CONTRACTOR SEO · LIVE MARKET DATA · 53 METROS
Big-ticket jobs start with a search. Contractor demand by metro, with prices.
Every row below is a business owner searching for exactly what we do — contractors looking for SEO help, measured by Google Ads.
We publish the data because that's how we work: measured demand, real advertiser prices, and live tracking of who actually ranks — not projections.
| SEARCH | VOL/MO | CPC |
|---|---|---|
| seo for contractors | 590 | $35.76 |
| seo for construction companies | 590 | $40.24 |
| contractor seo services | 320 | — |
| home remodeler seo | 260 | $23.19 |
| seo for painting contractors | 260 | $10.76 |
Google Ads, US, captured July 2026.
We track contractors search demand in 53 US metros — refreshed weekly, drill into any of them. Across these markets, 162 tracked businesses in this vertical have no website at all — seats nobody is defending.
| METRO | SEARCHES/MO | KEYWORDS | TOP CPC | NO SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 54,970 | 170 | $204.60 | — |
| Chicago, IL | 49,260 | 130 | $117.70 | — |
| Houston, TX | 41,240 | 149 | $206.04 | — |
| Los Angeles, CA | 38,120 | 137 | $120.50 | — |
| San Diego, CA | 29,030 | 161 | $226.07 | 33 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 27,720 | 110 | $205.43 | — |
| Atlanta, GA | 26,090 | 114 | $238.59 | 20 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 25,740 | 152 | $246.52 | — |
| Austin, TX | 25,440 | 129 | $142.19 | — |
| Denver, CO | 23,820 | 130 | $110.33 | — |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 22,880 | 110 | $180.90 | — |
| Philadelphia, PA | 22,560 | 78 | $157.60 | — |
| San Antonio, TX | 21,180 | 116 | $97.17 | — |
| Charlotte, NC | 20,240 | 97 | $136.48 | 5 |
| Portland, OR | 15,430 | 97 | $105.89 | 9 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 15,130 | 78 | $106.25 | — |
| Jacksonville, FL | 14,850 | 102 | $86.77 | — |
| Kansas City, MO | 14,810 | 108 | $195.82 | — |
| Nashville, TN | 13,490 | 84 | $87.65 | — |
| Raleigh-Durham, NC | 13,080 | 75 | $92.64 | — |
| Indianapolis, IN | 13,010 | 85 | $97.74 | — |
| Detroit, MI | 11,710 | 36 | $76.19 | — |
| Columbus, OH | 11,450 | 77 | $130.33 | 16 |
| Baltimore, MD | 10,970 | 40 | $123.00 | 10 |
| Cincinnati, OH | 10,940 | 76 | $154.99 | — |
| Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | 10,400 | 98 | $102.42 | — |
| Boise, ID | 10,390 | 56 | $82.91 | 18 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 9,830 | 56 | $51.75 | 14 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 8,710 | 41 | $128.12 | — |
| Tucson, AZ | 8,600 | 79 | $99.98 | — |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8,570 | 63 | $171.78 | 14 |
| Louisville, KY | 8,170 | 62 | $68.88 | — |
| Seattle, WA | 7,620 | 109 | $158.78 | — |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 7,400 | 64 | $136.84 | — |
| Albuquerque, NM | 6,300 | 66 | $81.72 | — |
| Miami, FL | 5,780 | 55 | $113.47 | — |
| Orlando, FL | 5,550 | 69 | $218.01 | — |
| Charleston, SC | 5,520 | 59 | $70.30 | — |
| Reno, NV | 5,520 | 58 | $62.40 | — |
| Cleveland, OH | 5,500 | 41 | $101.60 | — |
| Sacramento, CA | 5,380 | 86 | $143.89 | — |
| Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 4,420 | 41 | $175.66 | — |
| San Francisco Bay Area, CA | 3,820 | 53 | $193.44 | — |
| Des Moines, IA | 3,170 | 36 | $68.00 | — |
| Richmond, VA | 3,020 | 47 | $193.34 | — |
| Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL | 2,890 | 29 | $199.43 | — |
| Boston, MA | 2,620 | 48 | $134.37 | — |
| Washington DMV, DC | 2,590 | 36 | $319.94 | — |
| Fargo, ND | 2,050 | 32 | $26.64 | 23 |
| Greenville, SC | 1,440 | 41 | $107.84 | — |
| St. George, UT | 610 | 14 | $56.55 | — |
| Hartford, CT | 340 | 7 | $115.15 | — |
| Providence, RI | 160 | 6 | $44.15 | — |
Metro-scoped Google Ads volume · business counts from live map tracking · refreshed weekly.
STEP 01
We target the commercial searches — the ones contractors actually get hired from — not vanity keywords.
STEP 02
Most local verticals are decided in the map results. We track the incumbents weekly and take seats, not screenshots.
STEP 03
The same tracking that powers these pages powers your reporting: positions, demand, and prices — measured, not estimated.