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CVS Photo

CVS Photo, Malden, Massachusetts

3.6 · 16 reviewsOpen until 11

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

38AI ScoreNamed in 0 of 1 answerChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026.

ConfirmedVisitorAI guess

Department of drugstore chain with photo services including prints, custom gifts & passport photos.

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AI checked this page on Aug 13, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from undecided_on_ferry.

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Services

What CVS Photo offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

Known for

Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.

The menu

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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out. We check the license before a new person shows as confirmed.

No one is named here yet. The owner can add who works here.

Today8 AM to 11 PM
ParkingNothing found

Busy times

Usually not too busy now. Busiest Tue and Wed, noon to 6.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about CVS Photo.

3.6from 16 reviews on Google

CVS Photo in Malden offers quick service but struggles with photo quality and digital copy availability. Customers describe CVS Photo in Malden as a generally efficient location for passport photos, with some staff being helpful. However, there are significant concerns about the photo quality and service specifics, making the experience inconsistent.

  • 531%
  • 425%
  • 331%
  • 20%
  • 113%
Would go back56%56% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars. We assume a good visit means they'd go back.Positive 56%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 31%, 3 stars · Negative 13%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Quick service
  • Clean environment
  • Helpful staff
The bad
  • Photos taken in a shadowy corner
  • Photos do not meet specifications
  • No digital copy provided

Press and awards

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What AI reads

The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about CVS Photo. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.

Local AI Registry · Passport photo processors in Malden, MA · Editorial

CVS Photo, Malden: a passport photo processor in Malden (2026 guide)

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Former Google Search executive and former Microsoft executive, with 20+ years in digital.

Fact-checked against 2 sources · Published August 13, 2026 · Updated August 13, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

Owner review: not yet. CVS Photo has not checked this page. Claim to review it

In short

Located at 32 Ferry St in Malden, CVS Photo offers a convenient option for those in need of passport photos. With a mix of customer experiences, some patrons appreciate the quick and clean service provided by helpful staff, while others have encountered issues with photo quality and specifications. Despite the mixed reviews, many find the service satisfactory for their needs. As a local spot, it serves the community with essential photo processing, making it a go-to for those preparing for travel.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT and Gemini are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.

Key facts

FactValue
TypePassport photo processor
Address32 Ferry St, Malden, MA 02148, USA
HoursMon to Sun 8 AM to 11 PM
Phone(781) 324-1101
OwnerNothing found
Rating3.6 across 16 reviews on Google
Known forCVS Photo in Malden is best known for its reliable same-day picture printing service, catering to customers who need quick photo solutions. While the experience can vary, many appreciate the speed and convenience.
PricesNothing found
Quietest timeSunday
ParkingNothing found
Last verifiedSeptember 18, 2026, 9:57 PM

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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoNameCVS PhotoConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
Location infoAddress32 Ferry St, Malden, MA 02148, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
Location infoPhone(781) 324-1101ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 8:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
Location infoDescriptionDepartment of drugstore chain with photo services including prints, custom gifts & passport photos.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursMonday8:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursTuesday8:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursWednesday8:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursThursday8:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursFriday8:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursSaturday8:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
HoursSunday8:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
ServicesServiceCustom photo giftsAI guessNothing found
ServicesServicePassport photosAI guessNothing found
ServicesServicePhoto printsAI guessNothing found
LinksWebsitehttps://www.cvs.com/store-locator/malden-ma-pharmacies/32-ferry-st-malden-square-malden-ma-02148/storeid=672?WT.mc_id=LS_GOOGLE_PHOTO_PT672ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026
LinksInstagramhttps://instagram.com/cvspharmacyAI guessOur record
LinksTikTokhttps://tiktok.com/@cvsAI guessOur record
LinksFacebookhttps://facebook.com/cvsAI guessOur record

Services and prices

These are the 3 services CVS Photo offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

ServicePricePrice markPrice evidenceService mark
Custom photo giftsNothing foundNothing foundNothing foundAI guess
Passport photosNothing foundNothing foundNothing foundAI guess
Photo printsNothing foundNothing foundNothing foundAI guess

Known for

  • CVS Photo in Malden is best known for its reliable same-day picture printing service, catering to customers who need quick photo solutions. While the experience can vary, many appreciate the speed and convenience.

The team

Nothing found

Visiting CVS Photo

Address: 32 Ferry St, Malden, MA 02148, USA. Phone: (781) 324-1101. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by CVS Photo on its Google Business Profile: "Department of drugstore chain with photo services including prints, custom gifts & passport photos."

