# Home Services search demand in Cincinnati

THE SEARCH LEDGER · CINCINNATI, OHIO · HOME SERVICES

Every month Cincinnati types 56,000 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/cincinnati/home-services#colophon)

211

KEYWORDS TRACKED

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

56,000

SEARCHES / MONTH

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

$1.5M

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$26.51

AVERAGE CPC

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

## When Cincinnati searches for home services

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

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 74, February 83, March 84, April 80, May 68, June 73, July 76, August 85, September 100, October 90, November 65, December 63.

Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Home Services category in Cincinnati — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.

## What Cincinnati pays per click for home services

The 20 highest-volume of 211 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“emergency plumber near me”** at $79.48.

| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | plumber near me | 8,100 | $41.24 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | apollo heating and cooling cincinnati | 3,600 | $10.64 | | informational |
| 3 | locksmith near me | 3,600 | $14.72 | 20 | transactional |
| 4 | electrician near me | 2,900 | $27.46 | 31 | transactional |
| 5 | cincinnati plumber | 2,400 | $40.47 | 29 | commercial |
| 6 | ac repair near me | 1,900 | $49.08 | 3 | transactional |
| 7 | cincinnati locksmith | 1,600 | $18.42 | 0 | commercial |
| 8 | heating and air cincinnati | 1,600 | $38.50 | | informational |
| 9 | cincinnati pest control | 1,300 | $37.89 | 10 | commercial |
| 10 | roofing companies cincinnati | 1,300 | $32.31 | 9 | commercial |
| 11 | red roof inn cincinnati east | 1,300 | $2.06 | | informational |
| 12 | emergency plumber near me | 1,300 | $79.48 | 0 | transactional |
| 13 | pest control near me | 1,300 | $38.99 | 40 | transactional |
| 14 | appliance repair near me | 1,300 | $7.91 | 13 | transactional |
| 15 | red roof inn cincinnati airport florence erlanger | 1,000 | $2.22 | 0 | commercial |
| 16 | cincinnati hvac | 880 | $29.86 | 26 | commercial |
| 17 | cincinnati landscaping | 880 | $8.68 | 5 | commercial |
| 18 | cincinnati garage door repair | 880 | $53.77 | 0 | commercial |
| 19 | red roof inn cincinnati north mason | 880 | $2.17 | | branded |
| 20 | garage door repair near me | 880 | $44.27 | 9 | transactional |

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

All 211 tracked home services keywords in the metro, grouped by the trade each one names — not just the highest-volume rows above. 15 name no single trade and are left out.

| TRADE | KEYWORDS | SEARCHES/MO | | DEAREST CLICK |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plumbing | 28 | 13,160 | | $177.97 |
| HVAC | 28 | 10,030 | | $82.44 |
| Roofing | 37 | 7,830 | | $174.31 |
| Locksmith | 16 | 5,800 | | $61.34 |
| Landscaping | 21 | 3,750 | | $71.39 |
| Electrical | 5 | 3,710 | | $27.46 |
| Pest Control | 14 | 2,960 | | $38.99 |
| Garage Door | 6 | 1,920 | | $53.77 |
| Appliance Repair | 10 | 1,530 | | $13.17 |
| Handyman | 4 | 1,490 | | $17.84 |
| Remodeling | 10 | 1,460 | | $107.21 |
| Cleaning | 6 | 650 | | $23.01 |
| Fencing | 4 | 510 | | $14.17 |
| Painting | 7 | 380 | | $19.83 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati 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 · $41.24 CPC · difficulty 23

MAP PACK

-   1 A+ Plumbing 4.9★ 1,100
-   2 Topshell plumbing 5★ 113
-   3 Halpin Plumbing Inc 4.9★ 1,200

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   2 reddit.com
-   3 thomasgalbraith.com LOCAL
-   4 yelp.com
-   5 niemanplumbing.com LOCAL

ac repair near me

1,900/mo · $49.08 CPC · difficulty 3

MAP PACK

-   1 GC Home Service 4.9★ 39
-   2 Sweet Life Heating & Cooling 4.8★ 42
-   3 Precision Cincinnati AC Repair 4.8★ 17

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 thomasgalbraith.com LOCAL
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 333help.com LOCAL
-   4 onehourheatandair.com
-   5 apollohome.com LOCAL

cincinnati commercial roofing

210/mo · $85.93 CPC · difficulty 0

MAP PACK

-   1 Cincinnati Roofing Professionals 5★ 7
-   2 Globe Iron Roofing 4.8★ 131
-   3 Apply Rite Roofing 4.9★ 158

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 deerparkroofing.com LOCAL
-   2 trucraftroofing.com
-   3 molloyroofing.com
-   4 hollandroofing.com
-   5 simonroofing.com

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

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 | Apollo Home | 4.9 ★ | 16,184 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | HELP Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Drains | 4.8 ★ | 9,384 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | 1-Tom-Plumber | 5 ★ | 7,403 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Thomas & Galbraith Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical | 4.7 ★ | 7,215 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Arlinghaus Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning | 4.8 ★ | 7,081 | Plumber | YES |
| #6 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 5,242 | Plumber | YES |
| #7 | Schneller Knochelmann Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning | 4.9 ★ | 4,977 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | Jolly Heating, Air, Plumbing, Electric | 4.8 ★ | 3,924 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Eco Plumbers, Electricians, and HVAC Technicians | 4.9 ★ | 3,837 | Plumber | YES |
| #10 | Schneller Knochelmann Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning | 4.9 ★ | 3,567 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | Logan Services A/C, Heat & Plumbing | 4.8 ★ | 3,177 | Plumber | YES |
| #12 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 2,307 | Plumber | YES |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati 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 cincinnati north mason 880/mo

reupert heating and air cincinnati 210/mo

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

## What Cincinnati asks about home services

People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Cincinnati home services results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.

How much an hour should a plumber charge?

Who is the best plumber in Cincinnati?

How to tell if a plumber is ripping you off?

What are the three types of plumbers?

What is the $5000 AC rule?

How expensive is it to fix an AC unit?

What is the most common AC repair?

What is the 3-minute rule for air conditioners?

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

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## More Cincinnati 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.

Cincinnati, Ohio · Home Services · 211 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 211 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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