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The market for AI phone answering.
$31.3B
Global AI receptionist market in 2035, as forecast
- 2025 · $2.7B
- 2035 · $31.3B
33%
of US restaurant calls missed at peak
Maple · vendor study, owners' estimates · Dec 2023–Nov 2025
$4.0B
TecHub estimate of the yearly spend if every US salon, restaurant and franchised car dealership paid $150 a month
IBISWorld, National Restaurant Association and NADA · location counts · 2025
All figures and sources
Every figure here was read on 2026-10-15, except Maple's call figure, re-read on 2026-10-18.
Published growth rates
Definitions differ by publisher, so nothing is summed.
| Market · period | CAGR |
|---|---|
Sources: Technavio · Market.us · Grand View Research · MarketsandMarkets · Fortune Business Insights · MarketsandMarkets
Published start and end sizes
| 2025 | |
|---|---|
| of which North America (over 42%) | |
| 2035 |
Sources: Market.us
| 2025 | |
|---|---|
| of which the US | |
| 2030 |
Sources: MarketsandMarkets
Small businesses in four English-speaking countries
Definitions differ by country, so nothing is summed.
| Country · basis | Businesses |
|---|---|
Sources: U.S. SBA Office of Advocacy · UK Business Population Estimates · ASBFEO (ABS data) · ISED Canada
TecHub estimate: yearly spend in three US verticals
| Vertical · locations | Per year |
|---|---|
Formula (TecHub estimate, not a research figure)
locations × $150 a month × 12
Total: $4.02B
Assumes $150 a month (market range $25–$300) and every location signing up.
Sources: IBISWorld · National Restaurant Association · NADA · Ringly
Restaurant calls
Mostly vendor studies.
- 33%of US restaurant calls missed at peakMaple · vendor study, owners' estimates · Dec 2023–Nov 2025
- 40%of calls missed by quick-service restaurantsREVMO, State of Calls 2026 · vendor study
- 69%of US adults give up on a restaurant that doesn't answerThe Harris Poll for Hostie · vendor-commissioned survey
- $85lost per unanswered call, on averageMaple · vendor study, owners' estimates · Dec 2023–Nov 2025
788,862 food and beverage businesses in Korea (2024)
- Restaurants
- 561,637 · 71%
- Bars and non-alcoholic beverage (incl. cafés)
- 227,225 · 29%
Sources: Statistics Korea, Service Industry Survey (via ATFIS)
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