# Food & Dining search demand in Des Moines THE SEARCH LEDGER · DES MOINES, IOWA · FOOD & DINING Every month Des Moines types 195,480 food & dining 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/des-moines/food-dining#colophon) 210 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Des Moines metro, Sep 8, 2026 195,480 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Des Moines metro, Sep 8, 2026 $161K MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $1.22 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Des Moines metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Des Moines searches for food & dining Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in DEC. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 73, February 82, March 83, April 82, May 93, June 88, July 100, August 98, September 83, October 87, November 71, December 70. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Food & Dining category in Des Moines — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Des Moines pays per click for food & dining The 20 highest-volume of 210 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“zombie burger dsm”** at $2.67. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | restaurants near me | 90,500 | $0.56 | 7 | transactional | | 2 | breakfast near me | 9,900 | $0.44 | 23 | transactional | | 3 | coffee shops near me | 8,100 | $0.51 | 0 | transactional | | 4 | pizza near me | 8,100 | $1.49 | 12 | transactional | | 5 | bars near me | 8,100 | $0.50 | 0 | transactional | | 6 | dsm restaurants | 4,400 | $1.21 | 27 | commercial | | 7 | american restaurant in des moines | 4,400 | $1.21 | 14 | commercial | | 8 | restaurants in west desmoines | 4,400 | $1.17 | | commercial | | 9 | zombie burger dsm | 4,400 | $2.67 | | commercial | | 10 | zombie burger des moines ia | 3,600 | $1.45 | | commercial | | 11 | top restaurants in des moines | 2,900 | $0.99 | 9 | commercial | | 12 | food des moines | 2,400 | $1.54 | 9 | commercial | | 13 | downtown dsm restaurants | 2,400 | $1.11 | 5 | commercial | | 14 | iowa steakhouse des moines iowa | 1,900 | $2.51 | 10 | commercial | | 15 | restaurants downtown des moines | 1,600 | $0.80 | 20 | commercial | | 16 | des moines food places | 1,600 | $1.25 | 4 | commercial | | 17 | italian restaurants des moines | 1,600 | $0.57 | 31 | commercial | | 18 | breakfast food des moines | 1,600 | $0.38 | 6 | commercial | | 19 | des moines east village restaurants | 1,600 | $0.85 | 8 | commercial | | 20 | cafe in des moines | 1,300 | $0.34 | 4 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Des Moines 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. ## Who owns the Des Moines food & dining 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. restaurants near me 90,500/mo · $0.56 CPC · difficulty 7 MAP PACK - 1 Mulberry Street Tavern 4.2★ 306 - 2 The Royal Mile 4.6★ 1,900 - 3 The Stuffed Olive Des Moines 4.6★ 1,200 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 catchdesmoines.com - 2 tripadvisor.com - 3 ubereats.com - 4 members.dsmpartnership.com - 5 yelp.com pizza near me 8,100/mo · $1.49 CPC · difficulty 12 MAP PACK - 1 Fong's Pizza 4.5★ 4,300 - 2 Basil Prosperi 4.7★ 208 - 3 Bordinarios pizza ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 locations.papajohns.com LOCAL - 2 yelp.com - 3 locations.pizzahut.com LOCAL - 4 tripadvisor.com - 5 bordenarospizza.com LOCAL Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Des Moines 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 food & dining businesses competing in Des Moines 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 | Zombie Burger + Bird | 4.5 ★ | 9,773 | Hamburger | YES | | #2 | Zombie Burger + Bird | 4.5 ★ | 9,773 | Hamburger | YES | | #3 | Zombie Burger + Bird | 4.5 ★ | 9,773 | Hamburger | YES | | #4 | Zombie Burger + Bird | 4.5 ★ | 9,773 | Hamburger | YES | | #5 | Machine Shed Restaurant | 4.5 ★ | 7,216 | Breakfast | YES | | #6 | Machine Shed Restaurant | 4.5 ★ | 7,216 | Breakfast | YES | | #7 | Texas Roadhouse | 4.5 ★ | 6,596 | Steak | YES | | #8 | Smokey D's BBQ | 4.6 ★ | 6,361 | Barbecue | YES | | #9 | Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet | 4.1 ★ | 6,062 | Buffet | YES | | #10 | Buzzard Billy’s | 4.5 ★ | 4,974 | Restaurant | YES | | #11 | Buzzard Billy’s | 4.5 ★ | 4,974 | Restaurant | YES | | #12 | Buzzard Billy’s | 4.5 ★ | 4,974 | Restaurant | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Des Moines metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## Food & Dining brands Des Moines 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. barbecue des moines 720/mo eatery a des moines 480/mo jason's deli des moines 90/mo smashburger des moines 50/mo restaurantes en des moines iowa 10/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Des Moines metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Des Moines asks about food & dining People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Des Moines food & dining results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What are some must-eat restaurants in Des Moines? What are some new restaurants opening in West Des Moines recently? What are the best cheap eats in Des Moines? What food is Des Moines known for? What is the 2 hour rule for pizza? Where can I find the best pizza in Des Moines? Who has the best pizza deals out right now? Who has the best pizza in Mechanicsville, VA? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Des Moines metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here. ## Rank for these searches Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today. [SCAN YOUR SITE FREE](https://seobandwagon.com/#scan) [Restaurant SEO](https://seobandwagon.com/restaurant-seo) ## More Des Moines search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled. Des Moines, Iowa · Food & Dining · 210 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 210 food & dining 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). --- Canonical page: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/des-moines/food-dining Every metro: https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo#cities Data reuse license: https://seobandwagon.com/data-license Site overview for agents: https://seobandwagon.com/llms.txt · API docs: https://seobandwagon.com/docs/api