THE SEARCH LEDGER · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS · HOME SERVICES
Every month Chicago types 200,720 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 AUG and lowest in DEC.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Chicago — 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 463 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “emergency plumber near me” at $75.84.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 27,100 | $39.11 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 22,200 | $11.39 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | electrician near me | 9,900 | $21.29 | 31 | transactional |
| 4 | chicago locksmith | 8,100 | $13.74 | 42 | commercial |
| 5 | hvac chicago bar | 8,100 | $0.47 | 0 | commercial |
| 6 | garage door repair near me | 6,600 | $40.74 | 9 | transactional |
| 7 | appliance repair near me | 6,600 | $11.80 | 13 | transactional |
| 8 | fence company chicago | 5,400 | $10.55 | informational | |
| 9 | red roof inn chicago o hare airport arlington heights | 4,400 | $2.77 | 0 | commercial |
| 10 | ac repair near me | 4,400 | $45.26 | 3 | transactional |
| 11 | pest control near me | 4,400 | $33.53 | 40 | transactional |
| 12 | chicago plumber | 3,600 | $30.58 | 1 | commercial |
| 13 | restoration hardware chicago | 3,600 | $2.57 | branded | |
| 14 | vinyl fence installation chicago | 3,600 | $4.43 | informational | |
| 15 | emergency plumber near me | 3,600 | $75.84 | 0 | transactional |
| 16 | handyman near me | 3,600 | $8.24 | 11 | transactional |
| 17 | landscaping near me | 3,600 | $9.28 | 19 | transactional |
| 18 | roof chicago | 2,400 | $3.92 | informational | |
| 19 | roofing contractor near me | 2,400 | $22.06 | 31 | transactional |
| 20 | chicago garage door repair | 1,900 | $30.26 | 11 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Chicago 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 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Chicago 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 | Four Seasons Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Sewer & Electric | 4.7 ★ | 30,931 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #2 | Deljo Heating, Cooling & Plumbing | 4.9 ★ | 3,442 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #3 | All Temp Heating and Air Conditioning | 4.9 ★ | 2,527 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #4 | Besco Air Inc. | 4.9 ★ | 1,501 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #5 | Oasis Plumbing, Heating & Cooling | 4.9 ★ | 1,409 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #6 | Guardian Heating & Cooling Service | 4.8 ★ | 1,221 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #7 | Air Flows Chicago | 4.9 ★ | 1,131 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #8 | Air Flows Chicago - Belmont | 5 ★ | 1,084 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #9 | Molly Maid of the Gold Coast and Near North | 4.7 ★ | 1,056 | House cleaning service | YES |
| #10 | Chicago HVAC Repair Doctor, Inc. | 4.9 ★ | 937 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #11 | Elite HVACs Furnace, Ac & Plumbing Repair | 4.9 ★ | 904 | HVAC contractor | YES |
| #12 | Heatmasters | 4.8 ★ | 763 | HVAC contractor | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Chicago 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, Chicago metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Chicago home services results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
How much does it cost to have a house cleaned in Chicago?
What is the average cost to clean a 2000 sq ft house?
What will a cleaner do in 3 hours?
Is $20 an hour good for house cleaning?
Is $50 an hour good for house cleaning?
How much is a 1 hour clean?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Chicago 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.
Chicago, Illinois · Home Services · 463 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026