THE SEARCH LEDGER · INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA · HOME SERVICES
Every month Indianapolis types 63,020 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 AUG and lowest in DEC.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Indianapolis — 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 258 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “emergency plumber near me” at $78.49.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 8,100 | $58.51 | 19 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 4,400 | $16.76 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | ac repair near me | 2,900 | $39.91 | 10 | transactional |
| 4 | electrician near me | 2,900 | $22.24 | 31 | transactional |
| 5 | indianapolis locksmith | 1,900 | $15.79 | 0 | commercial |
| 6 | garage door repair near me | 1,900 | $42.89 | 9 | transactional |
| 7 | appliance repair near me | 1,900 | $8.43 | 33 | transactional |
| 8 | red roof indianapolis airport | 1,600 | $3.68 | 0 | commercial |
| 9 | red roof indianapolis south | 1,600 | $2.23 | branded | |
| 10 | plumber indianapolis | 1,600 | $60.96 | 20 | commercial |
| 11 | pest control near me | 1,600 | $30.71 | 40 | transactional |
| 12 | indianapolis pest control | 1,300 | $30.14 | 14 | commercial |
| 13 | red roof inn indianapolis castleton | 1,300 | $2.00 | branded | |
| 14 | appliance repair indy | 1,000 | $8.82 | 3 | commercial |
| 15 | roofing companies indianapolis | 1,000 | $22.87 | 25 | commercial |
| 16 | red roof inn indianapolis north | 1,000 | $2.02 | branded | |
| 17 | emergency plumber near me | 1,000 | $78.49 | 0 | transactional |
| 18 | hvac repair near me | 1,000 | $43.38 | 39 | transactional |
| 19 | handyman near me | 1,000 | $9.48 | 11 | transactional |
| 20 | indianapolis hvac | 880 | $40.58 | 29 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Indianapolis metro, Aug 30, 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.
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, Indianapolis metro, Aug 30, 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 | One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning | 4.8 ★ | 8,159 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #2 | Chapman Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing and Electrical | 4.9 ★ | 7,303 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #3 | Hope Plumbing, Heating & Cooling | 4.8 ★ | 6,779 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning | 4.9 ★ | 6,602 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #5 | Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Indianapolis | 4.8 ★ | 6,389 | Plumber | YES |
| #6 | Service Plus Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical | 4.8 ★ | 5,458 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #7 | Mr. Plumber by Metzler & Hallam | 4.9 ★ | 4,647 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 3,555 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Carter's My Plumber | 4.9 ★ | 2,839 | Plumber | YES |
| #10 | Plumbing Heating & Air Conditioning Paramedics | 4.8 ★ | 2,512 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | Howald Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing | 4.9 ★ | 2,169 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #12 | Service Experts Indianapolis | 4.8 ★ | 2,092 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Indianapolis metro, Aug 30, 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, Indianapolis metro, Aug 30, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Indianapolis home services results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
How much is a plumber for 2 hours?
How to tell if a plumber is ripping you off?
How much an hour should a plumber charge?
What are the three types of plumbers?
What is the $5000 AC rule?
What is the most common AC repair?
What is the average cost of a HVAC service call?
How expensive is it to fix an AC unit?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Indianapolis metro, Aug 30, 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.
HOME SERVICES IN OTHER METROS
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 Aug 30, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Indianapolis, Indiana · Home Services · 258 keywords · collected Aug 30, 2026
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