# Home Services search demand in Chicago

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.

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

463

KEYWORDS TRACKED

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

200,720

SEARCHES / MONTH

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

$4.2M

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$22.64

AVERAGE CPC

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

## When Chicago searches for home services

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

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 73, February 71, March 75, April 69, May 70, June 76, July 73, August 100, September 94, October 84, November 67, December 63.

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

## What Chicago pays per click for home services

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 |

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

All 463 tracked home services keywords in the metro, grouped by the trade each one names — not just the highest-volume rows above. 30 name no single trade and are left out.

| TRADE | KEYWORDS | SEARCHES/MO | | DEAREST CLICK |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plumbing | 50 | 41,220 | | $176.33 |
| Locksmith | 75 | 35,810 | | $53.31 |
| Roofing | 81 | 22,080 | | $159.55 |
| HVAC | 55 | 21,650 | | $106.57 |
| Electrical | 12 | 13,170 | | $30.62 |
| Fencing | 6 | 11,820 | | $21.58 |
| Garage Door | 13 | 9,400 | | $106.24 |
| Pest Control | 34 | 9,120 | | $52.43 |
| Appliance Repair | 15 | 7,200 | | $78.42 |
| Landscaping | 29 | 7,060 | | $68.98 |
| Handyman | 13 | 5,370 | | $73.95 |
| Remodeling | 26 | 4,360 | | $135.90 |
| Restoration | 3 | 3,840 | | $19.46 |
| Cleaning | 9 | 3,730 | | $26.70 |
| Painting | 12 | 1,050 | | $53.97 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Chicago 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 Chicago 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.

chicago house cleaning

MAP PACK

-   1 House Keep Up Chicago 4.9★ 278
-   2 Sparkly Maid Chicago 4.9★ 1,400
-   3 King of Maids 4.7★ 677

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 imaginemaids.com
-   2 maidschicago.com LOCAL
-   3 reddit.com
-   4 yelp.com
-   5 taskrabbit.com

house cleaning services chicago

MAP PACK

-   1 House Keep Up Chicago 4.9★ 278
-   2 Sparkly Maid Chicago 4.9★ 1,400
-   3 King of Maids 4.7★ 677

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 reddit.com
-   2 sparklymaid.com
-   3 yelp.com
-   4 tidy.com
-   5 sweephome.com LOCAL

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

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 |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Chicago 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 Chicago 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.

restoration hardware chicago 3,600/mo

red roof inn chicago alsip 1,900/mo

chain link fence installation chicago 1,600/mo

chicago electrical 390/mo

garage door installation chicago 140/mo

garage door replacement chicago 70/mo

mini split air conditioner chicago 50/mo

icon remodeler chicago 50/mo

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

## What Chicago asks about home services

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?

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

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## More Chicago search data

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

[Food & Dining · 8.5M searches/mo](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/chicago/food-dining)[Entertainment · 1.8M searches/mo](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/chicago/entertainment)

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.

Chicago, Illinois · Home Services · 463 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 463 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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