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The State of Local Business: Central Kentucky

The State of Local Business · October 01, 2026 edition

Central Kentucky: who actually
shows up online?

We scored 354 independent businesses across Central Kentucky on verifiable public presence facts — websites that respond, listings that answer the basics. This is what the public record says.

354
independents scored
59%
list no social channel
28%
no working website
111
earn the A-band

The gap, in three numbers

The headline is the gap: 59% of Central Kentucky's ranked independents list no social channel on their public listings, and 28% have no working website at all. Of 354 businesses scored, 111 earn the A-band (80+/100). Every number on this page is recomputed from public listings each edition — nothing here is surveyed, sampled, or estimated.

By niche — median score /100

5+ ranked only
Restaurants & Cafés · 111 rankedmedian 65/100 · 34 A-band
Medical · 35 rankedmedian 60/100 · 13 A-band
Beauty & Wellness · 23 rankedmedian 25/100 · 8 A-band
Finance & Insurance · 18 rankedmedian 62/100 · 0 A-band
Dental Practices · 14 rankedmedian 72/100 · 6 A-band
Law Firms · 14 rankedmedian 70/100 · 5 A-band
Auto Services · 11 rankedmedian 80/100 · 7 A-band
Gyms & Fitness · 8 rankedmedian 57/100 · 1 A-band
Home Services · 7 rankedmedian 65/100 · 0 A-band

Methodology & use

Methodology. Every point is a verifiable public fact: working website 30 · own domain 10 · https 5 · social channels 10 each (up to 3) · phone 10 · street address 5 · hours 5 · email 5. We publish no engagement or follower data. Independents only; chains excluded. Businesses are named on the public boards, never in this report.

The national picture: all six metros →. Full method + a worked example: how we score →. See the full rankings: The Central Kentucky Index → · Check your own rank → · Press kit →

Published by McLaren Visuals LLC, Winchester KY. Corrections/removals: xavier@mclarenvisuals.studio — same-day. Cite freely with a link.

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