THE SEARCH LEDGER · COLUMBUS, OHIO · HOME SERVICES
Every month Columbus types 65,140 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 · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in MAR and lowest in NOV.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Columbus — 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 245 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “ac repair near me” at $47.97.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locksmith near me | 6,600 | $21.70 | 20 | transactional |
| 2 | plumber near me | 5,400 | $41.52 | 23 | transactional |
| 3 | columbus locksmith | 2,900 | $21.66 | 0 | commercial |
| 4 | columbus plumber | 2,400 | $45.34 | 18 | commercial |
| 5 | atlas butler heating & cooling columbus oh | 2,400 | $8.55 | informational | |
| 6 | red roof inn columbus grove city | 2,400 | $2.18 | informational | |
| 7 | electrician near me | 2,400 | $21.12 | 31 | transactional |
| 8 | columbus pest control | 1,900 | $32.57 | 21 | commercial |
| 9 | red roof inn columbus ohio state fairgrounds | 1,900 | $2.29 | branded | |
| 10 | red roof plus+ columbus downtown convention center | 1,600 | $1.96 | navigational | |
| 11 | red roof plus+ columbus dublin | 1,600 | $5.24 | branded | |
| 12 | ac repair near me | 1,600 | $47.97 | 3 | transactional |
| 13 | columbus hvac | 1,300 | $27.02 | 9 | commercial |
| 14 | columbus roofing company | 1,300 | $33.74 | 7 | commercial |
| 15 | appliance repair columbus | 1,300 | $10.34 | 0 | commercial |
| 16 | red roof inn columbus northeast westerville | 1,300 | $2.24 | branded | |
| 17 | pest control near me | 1,300 | $29.36 | 40 | transactional |
| 18 | appliance repair near me | 1,000 | $8.14 | 13 | transactional |
| 19 | columbus landscaping | 880 | $8.50 | 19 | commercial |
| 20 | heating columbus | 880 | $7.68 | branded |
SRC: DataForSEO, Columbus 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.
All 245 tracked home services keywords in the metro, grouped by the trade each one names — not just the highest-volume rows above. 14 name no single trade and are left out.
| TRADE | KEYWORDS | SEARCHES/MO | DEAREST CLICK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roofing | 47 | 14,750 | $128.19 | |
| Locksmith | 17 | 10,200 | $44.24 | |
| Plumbing | 18 | 9,610 | $106.92 | |
| HVAC | 38 | 8,810 | $142.92 | |
| Pest Control | 22 | 4,110 | $50.20 | |
| Landscaping | 23 | 3,650 | $50.76 | |
| Electrical | 10 | 3,410 | $55.12 | |
| Appliance Repair | 13 | 2,700 | $21.46 | |
| Handyman | 11 | 2,560 | $19.32 | |
| Garage Door | 9 | 1,690 | $156.67 | |
| Remodeling | 8 | 1,130 | $57.93 | |
| Cleaning | 9 | 760 | $11.40 | |
| Fencing | 4 | 530 | $21.38 | |
| Painting | 2 | 40 | $16.14 |
SRC: DataForSEO, Columbus 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.
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, Columbus 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 | Eco Plumbers, Electricians, and HVAC Technicians | 4.9 ★ | 20,624 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | Atlas Butler Heating, Cooling & Plumbing | 4.7 ★ | 8,315 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup of Columbus | 4.8 ★ | 7,074 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Apex Pros Plumbing, Electrical, Heating and Air | 4.7 ★ | 6,898 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Columbus | 4.7 ★ | 4,179 | Plumber | YES |
| #6 | Precision Garage Door of Columbus | 4.9 ★ | 3,258 | Garage door supplier | YES |
| #7 | The Waterworks Plumbing, Drain, Heating & Cooling | 4.7 ★ | 2,243 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | Bassett Services: Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, & Electrical | 4.7 ★ | 2,027 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 1,945 | Plumber | YES |
| #10 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 1,661 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | Apex Pros Plumbing, Electrical, Heating and Air | 4.8 ★ | 1,559 | Plumber | YES |
| #12 | Eco Plumbers, Electricians, and HVAC Technicians | 4.9 ★ | 1,484 | Plumber | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Columbus 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, Columbus metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Columbus 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?
Where can I find a plumber in Columbus, Ohio?
What are the three types of plumbers?
How much should locksmiths charge?
How much do locksmiths cost near me?
Where can I find a cheap locksmith in Columbus, Ohio?
Where can I find locksmiths in Sunbury, Ohio?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Columbus 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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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.
Columbus, Ohio · Home Services · 245 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026
Collected and published by SEO Bandwagon, tracking local search since 2010. These 245 home services keywords come from the same weekly sweep as Google Business Profile Benchmarks, whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, tell us.