7 to 184 clicks a month, and 374 calls in 6 months
Brand new site, zero paid ads. 1.57K clicks and 115K impressions over 16 months, and 374 calls from Google Search and Maps in the first half of 2026 alone, from people who needed a plumber now.
For trades and home service businesses
Home Services SEO
More booked jobs from Google, not just traffic.
Home services SEO gets your trade business into the Google map pack, local search results and AI answers for the jobs people search for, from emergency repairs to replacements and installs. I handle your Google Business Profile, service pages, reviews, citations and links, and report the calls and quote requests each month.
5.0 on Upwork from 54 reviews- 744 organic calls in 6 months, no ads
- Freelancing since 2017
- AI SEO included
SEO for Home Services
Built around the jobs that pay, the same way I approach all my local business SEO, so you show up when something breaks and people reach for their phone.
Electricians / Plumbers / Roofers / Remodelers / Painters / Landscapers / Pest control / Garage doors
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One Profile, Every Trade You Offer
Many home service companies do more than one thing: plumbing and heating, roofing and gutters, cleaning and restoration. Your Google Business Profile gets the primary category that pays most and secondary categories for the rest, so you can show up for each, the core of my Google Maps SEO work.
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Pages Ready Before the Season
Roof inspections before storm season, lawn care before spring, gutter cleaning before fall. Seasonal service pages are built and ranking a few months early, so you catch the demand instead of chasing it. Storm work shows why: after a hail storm every homeowner on the street searches at once, so storm and replacement pages come first for roofers.
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Rankings Instead of Shared Leads
Every call from your own rankings is one you do not pay a lead site for or share with four competitors. I track which services still depend on paid leads and push those pages first.
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Reviews That Name the Job
Reviews that mention the actual work, like a water heater install or a roof repair in a named town, help you rank for those jobs. A simple text after every job gets them coming in steadily. Plumbing shows it best: reviews that mention drains or water heaters help those exact jobs rank in the map, so review requests are built in from day one.
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AI SEO for Home Services
Homeowners now ask ChatGPT and AI Overviews who to call for a repair. AI SEO makes sure your company is one of the names they get, with the same details everywhere AI tools look.
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Booked Jobs, Not Traffic
Your report shows rankings and calls per service and per season, so you can see which trades are growing and where to push next. No charts that never turn into jobs.
Bigger projects
SEO for Home Service Contractors
Builders, roofers and general contractors win bigger jobs through quote forms, so I build pages around the projects you bid on and track quote requests.
Book an Intro Call
I track quote requests and bids, not just calls.
REAL CLIENTS, REAL NUMBERS
Home Services SEO Results
Four local businesses I ranked, led by an electrician and a plumber with 744 calls between them in six months.
0 to 194 clicks a month from a standing start, 370 calls in 6 months
Launched with nothing, no clicks, no impressions. 2.09K clicks and 86K impressions over 16 months, and 370 calls from Google Search and Maps in the first half of 2026. No ad spend.
From rank 90 to top 3 on the keywords that win same-day jobs
Urgent service where whoever ranks first takes the call. Tracked in SerpFox: one term from ~90 to top 3, another from 26 to 2nd, a third from the 50s to 2nd.
9 to 90 clicks a month, page 1 for her main searches
My first ever SEO project, my mom's salon. Grew to 1.19K clicks and 48K impressions, reaching positions 1-2 on Google for the searches that bring in clients.
Why the Map Pack Matters for Home Services
When something breaks at home, people grab their phone and call one of the three businesses on the map. Lead marketplaces and paid ads sit around those three spots, but the map pack is the only one where the call comes to you and no one else.
- Map pack calls go only to you, not to five competitors
- Demand rises and falls with the season in most trades
- Reviews and photos of real jobs win the call
What a Home Services SEO Company Should Report
A home services report should compare what your own rankings bring against what you pay for leads elsewhere. That means booked jobs from Google Maps and organic, split by the services you sell, so you can see when the season turns and which jobs are worth pushing.
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Monthly SEO Report
Home services, month 6Example report
Money keyword rankings
| Keyword | Map pack | Organic |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency service near me | #10 to #2 | #22 to #6 |
| Main service + city | #8 to #3 | #17 to #5 |
| Replacement or install job | #14 to #4 | #29 to #9 |
Calls and quote forms
744Calls from Google Search and Maps in 6 months, two trade sites
$0Spent on ads to get them
What was done this month
- Links built to your money pages
- Rankings tracked daily
- Profile and citations kept accurate
- Fixes made when something slips
Ranking rows show the report layout. The calls and ad spend are real figures from the electrician and plumbing case studies.
Home Services SEO Company or a Freelancer?
Many home services marketing companies sell SEO next to the lead programs they also profit from. I only do SEO, so the goal is simple: more calls that come to you and no one else. You talk to the person doing the work, and you can ask for call data from real trade sites like mine above.
Working with me
One specialist, start to finish
- Who does the workMe, every task
- ContractMonth to month
- ReportingMoney keyword rankings and calls
- What you ownEverything I build
Typical agency
Sales team, account managers, juniors
- Who does the workA junior or an outsourced team
- ContractOften 6 to 12 months
- ReportingTraffic charts
- What you ownSometimes the agency keeps it
Home Services SEO Process
Three steps, planned around your busy and quiet seasons.
Step 1
Audit & Strategy
First I look at which jobs you want more of, which ones are seasonal and how much you now spend on leads and ads. Then I audit your profile, your site and the companies in the top three for your main searches, and you get a plan that gets the big seasonal jobs ranking before the season starts.
