THE SEARCH LEDGER · CLEVELAND, OHIO · HOME SERVICES
Every month Cleveland types 21,270 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 DEC and lowest in NOV.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Cleveland — 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 109 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “emergency plumber near me” at $67.77.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 3,600 | $33.76 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 1,900 | $7.27 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | garage door repair near me | 1,300 | $31.66 | 9 | transactional |
| 4 | cleveland locksmith | 1,000 | $10.53 | 23 | commercial |
| 5 | electrician near me | 1,000 | $16.45 | 31 | transactional |
| 6 | appliance repair near me | 1,000 | $9.07 | 13 | transactional |
| 7 | cleveland plumber | 590 | $36.44 | 7 | commercial |
| 8 | cleveland pest control | 590 | $36.53 | 0 | commercial |
| 9 | emergency plumber near me | 590 | $67.77 | 0 | transactional |
| 10 | cleveland landscaping | 480 | $10.58 | 8 | commercial |
| 11 | cleveland garage door repair | 480 | $59.98 | 9 | commercial |
| 12 | plumbers in cleveland ohio | 480 | $34.40 | 7 | commercial |
| 13 | pest control near me | 480 | $27.00 | 40 | transactional |
| 14 | handyman near me | 480 | $6.51 | 11 | transactional |
| 15 | cleveland appliance repair | 390 | $8.22 | 3 | commercial |
| 16 | roofing companies cleveland | 390 | $42.20 | 5 | commercial |
| 17 | landscaping near me | 390 | $14.11 | 19 | transactional |
| 18 | cleveland electrician | 320 | $20.05 | 1 | commercial |
| 19 | cleveland hvac | 320 | $33.36 | 26 | commercial |
| 20 | cleveland roofing | 320 | $42.36 | 1 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Cleveland 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.
Live position tracking for 3 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Cleveland 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 | Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Cleveland | 4.7 ★ | 4,606 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | WyattWorks | 4.9 ★ | 3,688 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 3,578 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.9 ★ | 2,406 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Verne & Ellsworth Hann | 4.9 ★ | 1,973 | Plumber | YES |
| #6 | ARS / Rescue Rooter | 4.7 ★ | 1,864 | Plumber | YES |
| #7 | Elie's Plumbing, Sewer & Drain | 4.9 ★ | 1,861 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.9 ★ | 1,629 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Advanced Lock and Key | 4.9 ★ | 1,561 | Locksmith | YES |
| #10 | Wilson Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Electric | 4.9 ★ | 1,319 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | The Plumbing Source | 4.9 ★ | 1,210 | Plumber | YES |
| #12 | 1-Tom-Plumber | 5 ★ | 1,166 | Plumber | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Cleveland 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, Cleveland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Cleveland 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?
What are the three types of plumbers?
What is the best way to find a good plumber?
What is the average price to fix a garage door?
What is the most common garage door repair?
Where can I get my garage door repaired in Norwalk, Ohio?
Where can I get my garage door repaired in Ashtabula County, Ohio?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Cleveland 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.
Cleveland, Ohio · Home Services · 109 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026