When to go

Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nothing found

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Centre St @ Ferry StBus stop2 min walk
Mineirão SteakhouseBrazilian restaurant2 min walk
New York PizzaRestaurant2 min walk
Salem St @ Park StBus stop2 min walk
Crying Thaiger Rustic Thai KitchenThai restaurant2 min walk
Catalina's Pizza MaldenPizza restaurant2 min walk

Reputation

3.6 average across 16 reviews: Google 16. (Confirmed, read August 13, 2026.)

CVS Photo in Malden offers quick service but struggles with photo quality and digital copy availability. (AI guess, from 16 reviews.)

What people like

  • Quick service
  • Clean environment
  • Helpful staff

What people do not like

  • Photos taken in a shadowy corner
  • Photos do not meet specifications
  • No digital copy provided

Press

No press story about CVS Photo found yet.

Awards

None named yet.

Directories

Directory listings not read yet.

Recent updates from CVS Photo

CVS Photo hasn't posted an update here yet.

Questions people ask

Booking here, how does it work?

No answer yet

best passport photo processor in Malden

No answer yet

do I need to fill anything in beforehand

No answer yet

anything good on Ferry to kill time near CVS Photo?

No answer yet

points or member pricing at CVS Photo, worth signing up?

No answer yet

walk ins, or is it booked solid

No answer yet

Can customers order passport photos online here in Malden?

No answer yet

bad experiences at CVS Photo, anyone?

No answer yet

people keep recommending CVS Photo, what for?

No answer yet

Somewhere to park near CVS Photo?

No answer yet

is Malden expensive for this, or is it just here

No answer yet

quietest day to hit CVS Photo?

No answer yet

what time does CVS Photo in Malden actually open?

No answer yet

genuinely, what is good about this one

No answer yet

where does this place post updates

No answer yet

going rate for processors locally, any idea

No answer yet

CVS Photo or Walgreens Photo for Same-day picture printing?

No answer yet

What AI gets wrong about CVS Photo

We ask ChatGPT and Gemini about CVS Photo. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.

The AI Score: 38 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Passport photo processors on the registry run 23 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. CVS Photo scores 38. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresCVS Photo
Retrieval grounding2635Whether 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 attestation2039Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Named in 0 of 1 answer that recommended anyone. 1 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored.
Reviews & response1251The 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.Fair
Backlink & citation authority870Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile884Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile782Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Good
Content freshness & schema562Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

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

How AI decides what to tell you about a passport photo processor

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."

How to choose a passport photo processor in Massachusetts, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

  • Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
  • Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
  • Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
  • Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
  • Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with Massachusetts.

How to read the marks on this page

  • Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
  • Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
  • AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.

About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

  • Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
  • Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
  • Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including CVS Photo if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.

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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to CVS Photo
CVS PhotoLocalBusiness#businesshttps://www.cvs.com/store-locator/malden-ma-pharmacies/32-ferry-st-malden-square-malden-ma-02148/storeid=672?WT.mc_id=LS_GOOGLE_PHOTO_PT672Subject of this page
Malden, MassachusettsCity#cityNothing foundCity CVS Photo is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/teamAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the passport photo processors in Malden, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best passport photo processors in Malden: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/malden/passport-photo-processor
  • Best businesses in Malden: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/malden

Nearby

  • /boston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/boston
  • /cambridge: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/cambridge
  • /newton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/newton
  • /somerville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/somerville
  • /brookline: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/brookline
  • /waltham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/waltham

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in Massachusetts: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma

Frequently asked questions

What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.

What is Local AI Registry?

The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.

Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.

Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.

I own CVS Photo. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.

References

Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJN2cdv2Nx44kRC933-8AmIJE (accessed Aug 13, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

1. HTTP response headers

Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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2. Head tags

Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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One connected graph. Every person and service has its own @id and links to the business, and a licensed person links to the license and the board that issued it.

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4. robots.txt

Invites every major AI crawler by name. Many sites block them. We want this page read and cited.

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Sitemap: https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml

5. sitemap.xml

Lists this page with the day it last changed, the same day the page says it was updated.

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6. llms.txt

A plain index for language models: what the site is, which pages to read first, and where the markdown copies live.

# Local AI Registry

> The public record of what AI assistants say about local businesses. Every entry checked, scored, and kept current.

Local AI Registry is the editorial, never-sponsored record of what local
businesses are known for, and whether AI assistants actually recommend them.
We score every local business the same way and rank them: website, reviews,
AI visibility, and more. Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100. The heaviest
is whether AI can retrieve you at all.

