by Donald Wood
Last updated: 5:15 PM ET, Thu July 27, 2017
Travel expense management software provider, Certify, revealed the results of its Certify SpendSmart report Thursday which analyzed business travel spending for the second quarter of 2017.
After not gaining any traction during the first quarter, ride-hailing service Uber picked up two percent to claim a commanding 55 percent of ground transportation overall in the second quarter. Lyft also grew two percent over the same time period.
As for the overall ground transportation category, Certify reported that, for the first time in the SpendSmart report's history, taxi's dropped to eight percent.
The car rental industry also experienced a decline of three percent to 29 percent overall.
"The revolution in ground transportation we're seeing today led by Uber and Lyft has far reaching implications for the future of corporate travel," Certify CEO Robert Neveu said in a statement.
"Business travelers' move toward greater personalization and convenience may have started with ride-hailing, but it's not likely to stop there. Mobile technology brought us into a new age, and the expectation and ability to cater to the preferences of the individual is driving a cultural shift that will continue to affect dynamic change throughout the industry."
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Lyft gained shares in every city but Miami, where numbers were flat during the second quarter. As for Uber, the company lost between one-and-four percent in every city but Chicago, where the ride-hailing leader gained one percent.
Despite the dip in many cities, Uber remained the most expensed brand processed by the Certify system with nearly nine percent of all expenses and receipts. On the other hand, Certify projects taxis will fall under one percent of ground transportation expenses and receipts by the first quarter of 2018.
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