THE SEARCH LEDGER · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND · HOME SERVICES
Every month Baltimore types 50,400 home services searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in FEB and lowest in NOV.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Baltimore — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 146 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “emergency plumber near me” at $83.10.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 8,100 | $43.17 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 6,600 | $17.38 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | garage door repair near me | 4,400 | $59.02 | 9 | transactional |
| 4 | electrician near me | 3,600 | $22.97 | 31 | transactional |
| 5 | red roof plus baltimore washington dc bwi airport | 2,400 | $3.00 | commercial | |
| 6 | baltimore locksmith | 1,600 | $17.45 | 0 | commercial |
| 7 | red roof inn baltimore | 1,600 | $2.23 | branded | |
| 8 | emergency plumber near me | 1,300 | $83.10 | 0 | transactional |
| 9 | ac repair near me | 1,300 | $48.42 | 3 | transactional |
| 10 | pest control near me | 1,300 | $36.53 | 40 | transactional |
| 11 | appliance repair near me | 1,300 | $8.57 | 13 | transactional |
| 12 | baltimore plumber | 1,000 | $31.55 | 1 | commercial |
| 13 | baltimore pest control | 1,000 | $35.14 | 11 | commercial |
| 14 | saffer plumbing baltimore | 1,000 | $24.17 | 0 | commercial |
| 15 | amazing hvac baltimore | 1,000 | $26.57 | 5 | commercial |
| 16 | handyman near me | 1,000 | $9.87 | 11 | transactional |
| 17 | landscaping near me | 1,000 | $9.84 | 19 | transactional |
| 18 | baltimore electrical jatc | 720 | $6.34 | branded | |
| 19 | roofing contractor near me | 720 | $17.77 | 31 | transactional |
| 20 | house cleaning near me | 720 | $12.30 | 15 | transactional |
SRC: DataForSEO, Baltimore metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for 3 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Baltimore 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 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 | Len The Plumber Heating & Air, LLC | 4.7 ★ | 17,893 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | Michael & Son Services | 4.7 ★ | 8,999 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 4,126 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Prime Plumbing | 4.8 ★ | 2,667 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Amazing Plumbing, Heating & Air | 4.8 ★ | 2,358 | Plumber | YES |
| #6 | Precision Garage Door of Central MD | 4.9 ★ | 2,320 | Garage door supplier | YES |
| #7 | Boothe's Heating, Air, Plumbing, Drains & Electrical | 4.9 ★ | 2,122 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | Saffer Total Home: Plumbing, Heating & Electrical | 4.8 ★ | 2,006 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Precision Garage Door | 4.8 ★ | 1,874 | Garage door supplier | YES |
| #10 | Catons Plumbing, Drains & Water Cleanup | 4.7 ★ | 1,775 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 1,476 | Plumber | YES |
| #12 | Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Greater Baltimore | 4.8 ★ | 1,462 | Plumber | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Baltimore metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
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.
SRC: DataForSEO, Baltimore metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Baltimore 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 best emergency plumber in Baltimore City?
What are the three types of plumbers?
What is the average price to fix a garage door?
What are some reputable garage door companies in Baltimore?
What is the most common problem with garage doors?
Does homeowners insurance cover a damaged garage door?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Baltimore metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
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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.
Baltimore, Maryland · Home Services · 146 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026