THE SEARCH LEDGER · LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY · HOTELS & LODGING
Every month Louisville types 76,960 hotels & lodging searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in JAN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Hotels & Lodging category in Louisville — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 295 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “motel 6 jeffersonville in louisville” at $4.09.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | omni hotel louisville | 12,100 | $1.83 | 2 | commercial |
| 2 | hotels louisville | 8,100 | $3.40 | 8 | commercial |
| 3 | drury inn north louisville | 3,600 | $1.75 | branded | |
| 4 | drury inn east louisville | 2,900 | $1.73 | branded | |
| 5 | ac hotel louisville downtown | 2,400 | $2.11 | 0 | commercial |
| 6 | hotels downtown louisville | 1,900 | $3.26 | 8 | commercial |
| 7 | cambria hotel louisville downtown whiskey row | 1,900 | $2.75 | commercial | |
| 8 | residence inn louisville downtown | 1,900 | $1.76 | navigational | |
| 9 | seelbach hotel louisville ky | 1,900 | $2.12 | 22 | commercial |
| 10 | omni louisville hotel south 2nd street louisville ky | 1,600 | $2.11 | 0 | commercial |
| 11 | galt hotel louisville | 1,300 | $2.09 | 13 | commercial |
| 12 | residence inn louisville east | 1,300 | $1.53 | branded | |
| 13 | residence inn by marriott louisville east oxmoor | 1,300 | $1.73 | branded | |
| 14 | residence inn by marriott louisville old henry | 1,300 | $3.09 | branded | |
| 15 | brown hotel louisville | 1,000 | $1.09 | 15 | commercial |
| 16 | red carpet inn louisville ky | 1,000 | $2.49 | branded | |
| 17 | hampton inn louisville northeast | 1,000 | $2.55 | branded | |
| 18 | hampton inn louisville east | 1,000 | $2.38 | branded | |
| 19 | best western louisville east inn & suites | 1,000 | $3.32 | branded | |
| 20 | motel 6 jeffersonville in louisville | 1,000 | $4.09 | 0 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Louisville metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Louisville metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Galt House Hotel | 4.1 ★ | 8,422 | Hotel | YES |
| #2 | Omni Louisville Hotel | 4.5 ★ | 4,583 | Hotel | YES |
| #3 | Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Expo Ctr by IHG | 4 ★ | 4,041 | Hotel | YES |
| #4 | The Brown Hotel | 4.6 ★ | 3,655 | Hotel | YES |
| #5 | Louisville Marriott Downtown | 4.4 ★ | 3,454 | Hotel | YES |
| #6 | The Seelbach Hilton Louisville | 4.5 ★ | 3,335 | Hotel | YES |
| #7 | Hyatt Regency Louisville | 4.4 ★ | 2,920 | Hotel | YES |
| #8 | Radisson Hotel Louisville North | 3.5 ★ | 2,743 | Hotel | YES |
| #9 | 21c Museum Hotel Louisville | 4.6 ★ | 2,669 | Hotel | YES |
| #10 | Embassy Suites by Hilton Louisville Downtown | 4.4 ★ | 2,616 | Hotel | YES |
| #11 | Aloft by Marriott Louisville Downtown | 4.5 ★ | 2,017 | Hotel | YES |
| #12 | Super 8 by Wyndham Louisville Airport | 2.6 ★ | 1,668 | Hotel | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Louisville metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Louisville metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Louisville hotels & lodging results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What's the best part of Louisville to stay in?
What is the nicest hotel in Louisville, KY?
What areas to stay away from in Louisville, Kentucky?
What are some good places to stay near Louisville, KY?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Louisville metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
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HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Louisville, Kentucky · Hotels & Lodging · 295 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026