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Updated · Entrepreneur · Jul 17
OnDeck Ranks Car Rentals Top Local Business With 823,000 Monthly Google Searches
Updated
Updated · Entrepreneur · Jul 17

OnDeck Ranks Car Rentals Top Local Business With 823,000 Monthly Google Searches

2 articles · Updated · Entrepreneur · Jul 17

Summary

  • Car rentals led OnDeck’s demand ranking, with 823,000 monthly Google searches spread against 24,414 companies nationwide.
  • OnDeck built the ranking by comparing Semrush search volumes with the number of businesses in each category, with higher search-to-business ratios signaling stronger unmet demand.
  • Tailors, dog cafés, kebab shops and pubs rounded out the top five most-searched local business types in the analysis.
  • 62% of Americans say they would prefer to be their own boss, and entrepreneurs earn about $77,000 a year versus roughly $70,000 for the median employee.

Insights

Does high Google search volume truly predict a small business's success, or is it a misleading metric for entrepreneurs?
Beyond the top five, what high-demand businesses can realistically be started for under $10,000 today?
As Gen Z leads a startup boom, how will this entrepreneurial surge reshape America's local economies and workforce?