Parking spot memory
Level 4, section blue, somewhere.
Opportunity score
6,126 / 10k
Worth a weekend. Demand is real, execution decides it.
Rank
#57
Gap
C
Demand
100
340,800 contestable searches a month across 25 related keywords.
Momentum
26
Last three months ran down 29.1% against the three before, seasonality smoothed out.
Competition gap
4
29 real products rank on page one for this, ad competition 0.23.
Crowd
50
6 head-to-head rankings from builders, counted at partial weight until 20.
Willingness to pay
52
Advertisers pay $2.48 a click for this search — some money moves here.
What this score is based on
evidence checked 9/30/2026
- Search demand verified against Google Ads data
- 12 months of search history
- 25 related keywords clustered
- 1 firsthand pain signals from forum threads
- 29 competitors analyzed from page-one results
- 6 crowd rankings from builders
Search demand comes from Google Ads data via DataForSEO and refreshes daily. Competitors come from a live scan of page-one results. Crowd input comes from builders ranking ideas 1-2-3 on the market.
Keyword cluster
25 keywords · 340,800 searches a month combined
Demand counts the whole cluster: 340,800 searches a month across every relevant way people look for this problem. The intent label on each keyword tells you how close that searcher is to wanting software.
| Keyword | Intent | Searches | CPC | Ad comp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| passportparking | unclear | 49,500 | $2.60 | 0.22 |
| spothero parking app | wants a tool | 49,500 | $1.19 | 0.00 |
| parking app | wants a tool | 22,200 | $2.40 | 0.22 |
| spothero parking | unclear | 22,200 | $0.67 | 0.24 |
| spot hero parking | unclear | 22,200 | $0.67 | 0.24 |
| app parking | wants a tool | 22,200 | $2.40 | 0.22 |
| passport parking app | wants a tool | 18,100 | $3.00 | 0.31 |
| park mobile parking app | wants a tool | 18,100 | $3.59 | 0.02 |
| spothero airport parking | unclear | 18,100 | $1.81 | 0.00 |
| paybyphone parking | unclear | 12,100 | $2.70 | 0.16 |
| parking paybyphone | unclear | 12,100 | $2.70 | 0.16 |
| passport parking com | unclear | 8,100 | $4.60 | 0.50 |
| parking mobile app | wants a tool | 8,100 | $3.88 | 0.02 |
| parking app com | wants a tool | 8,100 | $2.95 | 0.27 |
| parkwhiz parking | unclear | 8,100 | $2.64 | 0.14 |
| disabled parking app | wants a tool | 8,100 | $1.68 | 0.11 |
| nycparking app | wants a tool | 6,600 | $3.24 | 0.47 |
| paybyphone parking app | wants a tool | 5,400 | $4.41 | 0.04 |
| spothero parking near me | wants a service | 5,400 | $0.20 | 0.11 |
| parking mobile | unclear | 4,400 | $1.28 | 0.10 |
| flowbird parking | unclear | 3,600 | $3.73 | 0.36 |
| mpls parking app | wants a tool | 2,400 | $3.44 | 0.05 |
| spothero parking pass | unclear | 2,400 | $0.71 | 0.05 |
| flowbird parking app | wants a tool | 1,900 | $4.06 | 0.10 |
| parking finder | unclear | 1,900 | $2.69 | 0.30 |
CPC is what an advertiser pays Google for one click on that phrase — a rough price tag on how valuable the visitor is. Ad comp. runs 0 to 1 and is how full the ad auction is: near 1 means advertisers are fighting over it (money is there, but ranking is hard), near 0 means almost nobody bids.
Who has the problem
Drivers face fragmentation across multiple parking applications, each designed for specific operators or locations, leading to a disjointed and frustrating experience when trying to find and pay for parking. The need to juggle several apps to locate an available space or manage payments for 'flowbird parking' (3,600/mo) versus 'nycparking app' (6,600/mo) causes inconvenience.
- Who experiences it
- A driver seeking or managing vehicle parking.
- When it happens
- They are searching for an available spot or trying to pay for one using an app like 'spothero parking app' (49,500/mo) or 'paybyphone parking' (12,100/mo).
- How often
- This occurs with every instance of parking a vehicle, as evidenced by searches for 'parking app' (22,200/mo) and 'parking mobile app' (8,100/mo).
- What they do today
- Drivers manually search for parking using location-based apps or attempt to pay for parking via dedicated apps, often navigating between multiple different systems like 'passportparking' (49,500/mo), 'spothero parking' (22,200/mo), or 'park mobile parking app' (18,100/mo) for different locations.
