Exhibit A
Bookkeepers work in Oakland
Oakland bookkeeping demand is spread across a wide set of small searches rather than one big one. People look for a bookkeeper by neighbourhood, by trade and by software, so the searches that matter are things like bookkeeping for a restaurant near Lake Merritt or a monthly bookkeeper in Temescal. The firms showing up for those searches are mostly owner operators and small two or three person practices, with a handful of franchise offices mixed in. Paid search in the bookkeeping trade here is modest and mostly local, which means the organic results and the AI answers carry a lot of the demand. The volume is there all year because Oakland has a dense base of small businesses, contractors and rental property owners who need books kept.