Step 2
Technical & On-Page SEO
Then I fix what sends customers to the lead sites instead of you: a weak profile, no page for your money jobs, no reviews mentioning the work and a site that is slow on a phone. Each main service gets its own page with click to call where people look first.
Step 3
Content & Links
Then I build rankings you own: links from local and trade sites, the same details on the directories homeowners check, and a review request after every job. As the calls from your rankings grow, you can decide how much to keep spending on shared leads.
How I Work
A few simple rules, so you know exactly what to expect. They keep the work on results, not meetings.
Calls when they matter
A short intro call, then a second call where I walk you through your audit and plan. After that, things stay simple over email, and I reply within a day.
One report a month
One clear report on the same date every month: your money keyword rankings, the calls they bring and the links I built.
Onboarding comes first
Work starts once I have access to your Google Business Profile and main listings. It takes about 20 minutes.
SEO-first rebuilds, no fluff
If your site holds you back, I rebuild it once around the services you want to rank for. One review round, no endless redesigns.
Month to month
A simple agreement, not a 12-month contract. Cancel anytime with 30 days notice, because it has to work for both of us.
You own everything
Your website, content, profiles and accounts stay in your name. If we ever stop working together, you keep all of it.
If that sounds like how you like to work, send me your site. Book an Intro Call
Home Services SEO Pricing
Plans start at $2,000 a month, month to month. A single-trade business in one area usually fits Starter, while companies offering several trades or covering a whole metro usually need Growth.
Starter
$2,000/month
One location in a normal market.
- Setup in months 1 to 3: technical fixes and on-page
- A page for each of your main services
- Google Business Profile and core citations set up
- Links to your money pages every month
- Rankings tracked daily
- Monthly report: rankings for your money keywords, plus leads, calls or sales
- Month to month, cancel with 30 days notice
For competitive markets
Growth
$3,500/month
For businesses competing in busier local markets.
- Everything in Starter
- Service area pages built during setup
- More links every month, from stronger sites
- Full AI SEO: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity
- Fixes when a ranking slips
- Monthly report: rankings for your money keywords, plus leads, calls or sales
- Month to month, cancel with 30 days notice
Scale
from $5,000/month
Several locations or franchise networks.
- Everything in Growth
- Multi-location pages and profiles
- Link volume built around your markets
- Priced after the audit
- Monthly report: rankings for your money keywords, plus leads, calls or sales
- Month to month, cancel with 30 days notice
Need a new website? SEO-first rebuilds are a one-time setup fee, quoted on your roadmap call.
Will SEO Pay for Itself for Your Home Service Business?
Shared leads cost money every time and go to several of your competitors at once. Put in your numbers to see how many leads you would need from your own rankings to cover the plan.
1. Your numbers
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What one customer is worth to you over time: the first job plus repeat work, maintenance plans and referrals.
Not sure? Work it out
Fill in both and your LTV updates above.
What you keep from each sale after the costs of delivering it (labor, materials, product or service costs). Leave at 100% to judge on revenue.
Out of 10 leads (calls or quote forms), how many turn into booked jobs?
Nobody can promise an exact number, and keyword tools often undercount real searches. Try a few. I will give you a realistic range for your area on the intro call.
Plan
2. What it is worth
0Extra leads / month to break even
That is all it takes for SEO to pay for itself. Could Google bring you that many more a month?
If SEO brings 0 leads a month
0% return on the plan
- Booked jobs / month0
- Revenue / month$0
Want a second opinion? I will check these numbers with you on the intro call, honestly.
An estimate from your own numbers, not a promise of results. SEO usually takes 4 to 12 months to build up.
Home Services SEO FAQ
The questions home service owners ask before hiring for SEO.
Is SEO better than Angi, Thumbtack or Local Services Ads?
They do different jobs. Lead platforms and ads stop the day you stop paying, and shared leads often go to several companies at once. SEO takes longer to start, but the calls come only to you. Many businesses keep some paid leads while their rankings grow, then cut back.
How much does home services SEO cost?
Most local SEO services cost from $1,500 to $10,000+ a month, depending on the market and the work involved. My plans start at $2,000 a month, month to month with 30 days' notice.
When should a seasonal business start SEO?
A few months before the busy season. Rankings take time to build, so starting during the quiet months means you show up when the demand arrives instead of halfway through it.
Do you work with my trade?
Most likely, if your business serves a local area and sells on the phone. Electricians, plumbers and remodelers have their own pages, and the same approach works for most other trades. Book an intro call and I will tell you straight if I can help.
Do you work with route-based and repair trades too?
Yes. Pest control and lawn care companies live on recurring plans and tight routes, so my pest control SEO services and landscaping SEO services focus on plan sign-ups near the routes you already run. Garage door companies sell urgent repairs, which is why garage door SEO services lean on fast repair pages and spam reporting.
How long does SEO take for a home service business?
Map pack movement often shows in 2 to 4 months and organic rankings in 4 to 6 months or more, depending on how competitive your area is. Once the rankings are there, the calls keep coming without paying per lead.
Free Google Maps Checklist for Home Service Businesses
Not ready to hire anyone yet? These are the 12 things I check first on a home service business's Google Business Profile, the same checks that get trades into the map pack, on one page you can tick off yourself.
It downloads right away and lands in your inbox too. No newsletter.
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I take on a small number of clients at a time. If you're serious about SEO, let's talk.
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