How many people search for animal shelters each month?

About 4,555,080 monthly searches across the top related keywords in the United States, led by "best animal shelters".

Who already ranks for animal shelters searches?

0 dedicated directories and 6 general aggregators appear in the top 10 results for "best animal shelters".

Directory / United States / Data pulled 1 hour ago

Animal Shelters Directory

Create a directory for animal shelters and adoption agencies across the country.

Verdict: Worth a try

While there is significant demand with over 4.5 million monthly searches, the competition is high due to six aggregators dominating the top results. There are no dedicated directories ranking, making it challenging to establish a new directory in this space.

Searches: 4,555,080; per month, top 12 keywords
Directories: 0; dedicated, in the top 10
Aggregators: 6; Yelp, Maps, marketplaces
Businesses nearby: n/a; no location given

Demand

Monthly Google searches in United States for the keyword cluster around 'animal shelters'. Phrasings Google counts as one keyword are collapsed.

Google Ads keyword data

Primary keyword

best animal shelters

Cluster total

4,555,080 / mo

Easy keywords

0 of 12

Keyword	Volume	Difficulty	CPC	Intent
animal shelter near me	673,000	59 medium	$2.18	navigational
animal shelter near by me	673,000	62 hard	$2.18	transactional
animal rescue shelter near me	673,000	62 hard	$2.18	navigational
animal adoption shelter near me	673,000	62 hard	$2.18	navigational
animal shelter	368,000	59 medium	$2.28	navigational
dog animal shelter near me	246,000	63 hard	$2.16	navigational
animal shelter with puppies near me	246,000	57 medium	$2.16	navigational
dog pound animal shelter	74,000	49 medium	$1.97	transactional
cat animal shelter near me	49,500	51 medium	$4.18	navigational
no-kill animal shelter near me	49,500	65 hard	$7.08	navigational
no kill animal shelter near me	49,500	65 hard	$7.08	navigational
denver animal shelter	40,500	48 medium	$2.14	navigational

Competition

The live top 10 for 'best animal shelters', the keyword a directory for this niche would need to win.

Live Google SERP

Dedicated directory

Sites built for this niche. Your direct competitors.

Aggregator

Yelp, Maps, Reddit, marketplaces. Not beatable, not niche.

Business site

Google chose a business, not a list, for these slots.

Beatable slots

0 of 8

Content pages on domains under 10k visits a month.

No niche directory ranks here, but 6 of the top results are domains with over a million visits a month. Entering this page means outranking them, not filling an empty slot.

#	Result	Type	Est. traffic / mo
1	quora.com What are the best animal charities? Aggregator 369,791,683/mo	Aggregator	369,791,683
2	yelp.com Best Animal Shelters near Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Aggregator 1,268,971,975/mo	Aggregator	1,268,971,975
3	reddit.com Best Local Animal Adoption Agencies? : r/nashville Aggregator 4,074,612,103/mo	Aggregator	4,074,612,103
4	quora.com Where are the best places to adopt a pet? Aggregator 369,791,683/mo	Aggregator	369,791,683
5	forum.maddiesfund.org Shelter remodeling. What can you not live without ? \| Animal ... Content 26,551/mo	Content	26,551
6	quora.com What are some no-kill animal shelters in the New York ... Aggregator 369,791,683/mo	Aggregator	369,791,683
7	yelp.com A few weeks ago I found a stray dog who is very sweet, but ... Aggregator 1,268,971,975/mo	Aggregator	1,268,971,975
8	forum.maddiesfund.org How to get an animal shelter to change? - Maddie's Pet Forum Content 26,551/mo	Content	26,551

Traffic is the estimated monthly organic visits to the whole domain, shown on a log scale. A content page from a small site ranking above giants is the signal to look for; business sites rank on local relevance and are not slots a directory can take.

Build plan

A starting structure for the directory, drafted from the numbers above. Treat the revenue range as an order of magnitude.

Generated

Name ideas

PawFinder
ShelterConnect
AdoptAPetHub

Monetization

sponsorships

Partner with local businesses and pet supply companies for sponsorship opportunities.

$500 to $1,500 / mo after a year