## Read these first

- [Local AI Registry](https://localairegistry.com): AI assistants now decide which local business to recommend.
- [Methodology](https://localairegistry.com/methodology): Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100.
- [Leaderboards](https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards): Browse AI Score leaderboards by state, city, and category.
- [About](https://localairegistry.com/about): The honest record of who AI recommends.
- [Pricing](https://localairegistry.com/pricing): Four levels of presence, from a free registry entry to being the answer AI gives first in your market.
- [Journal](https://localairegistry.com/journal): How AI assistants decide which local businesses to recommend, and what owners can do about it.

## Business pages

- [Sitemap](https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml): Every business page on the registry, with the day each was last updated.
- Every business page has a markdown copy at its own address with `.md` on the end. The copy holds the same facts, marks and sources as the page, in the page's order: the photos with their captions, the team and their licenses, the reviews summary, and the questions locals asked with the replies. The page names it in its head and its HTTP `Link` header.

7. Markdown copy of this page (cvs-photo-malden-ma.md)

The article as plain text: the same headings, facts, marks and sources.

# CVS Photo, Malden: a passport photo processor in Malden (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 2 sources. Updated 2026-08-13. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr7iwv10c0yyecilcrfjas8%2F0.png)
- ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr7iwv10c0yyecilcrfjas8%2F1.jpg)
- ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsr7iwv10c0yyecilcrfjas8%2F2.jpg)


## In short

Located at 32 Ferry St in Malden, CVS Photo offers a convenient option for those in need of passport photos. With a mix of customer experiences, some patrons appreciate the quick and clean service provided by helpful staff, while others have encountered issues with photo quality and specifications. Despite the mixed reviews, many find the service satisfactory for their needs. As a local spot, it serves the community with essential photo processing, making it a go-to for those preparing for travel.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like ChatGPT and Gemini are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Passport photo processor |
| Address | 32 Ferry St, Malden, MA 02148, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 8 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (781) 324-1101 |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 3.6 across 16 reviews on Google |
| Known for | CVS Photo in Malden is best known for its reliable same-day picture printing service, catering to customers who need quick photo solutions. While the experience can vary, many appreciate the speed and convenience. |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | September 18, 2026, 9:57 PM |


## 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 | Name | CVS Photo | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Location info | Address | 32 Ferry St, Malden, MA 02148, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (781) 324-1101 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | Department of drugstore chain with photo services including prints, custom gifts & passport photos. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Custom photo gifts | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Passport photos | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Photo prints | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Links | Website | https://www.cvs.com/store-locator/malden-ma-pharmacies/32-ferry-st-malden-square-malden-ma-02148/storeid=672?WT.mc_id=LS_GOOGLE_PHOTO_PT672 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 13, 2026 |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/cvspharmacy | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@cvs | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/cvs | AI guess | Our record |


## Services and prices

These are the 3 services CVS Photo offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Custom photo gifts | Nothing found | Nothing found | Nothing found | AI guess |
| Passport photos | Nothing found | Nothing found | Nothing found | AI guess |
| Photo prints | Nothing found | Nothing found | Nothing found | AI guess |


### Known for

- CVS Photo in Malden is best known for its reliable same-day picture printing service, catering to customers who need quick photo solutions. While the experience can vary, many appreciate the speed and convenience.


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting CVS Photo

Address: 32 Ferry St, Malden, MA 02148, USA. Phone: (781) 324-1101. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by CVS Photo on its Google Business Profile: "Department of drugstore chain with photo services including prints, custom gifts & passport photos."


### When to go

Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Wednesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

Nothing found


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Centre St @ Ferry St | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Mineirão Steakhouse | Brazilian restaurant | 2 min walk |
| New York Pizza | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Salem St @ Park St | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Crying Thaiger Rustic Thai Kitchen | Thai restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Catalina's Pizza Malden | Pizza restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

3.6 average across 16 reviews: Google 16. (Confirmed, read August 13, 2026.)

CVS Photo in Malden offers quick service but struggles with photo quality and digital copy availability. (AI guess, from 16 reviews.)


### What people like

- Quick service
- Clean environment
- Helpful staff


### What people do not like

- Photos taken in a shadowy corner
- Photos do not meet specifications
- No digital copy provided


### Press

No press story about CVS Photo found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Directory listings not read yet.


