How many people search for food trucks each month?

About 2,695,630 monthly searches across the top related keywords in the United States, led by "food trucks san diego".

Who already ranks for food trucks searches?

0 dedicated directories and 3 general aggregators appear in the top 10 results for "food trucks san diego".

Local directory / United States / Data pulled 1 hour ago

Food Trucks Directory in San Diego, CA

A directory for food trucks in San Diego, CA, connecting locals with their favorite mobile eateries.

Verdict: Worth a try

There is a decent level of demand for food trucks in San Diego, with 3,570 local searches monthly. However, competition is strong with multiple aggregators and business sites dominating the top search results. The directory can still carve out a niche given the available businesses to list and the beatable slots.

Local searches: 3,570; per month; 2,695,630 nationally
Directories: 0; dedicated, in the top 10
Aggregators: 3; Yelp, Maps, marketplaces
Businesses nearby: 282; within ~20 km

Demand

Monthly Google searches in United States for the keyword cluster around 'food trucks', with the San Diego keywords marked. Phrasings Google counts as one keyword are collapsed.

Google Ads keyword data

Primary keyword

food trucks san diego

Local / national

3,570 / 2,695,630

Easy keywords

15 of 18

Keyword	Volume	Difficulty	CPC	Intent
near me food truck	450,000	3 easy	$1.18	transactional
food truck	301,000	37 medium	$1.63	navigational
food truck r	301,000	2 easy	$1.63	navigational
food truck and	301,000	44 medium	$1.63	navigational
taco food truck near me	301,000	5 easy	$0.47	transactional
truck with food	301,000	37 medium	$1.63	transactional
taco truck food truck	135,000	3 easy	$1.39	transactional
food truck mexican near me	40,500	18 easy	$0.44	commercial
food truck buy	33,100	13 easy	$0.72	transactional
food truck sale	33,100	1 easy	$0.72	transactional
food truck park	33,100	2 easy	$0.41	navigational
food truck for se	33,100	1 easy	$0.72	navigational
food truck san diego local	1,300	1 easy	$5.21	navigational
taco food truck san diego local	390	3 easy	$4.37	navigational
san diego food truck catering local	210	3 easy	$5.42	commercial
san diego food truck pros local	170	0 easy	$23.17	commercial
best food truck san diego local	170	0 easy	$4.65	commercial
food truck for sale san diego local	140	0 easy	$2.26	transactional

Competition

The live top 10 for 'food trucks san diego', 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

2 of 9

Content pages on domains under 10k visits a month.

#	Result	Type	Est. traffic / mo
1	moodysfoodtrucks.com food truck friends - San Diego Business site 1,275/mo	Business site	1,275
2	yelp.com THE BEST 10 FOOD TRUCKS NEAR LITTLE ITALY, SAN ... Aggregator 1,268,971,975/mo	Aggregator	1,268,971,975
3	sandiegofoodtrucks.com Most Liked Food Trucks in San Diego - FAIR FOOD Business site 29,982/mo	Business site	29,982
4	bestfoodtrucks.com Deli Food Truck Catering in San Diego Business site 580,476/mo	Business site	580,476
5	hrghome.com 14 Fantastic Food Trucks In San Diego You MUST Try Content 831/mo	Content	831
6	truckspotting.com Find Food Trucks in San Diego - TruckSpotting Content 1,514/mo	Content	1,514
7	bestfoodtrucks.com Food Truck Music Festivals & Arena Concerts Catering in ... Business site 580,476/mo	Business site	580,476
8	facebook.com Popular San Diego Food Trucks Aggregator 3,209,723,111/mo	Aggregator	3,209,723,111
9	reddit.com need food truck recommendations : r/sandiego Aggregator 4,074,612,103/mo	Aggregator	4,074,612,103

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.

Supply

Businesses matching 'food trucks' on Google Maps within about 20 km of San Diego, CA. This is what you could import on day one.

Google Maps data

282

businesses to list

Matched on Google's broader category "Truck rental agency", since no category matches the niche exactly.

Best rated examples

U-Haul Moving & Storage of National City

Truck rental agency

4.2 (466)
Taco Garage

Truck parts supplier

4.7 (275)
Penske Truck Rental

Truck rental agency

4.2 (239)
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Point Loma

Truck rental agency

3.7 (221)
Velocity Truck Centers

Truck dealer

3.8 (218)

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

SD Food Truck Finder
Tasty Truck Map
San Diego Eats on Wheels

Monetization

featured listings

Generate revenue through featured placements for food trucks looking to increase visibility.

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