Read off 25 search phrases and 1 forum thread listed below, 9/30/2026.
Why now
Demand is cooling; build only if you have an angle the incumbents lack.
Searches are down 18% year over year
22,183 a month twelve months ago → 18,086 now for "parking app".
Cooling 29% over the last quarter
Last three months of searches against the three before them.
Peaks in May
Demand swings 235% across the year, so ship roughly two months before May.
Advertisers pay $2.48 a click here
Buying this intent instead of ranking for it would run roughly $253,555 a month — money is already chasing these searches.
12 real products on page one
Alongside 12 articles and reference pages, which is room a focused tool can take.
Search data
verified · dataforseo:us · refreshed 9/30/2026
- Lead keyword
- parking app
- Cluster volume
- 340,800 / mo
- across 25 related keywords; lead phrase is 22,200 / mo
- CPC
- $2.48
- what an advertiser pays for one click here
- Ad competition
- 0.23
- 0-1 scale: barely any advertisers bidding
Opportunity score 6,126 = 40% contestable search demand (340,800 a month across 25 keywords) + 25% how open the competition still is (29 products on page one) + 15% momentum (last three months vs the three before, capped so one bucketed month can't swing it) + 10% willingness to pay ($2.48 a click) + 10% crowd rankings (Elo 1546, 6 head-to-heads, weighted by how many votes exist). Anything we can't measure is dropped and the rest re-weighted, so a blank signal never counts as an average one. Search data refreshes daily from Google Ads via DataForSEO.
Monthly searches for "parking app"
6 votes · demand from dataforseo:us, updated 9/30/2026
Peak 40,470 · latest 18,086 · low 12,091 searches a month
Google reports monthly volume in fixed buckets (…27,100 · 33,100 · 40,500 · 49,500), so steady months land on the exact same number. Weekly data isn't published.
This chart tracks the single lead phrase. The demand score uses the whole cluster of 25 related phrases (340,800 searches a month), listed below.
Revenue potential
estimate, not a promise
Priced and converted as a prosumer subscription — the funnel below changes with that model, because a freemium consumer app and a B2B tool convert nothing alike.
MRR by month 12
$8,739 – $53,761
546–3,360 paying users · +59–366 new a month at 5% churn
Year-one run rate
$104,866 – $645,135
the month-12 number annualised — you earn less than this during the ramp
Price
$16/mo
same price as the business model below
24-month projection
log scale
Month 24 · hover to scrub
The two solid lines are the range above: a slow build and good execution on a slice of this demand. The dashed line is the breakout — you become the default answer for this problem, take roughly a quarter of the intent, convert far better because people arrive already sold, and churn halves. That's the outcome worth chasing, and it's about $1,051,011 a month by month 24 (163,584 paying users). Most ideas land on the bottom line; the point of the chart is that the ceiling isn't the estimate.
How we got there
- 340,800 cluster searches a month, 1.6x for app stores and word of mouth.
- You reach 0.9-5.6% of that, scaled by ad competition 0.23.
- 10% of visitors sign up, 12% of those pay. Trial-led: people arrive already shopping, so trial-to-paid runs high.
- That wins 59-366 new subscribers a month. Stack 12 months of that against 5% monthly churn and you're holding 546-3,360 paying users by month 12.
- Price $16/mo, taken from the business model below.
Who already builds this
12 real products · 12 articles, explainers and store pages · 6 read in depth · scanned daily on Google for "parking app"
12 real products own this search. Everything else on page one is a roundup, review post or explainer, listed separately below.
Ranks #1 on Google for "passportparking".
Strengths Allows users to pay for parking quickly and securely via smartphone, receive alerts before sessions end, and extend parking directly from their phone.
Weaknesses The page does not mention any pricing or how the app generates revenue for consumers.
~134,832 organic visits a month (estimate)
passportparking.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
source pageRanks #3 on Google for "parking app".
Pricing You pay for parking transactions by either credit or debit card. Transactions completed using an individual credit/debit card will show up on your card statements as individual line items and will be deducted from your account once the parking session is completed.
Strengths Offers convenient mobile payment for parking in NYC, allows remote extension of parking time, and provides mobile alerts for expiring sessions.
Weaknesses The page does not specify any subscription tiers or the cost of individual parking sessions, making overall pricing unclear.
~67,101 organic visits a month (estimate)
parknycapp.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
source pageRanks #4 on Google for "parking app".
Pricing ParkMobile charges a $0.45 fee per transaction.
Strengths Allows users to easily find, pay for, and extend parking sessions remotely via phone, with options to save favorite zones and customize reminders. Usable in thousands of locations nationwide.
