Is Shop-Vac Trending?
Google search interest for Shop-Vac worldwide, tracked over the last five years.
Search interest: Shop-Vac
What the data shows
Search interest in Shop-Vac has risen over the period: the yearly high moved from 14 in 2022 to 23 in 2025, against an all-time high of 100 in April 2026.
- Peak interest: April 2026 (index 100)
- Recent level (last 12 weeks): index 19 of 100
- Change, first vs. latest 12 months: +180%
- Period covered: October 2021 – September 2026
Values are Google's relative search index, where 100 is the highest point in the period — not absolute search volume.
About Shop-Vac
Shop-Vac is a brand of wet-dry vacuums made famous in American garages and workshops — so well known that its name is often used for any vacuum of that type. The company abruptly closed in September 2020 after a planned acquisition fell through, and was rescued in December 2020 when GreatStar, a Chinese tool maker, acquired its assets and reopened its factory in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The search data shows a brand that dipped and then recovered. The yearly average falls from about 11 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, recovers to 9 in 2024 and 13 in 2025, and so far in 2026 is around 35, with the highest week in April 2026.
The strongest feature of this curve is seasonality. Interest is reliably highest in spring and lowest in December, which fits a product bought for garage clear-outs, renovation work and yard projects. The latest quarter has fallen to roughly a third of the spring level, which is largely that seasonal pattern repeating.
Two cautions apply. Because the name is used generically, some of these searches are for wet-dry vacuums in general rather than for the brand. And the April 2026 high is shared, almost to the week, by several other home-improvement names on this site, which suggests a strong renovation season rather than anything specific to Shop-Vac.
Official website: shopvac.com
Stock market exposure
Shop-Vac belongs to GreatStar Industrial (SHE: 002444). It is a small part of a much larger company, so its search trend says little about the stock on its own. GreatStar bought Shop-Vac’s assets in 2020. All listed companies →
As of October 2026. For information only, not investment advice — see the disclaimer.
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