If you want to rank it on the local map, pack in at least 3 spots by doing the following
-must find websites relative to your niche (these have to be with real established businesses and no matter if they have GMB or not)
-you can develop it by using the archive to get back index some old ones (to put it operational, you must post 3-4 blog posts to refresh the content, and on all posts, use the anchor "you can find following places (or directions" depends from scenario)" which will point from blog post to domain.com/contact page.
The last thing you need to do is on the contact page and publish an iframe of 3-4 directions, not Google Maps for places but directions from usually big centres with crowds, such as shopping malls, stadiums and so on, to the GMB, which you aim to rank it.
In a week's time, you will be ranking in the top 3 (all depending on other factors), spot 1,2 or 3 for keyword area plus near me. I hope I have helped you.