# Home Services search demand in Austin

THE SEARCH LEDGER · AUSTIN, TEXAS · HOME SERVICES

Every month Austin types 93,010 home services searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.

BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/austin/home-services#colophon)

394

KEYWORDS TRACKED

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026

93,010

SEARCHES / MONTH

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026

$3.0M

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$29.82

AVERAGE CPC

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026

## When Austin searches for home services

Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in SEP and lowest in NOV.

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 84, February 81, March 80, April 68, May 63, June 68, July 63, August 79, September 100, October 81, November 58, December 68.

Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Home Services category in Austin — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.

## What Austin pays per click for home services

The 20 highest-volume of 394 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“emergency plumber near me”** at $123.87.

| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | plumber near me | 9,900 | $55.66 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 5,400 | $21.32 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | austin plumber | 2,900 | $46.40 | 7 | commercial |
| 4 | austin locksmith | 2,900 | $21.60 | 11 | commercial |
| 5 | radiant plumbing austin | 2,900 | $27.62 | 13 | commercial |
| 6 | ac repair near me | 2,900 | $58.21 | 3 | transactional |
| 7 | electrician near me | 2,900 | $32.92 | 31 | transactional |
| 8 | red roof plus austin | 2,400 | $2.30 | | informational |
| 9 | appliance repair near me | 2,400 | $16.35 | 13 | transactional |
| 10 | austin landscaping | 1,900 | $16.15 | 9 | commercial |
| 11 | austin garage door repair | 1,900 | $64.33 | 6 | commercial |
| 12 | pest control near me | 1,900 | $37.22 | 40 | transactional |
| 13 | garage door repair near me | 1,900 | $66.31 | 9 | transactional |
| 14 | austin roofing | 1,600 | $17.13 | 40 | commercial |
| 15 | ac repair austin tx | 1,600 | $59.95 | 26 | commercial |
| 16 | austin landscape supply | 1,600 | $3.50 | | informational |
| 17 | cleaning service austin tx | 1,600 | $10.33 | 30 | commercial |
| 18 | roofing companies austin | 1,300 | $28.49 | 13 | commercial |
| 19 | emergency plumber near me | 1,300 | $123.87 | 0 | transactional |
| 20 | roofing contractor near me | 1,300 | $42.40 | 31 | transactional |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.

## Which trades drive Austin home services

All 394 tracked home services keywords in the metro, grouped by the trade each one names — not just the highest-volume rows above. 20 name no single trade and are left out.

| TRADE | KEYWORDS | SEARCHES/MO | | DEAREST CLICK |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plumbing | 45 | 21,490 | | $327.91 |
| Roofing | 63 | 12,340 | | $304.80 |
| Locksmith | 32 | 9,630 | | $71.63 |
| Landscaping | 50 | 8,970 | | $88.03 |
| HVAC | 23 | 8,840 | | $89.74 |
| Pest Control | 56 | 6,480 | | $210.56 |
| Electrical | 16 | 4,540 | | $37.43 |
| Garage Door | 18 | 4,340 | | $436.88 |
| Cleaning | 8 | 3,350 | | $20.49 |
| Remodeling | 18 | 3,320 | | $85.21 |
| Appliance Repair | 17 | 3,250 | | $45.60 |
| Handyman | 7 | 2,230 | | $11.79 |
| Painting | 11 | 1,020 | | $66.42 |
| Fencing | 8 | 920 | | $74.14 |
| Restoration | 2 | 250 | | $87.92 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Trade is read from the keyword text, so a keyword naming no trade is counted in the metro total and omitted here. Volume is the sum across that trade’s keywords; the dearest click is the highest single cost-per-click in it.

## Who owns the Austin home services results

Live position tracking for 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one.

plumber near me

9,900/mo · $55.66 CPC · difficulty 23

MAP PACK

-   1 We Plumb LLC 4.9★ 186
-   2 Chase LLC 4.8★ 146
-   3 Austin Plumbery 4.8★ 227

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 statesman.com
-   4 reliantplumbing.com LOCAL
-   5 abchomeandcommercial.com LOCAL

ac repair near me

2,900/mo · $58.21 CPC · difficulty 3

MAP PACK

-   1 ABC Austin Service Express LLC 4.9★ 862
-   2 RedHome HVAC Services 5★ 232
-   3 Service First HVAC & Electrical 4.9★ 41

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 yelp.com
-   2 abacusplumbing.com LOCAL
-   3 goettl.com LOCAL
-   4 eliteaustinac.com LOCAL
-   5 abaaustin.com LOCAL

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.

## The home services businesses competing in Austin

The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.

| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| #1 | Radiant Plumbing, Air Conditioning, & Electrical | 4.8 ★ | 17,792 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | Radiant Plumbing, Air Conditioning, & Electrical | 4.8 ★ | 17,792 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #3 | Strand Brothers Service Experts | 4.8 ★ | 7,566 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #4 | Stan's Heating, Air, Plumbing & Electrical | 4.7 ★ | 6,667 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Stan's Heating, Air, Plumbing & Electrical | 4.7 ★ | 6,667 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #6 | Fox Service Company | 4.8 ★ | 5,561 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #7 | ARS / Rescue Rooter | 4.4 ★ | 5,197 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #8 | Goettl Air Conditioning and Plumbing - Austin TX | 4.8 ★ | 4,006 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Goettl Air Conditioning and Plumbing - Austin TX | 4.8 ★ | 4,006 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #10 | McCullough Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing | 4.8 ★ | 3,808 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #11 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 3,443 | Plumber | YES |
| #12 | Champion Cooling, Heating & Plumbing | 4.8 ★ | 3,355 | Plumber | YES |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.

## Home Services brands Austin searches by name

Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.

red roof san marcos tx 720/mo

leaf landscape supply north austin 50/mo

austin roof specialists 30/mo

austin living landscapes 30/mo

garage door opener repair austin 20/mo

best fence companies in austin tx 10/mo

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.

## What Austin asks about home services

People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Austin home services results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.

How much an hour should a plumber charge?

How to tell if a plumber is ripping you off?

Who is the most affordable plumber in Austin, Texas?

What are the three types of plumbers?

What is the $5000 AC rule?

How expensive is it to fix an AC unit?

What is the most common AC repair?

What is the 3-minute rule for air conditioners?

Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Austin metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.

## Rank for these searches

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## More Austin search data

Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.

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HOME SERVICES IN OTHER METROS

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HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE

Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.

Austin, Texas · Home Services · 394 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026

Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 394 home services keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, [tell us](https://seobandwagon.com/contact).

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