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title: "FreshBooks: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Accounting, invoicing, and expense software for small businesses. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/freshbooks"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# FreshBooks: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Accounting, invoicing, and expense software for small businesses. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: FreshBooks
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among small business accounting platforms**: 3.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Small business accounting platforms | 3 | 3.2% | 74.9K |

- [Small business accounting platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/small-business-accounting-platforms)

## How has branded search demand for FreshBooks changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for FreshBooks worldwide fell from 91.5K to 74.9K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, FreshBooks’ estimated Share of Search among small business accounting platforms worldwide decreased from 4.2% to 3.2%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, FreshBooks’ estimated Share of Search among small business accounting platforms worldwide peaked at 4.2% in October 2025 and was lowest at 2.2% in July 2026.

## How did search popularity change for small business accounting platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, FreshBooks overtook Xero to rank 3rd among small business accounting platforms worldwide, at 3.2%.
- In August 2026, QuickBooks Online lost estimated Share of Search among small business accounting platforms worldwide, from 54.4% to 53.6%.
- In August 2026, Zoho Books lost estimated Share of Search among small business accounting platforms worldwide, from 36.1% to 35.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Wave worldwide fell 21.5% over 11 measured months, from 86.1K to 67.6K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Small business accounting platforms | 91.5K | 4.2% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Small business accounting platforms | 75.3K | 3.9% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Small business accounting platforms | 75.6K | 3.5% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | 92.9K | 3.7% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | 62.1K | 2.8% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | 64.9K | 2.6% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | 62.1K | 2.8% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | 51.4K | 2.4% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | 76.4K | 3.5% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | 51.1K | 2.2% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | 74.9K | 3.2% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Small business accounting platforms | — | — | — |

## How is FreshBooks measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using FreshBooks’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “freshbooks”
- “freshbooks accounting software”

## Which small business accounting platforms compete with FreshBooks?

- [QuickBooks Online](/demand/global-en/brands/quickbooks-online): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/freshbooks-vs-quickbooks-online
- [Zoho Books](/demand/global-en/brands/zoho-books): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/freshbooks-vs-zoho-books
- [Wave](/demand/global-en/brands/wave-accounting): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/freshbooks-vs-wave-accounting
- [Xero](/demand/global-en/brands/xero): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/freshbooks-vs-xero
- [Sage Accounting](/demand/global-en/brands/sage-accounting): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/freshbooks-vs-sage-accounting

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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