Local market report · November 2026

Tow companies in Durham, NC: who shows up online

HopperCat looked at 20 towing businesses in Durham, NC. Of those, 12 have a website, which is 60%. Ratings run high at 4.5 on average, yet the median business has only 77 reviews.

The top 20 tow companies on Google, measured

  • 60%have a website
  • 78%of sites use LocalBusiness markup
  • 56%of sites publish llms.txt
  • 22%of sites run Google Analytics or Tag Manager
  • 4.5★average Google rating
  • 77median Google reviews

20 businesses from the Google results for “towing company in Durham, NC”. 12 list a website; we checked the homepage of the 9 that loaded.

Who ChatGPT recommends

“What is the best towing company in Durham, NC?”

  1. Bullcity Towing & Services
  2. Mason’s Towing and Tires
  3. Biggs & Watson Wrecker LLC

2 of the 20 businesses in the Google results were named. 1 recommendation was for businesses outside that list.

The review leaders

BusinessRatingReviewsNamed by ChatGPT
Dave's Tow-Away Inc4297No
Bullcity Towing & Services5287Yes
Morgan's Towing Service Inc4.7235No
CPR Towing & Truck Repair4.3193No
Lee's 24 Hr Towing Inc4.5191No

What this means for your shop

  • Only 22% of the audited sites run analytics, so adding it puts you ahead of most of your local competitors.

  • Of the audited sites, 78% have LocalBusiness schema and 56% have llms.txt, while 11% block AI crawlers, so check your own settings.

  • Six businesses have under 50 reviews, and the leaders sit between 191 and 297, so steady review collection is the clearest gap to close.

Tow companies in Durham: questions

How do I get recommended by ChatGPT in Durham?

We asked ChatGPT, "What is the best towing company in Durham, NC?" It named Bullcity Towing & Services, Mason’s Towing and Tires, and Biggs & Watson Wrecker LLC. Bullcity has a 5 rating and 287 reviews.

How many reviews do the Durham leaders have?

Dave's Tow-Away Inc has 297 reviews, Bullcity Towing & Services has 287, and Morgan's Towing Service Inc has 235. The median across all 20 businesses is 77.

What are most local tow sites missing?

Analytics. Only 22% of audited sites have it. Basics are covered, with 100% on HTTPS, 100% mobile friendly, and 89% using tap-to-call links.

Where does your business stand?

This page shows the market. The free diagnostic shows you: 42 points on your site, your Google profile and what ChatGPT and Claude say about you, with the competitors beating you by name. Usually in under an hour.

Method: HopperCat pulled the top Google results for “towing company in Durham, NC” on November 6, 2026, checked each business homepage for HTTPS, mobile setup, LocalBusiness markup, llms.txt, AI-crawler rules and analytics, and asked ChatGPT the question above with web search on. Ratings and review counts are Google's at that date.