# Legal search demand in Charleston THE SEARCH LEDGER · CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA · LEGAL Every month Charleston types 10,280 legal 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/charleston/legal#colophon) 54 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Charleston metro, Sep 8, 2026 10,280 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Charleston metro, Sep 8, 2026 $842K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $37.64 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Charleston metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Charleston searches for legal Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in SEP and lowest in JUN. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 81, February 84, March 62, April 49, May 42, June 35, July 52, August 54, September 100, October 68, November 46, December 47. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Legal category in Charleston — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Charleston pays per click for legal The 20 highest-volume of 54 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“charleston workers comp lawyer”** at $302.41. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | personal injury lawyer near me | 2,400 | $148.44 | 59 | transactional | | 2 | charleston injury lawyer | 1,300 | $109.44 | 52 | commercial | | 3 | car wreck lawyer charleston | 880 | $66.00 | | commercial | | 4 | lawyers charleston sc | 590 | $55.72 | 30 | commercial | | 5 | drug lawyer charleston sc | 480 | $21.36 | | commercial | | 6 | charleston workers comp lawyer | 480 | $302.41 | | commercial | | 7 | charleston dui lawyer | 320 | $25.72 | 12 | commercial | | 8 | charleston medical negligence lawyer | 320 | $25.71 | | commercial | | 9 | charleston real estate lawyer | 320 | $13.80 | 23 | commercial | | 10 | labor lawyer charleston sc | 320 | $11.16 | 0 | commercial | | 11 | accident lawyer charleston | 260 | $62.63 | | commercial | | 12 | immigration lawyer charleston | 260 | $15.85 | 0 | commercial | | 13 | charleston law firms | 260 | $4.29 | 0 | commercial | | 14 | divorce lawyer near me | 260 | $29.48 | 37 | transactional | | 15 | charleston estate planning lawyer | 170 | $6.87 | | commercial | | 16 | lawyer near me | 140 | $44.08 | 77 | transactional | | 17 | charleston probate attorney | 110 | $4.67 | 0 | commercial | | 18 | estate attorneys charleston | 110 | $2.35 | 15 | commercial | | 19 | best divorce lawyer charleston | 110 | $31.06 | | commercial | | 20 | charleston lawyer | 90 | $0.06 | | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Charleston 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. ## Who owns the Charleston legal 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. personal injury lawyer near me 2,400/mo · $148.44 CPC · difficulty 59 MAP PACK - 1 Bringardner Injury Law Firm 5★ 227 - 2 Roden Law 4.9★ 106 - 3 Ty Robinson Personal Injury & Car Accident Law Firm 4.9★ 149 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 attorneys.superlawyers.com - 2 derricklawfirm.com LOCAL - 3 steinberglawfirm.com - 4 yarboroughapplegate.com LOCAL - 5 duffyandyoung.com LOCAL charleston workers comp lawyer 480/mo · $302.41 CPC MAP PACK - 1 Roden Law 4.9★ 106 - 2 Bringardner Injury Law Firm 5★ 227 - 3 Derrick Law Firm Injury Lawyers, PC 5★ 463 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 attorneys.superlawyers.com - 2 derricklawfirm.com LOCAL - 3 steinberglawfirm.com - 4 deatonlaw.net - 5 walterhundley.com workers comp lawyer charleston sc 70/mo · $97.56 CPC · difficulty 9 MAP PACK - 1 Roden Law 4.9★ 106 - 2 Bringardner Injury Law Firm 5★ 227 - 3 Ty Robinson Personal Injury & Car Accident Law Firm 4.9★ 149 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 attorneys.superlawyers.com - 2 steinberglawfirm.com - 3 walterhundley.com - 4 derricklawfirm.com LOCAL - 5 deatonlaw.net Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Charleston 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 legal businesses competing in Charleston 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 | Derrick Law Firm Injury Lawyers, PC | 5 ★ | 463 | Personal injury attorney | YES | | #2 | John W. Molony Law Firm, LLC | 5 ★ | 441 | Criminal justice attorney | YES | | #3 | Anastopoulo Law Firm | 4.7 ★ | 410 | Personal injury attorney | YES | | #4 | South Carolina Criminal Law | 5 ★ | 238 | Criminal justice attorney | YES | | #5 | Pandev Law | 5 ★ | 238 | Immigration attorney | YES | | #6 | Bringardner Injury Law Firm | 5 ★ | 227 | Personal injury attorney | YES | | #7 | Henderson & Henderson, LLC | 4.8 ★ | 192 | Divorce lawyer | YES | | #8 | Chris Jacob Family Law, LLC | 5 ★ | 185 | Attorney | YES | | #9 | Crantford Meehan | 5 ★ | 164 | Personal injury attorney | YES | | #10 | Mastantuno Law Firm | 4.9 ★ | 159 | Personal injury attorney | YES | | #11 | Mickelsen Dalton LLC | 4.9 ★ | 150 | Personal injury attorney | YES | | #12 | Ty Robinson Personal Injury & Car Accident Law Firm | 4.9 ★ | 149 | Personal injury attorney | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Charleston metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## What Charleston asks about legal People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Charleston legal results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. Is it worth suing for personal injury? How hard is it to win a personal injury lawsuit? What not to say to a personal injury lawyer? How much do most personal injury lawyers charge? What is the average workers' comp settlement in South Carolina? What's the most a workers' comp lawyer can charge? Where can I find workers' compensation lawyers in Charleston, South Carolina? Who are some good workers' compensation lawyers in South Carolina? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Charleston metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. 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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. Charleston, South Carolina · Legal · 54 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 54 legal 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. 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