Original research, in progress
State of Local SEO 2026: Our Research Is Still Being Built.
Original research is only worth publishing if the data behind it is real. We're building this from actual audits, not inventing statistics to fill a report. It'll take longer, but it'll be true.
What this report will be built from
Once published, this report will draw on real, anonymised data from audits run through our free tools and our own work, not a survey of convenience or numbers borrowed from other publishers and relabeled as ours. We'll state our sample size, our methodology, and the limitations of the data honestly. If a finding can't be backed by the dataset, it won't appear here as a statistic.
Verified data, right now
Sources we already trust and cite.
BrightLocal
Local Consumer Review Survey, the source behind the review and AI adoption stats we cite throughout our guides.
Whitespark
Local Search Ranking Factors research, the source behind the ranking-weight figures we reference.
Our complete guide
Every currently verified statistic we use, cited to its original source, in one place.
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