# Health & Wellness search demand in Houston THE SEARCH LEDGER · HOUSTON, TEXAS · HEALTH & WELLNESS Every month Houston types 392,400 health & wellness 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/houston/health-wellness#colophon) 435 KEYWORDS TRACKED Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Houston metro, Sep 8, 2026 392,400 SEARCHES / MONTH Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Houston metro, Sep 8, 2026 $3.7M MONTHLY AD VALUE Source: volume × CPC, computed $9.34 AVERAGE CPC Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Houston metro, Sep 8, 2026 ## When Houston searches for health & wellness Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in JUL and lowest in FEB. Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 90, February 78, March 91, April 86, May 92, June 91, July 100, August 95, September 89, October 85, November 83, December 91. Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Health & Wellness category in Houston — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword. ## What Houston pays per click for health & wellness The 20 highest-volume of 435 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“dentist houston”** at $18.43. | # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | urgent care near me | 110,000 | $7.07 | 19 | transactional | | 2 | dentist near me | 74,000 | $16.88 | 49 | transactional | | 3 | dermatologist near me | 22,200 | $5.30 | 28 | transactional | | 4 | eye doctor near me | 18,100 | $6.58 | 37 | transactional | | 5 | veterinarian near me | 18,100 | $7.98 | 25 | transactional | | 6 | chiropractor near me | 14,800 | $8.55 | 9 | transactional | | 7 | the health museum houston | 9,900 | $4.91 | 15 | commercial | | 8 | alief animal hospital houston | 8,100 | $5.89 | | branded | | 9 | dentist houston | 8,100 | $18.43 | 24 | commercial | | 10 | houston dermatologist | 6,600 | $9.20 | 16 | commercial | | 11 | houston primary care doctors | 5,400 | $11.51 | 6 | commercial | | 12 | westbury animal hospital houston | 4,400 | $4.78 | | branded | | 13 | houston chiropractor | 3,600 | $10.66 | 16 | commercial | | 14 | north loop pet clinic houston | 3,600 | $7.41 | | branded | | 15 | village dermatology houston | 3,600 | $8.88 | | branded | | 16 | clear dermatology houston | 3,600 | $8.79 | | branded | | 17 | houston urgent care | 2,900 | $8.68 | 37 | commercial | | 18 | gulfgate animal hospital houston | 2,900 | $5.36 | | branded | | 19 | eye doctor houston | 2,900 | $10.64 | 27 | commercial | | 20 | optometrist university of houston | 2,900 | $1.29 | 18 | commercial | Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Houston 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 Houston health & wellness 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. dentist near me 74,000/mo · $16.88 CPC · difficulty 49 MAP PACK - 1 Downtown Houston Dental 4.9★ 483 - 2 Downtown Dentist 5★ 80 - 3 Dr. Gregory A. Snow, DDS 4.9★ 258 ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 deltadental.com - 2 texasdentalcenter.com - 3 zocdoc.com - 4 utdentists.com - 5 yelp.com urgent care near me 110,000/mo · $7.07 CPC · difficulty 19 MAP PACK - 1 Memorial Hermann Convenient Care Center in Greater Heights - 2 Memorial Heights Emergency Center - 3 Montrose Emergency Room - 24 Hours ER Houston ORGANIC TOP 5 - 1 carenow.com LOCAL - 2 memorialhermann.org LOCAL - 3 nextlevelurgentcare.com LOCAL - 4 hcahoustonhealthcare.com LOCAL - 5 yelp.com Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Houston 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 health & wellness businesses competing in Houston 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 | Antoine Dental Center | 4.7 ★ | 3,199 | Dentist | YES | | #2 | HCA Houston ER 24/7 - Bellaire | 4.8 ★ | 2,384 | Emergency room | YES | | #3 | AFC Urgent Care Washington Heights | 4.7 ★ | 2,317 | Urgent care center | YES | | #4 | Nu Dentistry | 4.9 ★ | 2,262 | Dentist | YES | | #5 | AFC Urgent Care - West University | 4.6 ★ | 2,173 | Urgent care center | YES | | #6 | HCA Houston ER 24/7 - Heights | 4.7 ★ | 2,150 | Emergency room | YES | | #7 | OnPoint Urgent Care | 4.9 ★ | 2,067 | Urgent care center | YES | | #8 | St. Joseph Medical Center | 3.9 ★ | 1,905 | Medical clinic | YES | | #9 | HCA Houston ER 24/7 - Montrose | 4.7 ★ | 1,851 | Emergency room | YES | | #10 | CareNow Urgent Care - Midtown | 4.5 ★ | 1,769 | Urgent care center | YES | | #11 | Village Emergency Room & Urgent ER Care Clinic - Jersey Village | 4.7 ★ | 1,716 | Emergency room | YES | | #12 | CareNow Urgent Care - Heights | 4.4 ★ | 1,564 | Urgent care center | YES | Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Houston metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim. ## Health & Wellness brands Houston 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. alief animal hospital houston 8,100/mo westbury animal hospital houston 4,400/mo north loop pet clinic houston 3,600/mo village dermatology houston 3,600/mo clear dermatology houston 3,600/mo gulfgate animal hospital houston 2,900/mo houston methodist same day clinic 2,400/mo brittmoore animal hospital houston 2,400/mo Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Houston metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set. ## What Houston asks about health & wellness People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Houston health & wellness results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing. What is the average cost to see a dentist? How do I fix my teeth if I don't have money? What is the 2 year rule for dentists? Where can I find low-cost dental care in Houston? Should I go to urgent care for flu? What symptoms should you go to urgent care for? Is it cheaper to go to urgent care or doctor? Can urgent care treat knee pain? Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Houston 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) [Healthcare SEO](https://seobandwagon.com/healthcare-seo) [Dental SEO](https://seobandwagon.com/dental-seo) ## More Houston search data Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand. 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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. Houston, Texas · Health & Wellness · 435 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 435 health & wellness 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. 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