How many people search for dog friendly hotels each month?

About 195,620 monthly searches across the top related keywords in the United States, led by "best dog friendly hotels".

Who already ranks for dog friendly hotels searches?

0 dedicated directories and 5 general aggregators appear in the top 10 results for "best dog friendly hotels".

Directory / United States / Data pulled 1 day ago

Dog Friendly Hotels Directory

A directory for dog-friendly hotels across the United States.

Verdict: Crowded or small

The market for dog-friendly hotels has high demand but is crowded with aggregators and business sites dominating the top search results. There are no dedicated directories ranking, making it challenging to establish a new platform in this niche.

Searches: 195,620; per month, top 12 keywords
Directories: 0; dedicated, in the top 10
Aggregators: 5; Yelp, Maps, marketplaces
Businesses nearby: n/a; no location given

Demand

Monthly Google searches in United States for the keyword cluster around 'dog friendly hotels'. Phrasings Google counts as one keyword are collapsed.

Google Ads keyword data

Primary keyword

best dog friendly hotels

Cluster total

195,620 / mo

Easy keywords

12 of 12

Keyword	Volume	Difficulty	CPC	Intent
dog friendly hotel	40,500	21 easy	$1.66	navigational
hotel dog-friendly	40,500	21 easy	$1.66	navigational
dog friendly hotel near me	22,200	17 easy	$2.41	commercial
dog-friendly hotel near me	22,200	9 easy	$2.41	transactional
dog friendly hotel carmel	4,400	0 easy	$2.90	navigational
dog friendly hotel carmel ca	4,400	0 easy	$2.90	navigational
carmel by the-sea dog friendly hotel	4,400	0 easy	$2.90	navigational
dog friendly hotel carmel by the sea	4,400	0 easy	$2.90	transactional
dog friendly hotel carmel-by-the-sea	4,400	0 easy	$2.90	transactional
carmel-by the-sea dog friendly hotel	4,400	0 easy	$2.90	transactional
dog-friendly hotel carmel	4,400	0 easy	$2.90	navigational
carmel-by-the-sea dog-friendly hotel	4,400	0 easy	$2.90	transactional

Competition

The live top 10 for 'best dog friendly hotels', 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 9

Content pages on domains under 10k visits a month.

No niche directory ranks here, but 8 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	thehotelguru.com Dog-friendly reviews and guides for United States of America Content 1,072,552/mo	Content	1,072,552
2	booking.com The best pet-friendly hotels in New England, United States Aggregator 53,481,905/mo	Aggregator	53,481,905
3	tripadvisor.com THE 10 BEST Pet-Friendly Hotels in Coachella Valley 2026 Aggregator 662,412,987/mo	Aggregator	662,412,987
4	expedia.com Highly Rated Pet Friendly Hotels in Arlington Aggregator 106,074,325/mo	Aggregator	106,074,325
5	quora.com Which pet-friendly hotel chain do you recommend? Aggregator 369,791,683/mo	Aggregator	369,791,683
6	andrewharper.com 10 Pet-Friendly Luxury Hotels \| Travel Intel \| Andrew Harper Content 20,478/mo	Content	20,478
7	ihg.com Find IHG Dog Friendly Hotels in Baltimore, Maryland Content 17,384,746/mo	Content	17,384,746
8	reddit.com Best hotel for dogs? : r/vegas Aggregator 4,074,612,103/mo	Aggregator	4,074,612,103
9	americanexpress.com Pet-Friendly: Luxury Hotels & Resorts Business site 18,936,337/mo	Business site	18,936,337

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

PawtasticStays
FurryGetaways
CanineComforts

Monetization

lead generation

Generate leads for hotels by connecting pet owners with dog-friendly accommodations.

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