Weaknesses A transaction fee of $0.45 applies per use, and users without smartphones or mobile phones may need to use alternative payment methods like kiosks, text, or phone call.
~1,075,094 organic visits a month (estimate)
jacksonville.gov · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
source pageRanks #5 on Google for "parking app".
Pricing $0.35 Convenience Fee is charged for transactions under two hours.
Strengths Official app for on-street parking in Chicago, offering remote time extension, notifications, and transferable time. Provides three ways to pay: mobile app, pay box, and business pay.
Weaknesses A convenience fee is charged for transactions under two hours. The page does not mention specific pricing for services beyond this fee or any subscription tiers.
~229,241 organic visits a month (estimate)
parkchicago.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
source page- #7Park915
Ranks #7 on Google for "parking app".
~278,225 organic visits a month (estimate)
park915.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
Ranks #8 on Google for "passportparking".
~16,266 organic visits a month (estimate)
passportinc.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
Ranks #9 on Google for "passportparking".
~2,649 organic visits a month (estimate)
parkbeverly.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #11Tripadvisor
Ranks #11 on Google for "parking app".
~757,693,441 organic visits a month (estimate)
tripadvisor.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #13Parkmobile
Ranks #13 on Google for "parking app".
~1,671,587 organic visits a month (estimate)
parkmobile.io · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #13Parklb
Ranks #13 on Google for "passportparking".
~609,443 organic visits a month (estimate)
parklb.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #14Ladotparking
Ranks #14 on Google for "parking app".
~1,737,892 organic visits a month (estimate)
ladotparking.org · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
- #15Parkslc
Ranks #15 on Google for "parking app".
~5,523 organic visits a month (estimate)
parkslc.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18
Also ranking, but not products (12)
Roundups, review posts, explainers and store pages. They compete for the search, not for the job — they don't count against the competition gap.
- #1UnclassifiedParkingApp.com | Find Ways to Pay for Parkingparkingapp.com
- #2UnclassifiedPassport Parking Mobile Payppprk.com
- #5ReferencePassport Parking App | Dayton, OHdaytonohio.gov
- #6UnclassifiedPassport Parking | Missoula, MT - Official Websiteci.missoula.mt.us
- #7UnclassifiedPassport Parkingpaywithpassport.com
- #9UnclassifiedPark Detroit | City Parking Made Simpleparkdetroit.us
- #10UnclassifiedUse Your Phone to Pay for Parkingsfmta.com
- #11UnclassifiedPassportParking® Mobile Pay | East Lansing, MIcityofeastlansing.com
- #12UnclassifiedmeterUP - Philadelphiameterup.org
- #15ReferenceTown of Huntington Passport Parking Apphuntingtonny.gov
- #16ReferencePay-by-App with ParkMobile | City of Rochesterrochestermn.gov
- #16UnclassifiedPassport Technical Support and Help Centerpassport.helpshift.com
Likely business model
willingness to pay 39/100
Prosumer subscription
People are actively shopping for a tool here, so charge from day one.
How rivals make money 5 competitors read: 1 on subscriptions, 0 one-time, 0 free. Plans seen: You pay for parking transactions by either credit or debit card. Transactions completed using an individual credit/debit card will show up on your card statements as individual line items and will be deducted from your account once the parking session is completed. · ParkMobile charges a $0.45 fee per transaction. · $0.35 Convenience Fee is charged for transactions under two hours.
Price to test · from ad click value
$6–$26/mo
No competitor pricing page was readable across the 5 we checked, so this band comes from what a click on this intent costs advertisers ($2.48) — a starting price to test, not a proven one.
What to charge for
Trial then subscribe. This crowd is already comparing paid tools, so ask for the card early rather than running a wide free tier.
What this data can't tell you
- · Nobody's published price backs this band yet — treat the number as a test, and put a price up in week one to find out.
Willingness-to-pay evidence
- 5 competitors read: 1 on subscriptions, 0 one-time, 0 free. Plans seen: You pay for parking transactions by either credit or debit card. Transactions completed using an individual credit/debit card will show up on your card statements as individual line items and will be deducted from your account once the parking session is completed. · ParkMobile charges a $0.45 fee per transaction. · $0.35 Convenience Fee is charged for transactions under two hours.
- Advertisers pay $2.48 a click for this intent — real money already chases it.
- 48% of the 25-keyword cluster is commercial-intent wording (best, app, pricing, alternative).
- Ad competition 0.23 — few advertisers fighting for it.
Firsthand pain signals
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