BACAU, Roma ia, Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rese vety today published the US Re tal Busi ess Ce sus 2026, the fi st public cou t of e tal busi esses i eve y US state a d the Dist ict of Columbia. The ce sus fi ds 128,188 Google Busi ess P ofile listi gs ac oss 12 e tal catego ies, about 114,235 disti ct busi esses, of which a estimated 98,123 a e i depe de t ope ato s.
Th ee fi di gs:
- Wyomi g has 70.2 e tal busi ess listi gs pe 100,000 eside ts, the highest of the 51; Dist ict of Columbia has the fewest at 14.4.
- 73% of the sampled t aile e tal locatio s a e U-Haul locatio s.
- 64% of sampled e tal busi esses whose website could be checked ca ot take a booki g o li e: they have a b ochu e site o o site at all.
The ce sus cou ts eve y Google Busi ess P ofile listi g i 12 e tal catego ies, state by state, pulled o 2026-09-15, a d checks the websites of the most- eviewed busi esses i each catego y. Populatio s a e the Ce sus Bu eau’s Vi tage 2025 estimates; the full method, its limits a d the data a e published with the epo t u de a CC BY 4.0 lice se.
“Re tal busi esses a e cou ted by obody. Eve y state has hu d eds of them, most u by o e family, a d u til ow the e was o public umbe fo how ma y, whe e, o how they take booki gs. We published the data so that a yo e ca use it,” said C istia A cu, fou de of Rese vety.
Eve y state has its ow page with cou ts by ve tical, a pe -capita a k, ave age Google ati g a d the sha e of busi esses that ca take a booki g o li e, plus a embeddable US map a d a dow loadable CSV: https:// ese vety.com/ esea ch/ e tal-busi ess-ce sus-2026/
A seco d epo t, What Softwa e Powe s Ame ica’s Re tal Busi esses, follows o Octobe 27, 2026.
CONTACT: Media co tact: C istia A cu, fou de , Rese vety, suppo t@ ese vety.com, +1 321-236-3335
