Exhibit A
Accountants work in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi holds a mix of small firms, solo CPAs and bookkeeping shops serving the port, the refineries, the medical district and the small businesses along the bayfront and in the suburbs. Search demand for accounting help here follows the local economy: oil and gas contractors, shrimpers and marine trades, retail along SPID and Staples, and households filing in the spring. Paid search in this trade is modest compared with the big metros, which means organic pages can carry a real share of the demand. The firms competing for it are mostly owner operators and a few regional practices rather than national franchises, so the field is local and the searches are local too.
