Apps highlighting black-owned businesses see a surge in support during pandemic and protests

So far, in the month of June, Google Trends data has shown an uptick in searches related to black-owned businesses.

New York As protests for racial justice continue to spring up across the country, so has the push to support black-owned businesses.

The renewed interest has taken the form of widely shared hashtags, resource guides, Google Docs and apps consumers can utilize to show support for the black community, following the death of George Floyd. And with the swell of support has come a surge of popularity in black-owned business directory apps and new ways to support small black-owned businesses during this time. So far, in the month of June, there has been an uptick in searches related to black-owned businesses.

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