# T.J. Maxx, San Mateo CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-14.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-mateo/t-j-maxx-san-mateo-ca

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu18wdgn0j9dyexvky7l4og9%2F0.jpg)
- ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu18wdgn0j9dyexvky7l4og9%2F1.jpg)
- ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu18wdgn0j9dyexvky7l4og9%2F2.jpg)
- ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu18wdgn0j9dyexvky7l4og9%2F3.jpg)
- ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu18wdgn0j9dyexvky7l4og9%2F4.jpg)


## In short

T.J. Maxx is a department store in San Mateo, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Department store |
| Address | 1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM |
| Phone | (650) 349-9544 |
| Rating | 4.0 across 571 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | September 14, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Retail chain featuring stylish brand-name apparel, shoes & accessories, plus housewares. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | T.J. Maxx | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (650) 349-9544 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Accessory sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Apparel sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Housewares sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Shoe sales | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://tjmaxx.tjx.com/store/index.jsp | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

Add your services so AI can say what you offer


### Known for

Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for


## The team

Add your team so AI can name who works here


## Visiting T.J. Maxx

Address: 1850 S Grant St, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA. Phone: (650) 349-9544. Hours: Mon to Sun 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Retail chain featuring stylish brand-name apparel, shoes & accessories, plus housewares."


### When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park

Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| S Grant St & Concar Dr | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| 7-Eleven | Convenience store | 2 min walk |
| The Pantry Family Restaurant - American & Filipino | Brunch restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Taquizas Mariscos Y Taqueria Ixpalino Sinaloa | Taco restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Concar Park | Park | 3 min walk |
| Ginniver St & 19th Ave | Bus stop | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.0 average across 571 reviews: Google 571. (Confirmed, read September 14, 2026.)

While T.J. Maxx offers a nostalgic shopping experience with a good clearance section, service issues and stock inconsistencies detract from customer satisfaction. (AI guess, from 571 reviews.)


### What people like

- Clearance section
- Great selection of trendy clothes
- Friendly service from Mala


### What people do not like

- Long checkout lines with few cashiers
- Rude or unhelpful staff
- Items missing or misrepresented


### Press

Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you


### Awards

Add an award so AI can name it


### Directories

Listed on 8 of the 21 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| Nextdoor | Listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Thumbtack | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Tupalo | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### are prices in San Mateo higher than everywhere else


### best department store in San Mateo


### what time does T.J. Maxx in San Mateo actually open?


### Why do people rate the shop?


### is Nordstrom any better for Trendy clothing at affordable prices


### What do shoppers most often mention buying here?


### Busiest day at T.J. Maxx, anyone know?


### anything people actually moan about here?


### Do they post anywhere?


### where exactly is T.J. Maxx?


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Mateo department stores run 26 to 44. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. T.J. Maxx scores 26, below the San Mateo average of 37. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | T.J. Maxx |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 75 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 69 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 82 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 37 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a department store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to T.J. Maxx |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| T.J. Maxx | LocalBusiness | #business | https://tjmaxx.tjx.com/store/index.jsp | Subject of this page |
| San Mateo, California | City | #city |  | City T.J. Maxx is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the department stores in San Mateo, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best department stores in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo/department-store
- Best businesses in San Mateo: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-mateo


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ6f4PoPGej4ARHcxWrISBPQI (accessed Sep 14, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)