## Recent updates from CVS Photo

CVS Photo hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


### Booking here, how does it work?

No answer yet


### best passport photo processor in Malden

No answer yet


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand

No answer yet


### anything good on Ferry to kill time near CVS Photo?

No answer yet


### points or member pricing at CVS Photo, worth signing up?

No answer yet


### walk ins, or is it booked solid

No answer yet


### Can customers order passport photos online here in Malden?

No answer yet


### bad experiences at CVS Photo, anyone?

No answer yet


### people keep recommending CVS Photo, what for?

No answer yet


### Somewhere to park near CVS Photo?

No answer yet


### is Malden expensive for this, or is it just here

No answer yet


### quietest day to hit CVS Photo?

No answer yet


### what time does CVS Photo in Malden actually open?

No answer yet


### genuinely, what is good about this one

No answer yet


### where does this place post updates

No answer yet


### going rate for processors locally, any idea

No answer yet


### CVS Photo or Walgreens Photo for Same-day picture printing?

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about CVS Photo

We ask ChatGPT and Gemini about CVS Photo. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 38 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Passport photo processors on the registry run 23 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. CVS Photo scores 38. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | CVS Photo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 35 | 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 | 39 | 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. | Named in 0 of 1 answer that recommended anyone. 1 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 51 | 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. | Fair |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 70 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | 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 | 62 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

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


## How AI decides what to tell you about a passport photo processor

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."


## How to choose a passport photo processor in Massachusetts, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

- Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
- Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
- Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
- Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
- Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with Massachusetts.


## How to read the marks on this page

- Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
- Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
- AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.


## About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

- Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
- Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
- Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including CVS Photo if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.


## 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 CVS Photo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CVS Photo | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.cvs.com/store-locator/malden-ma-pharmacies/32-ferry-st-malden-square-malden-ma-02148/storeid=672?WT.mc_id=LS_GOOGLE_PHOTO_PT672 | Subject of this page |
| Malden, Massachusetts | City | #city | Nothing found | City CVS Photo is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the passport photo processors in Malden, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best passport photo processors in Malden: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/malden/passport-photo-processor
- Best businesses in Malden: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/malden


### Nearby

- /boston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/boston
- /cambridge: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/cambridge
- /newton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/newton
- /somerville: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/somerville
- /brookline: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/brookline
- /waltham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma/waltham


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Massachusetts: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ma


## Frequently asked questions


### What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.


### What is Local AI Registry?

The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.


### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI?

Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.


### Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.


### I own CVS Photo. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJN2cdv2Nx44kRC933-8AmIJE (accessed Aug 13, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

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  1. Booking here, how does it work? Question by undecided_on_ferry, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/does-cvs-photo-in-malden-require-reservations-for-passport-photos
  2. best passport photo processor in Malden Question by picky_on_ferry_02148, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/best-passport-photo-processor-in-malden
  3. do I need to fill anything in beforehand Question by picky_on_ferry, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-visit-at-cvs-photo
  4. anything good on Ferry to kill time near CVS Photo? Question by spring_lurker_north, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/what-is-around-cvs-photo-on-ferry
  5. points or member pricing at CVS Photo, worth signing up? Question by browsing_on_ferry, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/does-cvs-photo-take-rewards-points-or-membership-pricing
  6. walk ins, or is it booked solid Question by reunion_local_north, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/does-cvs-photo-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  7. Can customers order passport photos online here in Malden? Question by new_year_neighbor_north, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/can-customers-order-passport-photos-online-at-cvs-photo-in-malden
  8. bad experiences at CVS Photo, anyone? Question by malden_kit, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  9. people keep recommending CVS Photo, what for? Question by new_year_local_west, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/what-is-cvs-photo-in-malden-known-for
  10. Somewhere to park near CVS Photo? Question by new_here_on_ferry, Aug 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/is-there-parking-available-at-cvs-photo-in-malden
  11. is Malden expensive for this, or is it just here Question by researching_on_ferry, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-cvs-photo-in-malden-that-is-still-good
  12. quietest day to hit CVS Photo? Question by wedding_runner_north, Aug 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/what-is-the-quietest-day-to-book-at-cvs-photo
  13. what time does CVS Photo in Malden actually open? Question by early_on_ferry, Aug 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/what-are-the-operating-hours-for-cvs-photo-in-malden
  14. genuinely, what is good about this one Question by ferry_peach, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-cvs-photo
  15. where does this place post updates Question by spring_walker_south, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/what-has-cvs-photo-been-posting-lately
  16. going rate for processors locally, any idea Question by ferry_may, Jul 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/what-does-a-passport-photo-processor-actually-cost-in-malden
  17. CVS Photo or Walgreens Photo for Same-day picture printing? Question by long_overdue_on_ferry, Jul 30, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ma/malden/cvs-photo-malden-ma/q/cvs-photo-or-walgreens-photo-for-same-day-picture-printing
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  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours, website and descriptionGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Aug 13, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJN2cdv2Nx44kRC933-8AmIJE · No archived copy yet
  2. [2]ServicesCustom photo gifts, Passport photos and Photo printsAI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 14, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 13, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 18, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology · No archived copy yet