247

http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/google-places-duplicates-doctor-dentist-lawyer.html

My company is an individual franchise of a national corporation - every franchise is operates as [National Corporate Brand Name] + a chosen descriptor such as "Premiere" or the names of the owners such as "Smith Jones".

A logged-out Google search for just the national brand name returns the corporate website first, followed by the website of a competing local franchise and 3 Local listings for their offices. These listings are all unclaimed and unverified on Google+ and have no reviews or posts.

The corporate Twitter is next, followed by my franchise's website. The corporate Facebook is the last result on the page.

How can this competing franchise rank for all 3 Local listings with unclaimed pages? My company operates several more offices than the competitor in the same area and I regularly post to their G+ pages which I verified several months ago. Is it because the competitor's website just holds significantly more weight in Google than our own? A search for the brand name + the town where our offices are in does usually return our Local listing pages, but that limits our reach to those specific towns. Anyone have any insight on this?

It might also be worth it to ask this question on the Google help forums or actually try and call their support line. They might be able to explain it to you.

That sounds like an excellent strategy as long as it's executed properly! Will you be 301 redirecting the 3 extra domains?

No but I've heard of it. I tried their Ninjagram program and it seemed like an okay tool, although I was quickly blocked by Instagram. Would be interested to see how this turns out. I think they have a free trial that you can use for a few hours.

It might also be worth it to ask this question on the Google help forums or actually try and call their support line. They might be able to explain it to you.