# Home Services search demand in Baltimore

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.

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

146

KEYWORDS TRACKED

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

50,400

SEARCHES / MONTH

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

$1.5M

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$29.43

AVERAGE CPC

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

## When Baltimore searches for home services

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

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 93, February 100, March 90, April 83, May 74, June 75, July 76, August 85, September 91, October 82, November 58, December 70.

Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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.

## What Baltimore pays per click for home services

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 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Baltimore 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 Baltimore home services

All 146 tracked home services keywords in the metro, grouped by the trade each one names — not just the highest-volume rows above. 13 name no single trade and are left out.

| TRADE | KEYWORDS | SEARCHES/MO | | DEAREST CLICK |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plumbing | 14 | 11,710 | | $110.80 |
| Locksmith | 12 | 8,580 | | $37.97 |
| Roofing | 24 | 6,450 | | $236.82 |
| Electrical | 10 | 5,110 | | $66.12 |
| Garage Door | 2 | 4,540 | | $73.15 |
| HVAC | 21 | 3,910 | | $125.08 |
| Pest Control | 20 | 2,800 | | $72.26 |
| Landscaping | 7 | 1,950 | | $17.35 |
| Handyman | 6 | 1,570 | | $59.27 |
| Appliance Repair | 3 | 1,420 | | $8.57 |
| Cleaning | 3 | 860 | | $12.30 |
| Remodeling | 6 | 610 | | $76.61 |
| Fencing | 2 | 160 | | $18.50 |
| Painting | 3 | 70 | | $20.95 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Baltimore 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 Baltimore home services results

Live position tracking for 3 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

8,100/mo · $43.17 CPC · difficulty 23

MAP PACK

-   1 Catons Plumbing, Drains & Water Cleanup 4.7★ 606
-   2 Warrior Plumbing & Heating 4.9★ 486
-   3 Haynes Plumbing 5★ 31

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 reddit.com
-   2 michaelandson.com LOCAL
-   3 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   4 yelp.com
-   5 constellationhome.com

garage door repair near me

4,400/mo · $59.02 CPC · difficulty 9

MAP PACK

-   1 Precision Garage Door of Central MD 4.9★ 2,300
-   2 Baltimore A Garage Door Repair 5★ 76
-   3 Atlantis Garage Doors 5★ 118

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 yelp.com
-   2 overheaddoor.com
-   3 garagedoorbaltimore.com LOCAL
-   4 baltimore-garage-doors-gates.com
-   5 angi.com

emergency plumber baltimore

90/mo · $83.69 CPC · difficulty 0

MAP PACK

-   1 Warrior Plumbing & Heating 4.9★ 486
-   2 Catons Plumbing, Drains & Water Cleanup 4.7★ 606
-   3 Len The Plumber Heating & Air, LLC 4.7★ 18,000

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   2 constellationhome.com
-   3 yelp.com
-   4 michaelandson.com LOCAL
-   5 warriorplumbing.com LOCAL

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 home services businesses competing in Baltimore

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 |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Baltimore 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 Baltimore 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 inn baltimore 1,600/mo

baltimore electrical jatc 720/mo

baltimore heating and air conditioning 30/mo

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

## What Baltimore asks about home services

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?

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

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## More Baltimore search data

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

Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 146 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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