THE SEARCH LEDGER · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA · HOME SERVICES
Every month Los Angeles types 216,890 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 SEP and lowest in NOV.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Los Angeles — 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 485 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “emergency plumber near me” at $95.68.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 40,500 | $50.09 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 40,500 | $16.45 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | electrician near me | 14,800 | $18.68 | 31 | transactional |
| 4 | ac repair near me | 9,900 | $39.41 | 3 | transactional |
| 5 | garage door repair near me | 9,900 | $52.67 | 9 | transactional |
| 6 | appliance repair near me | 8,100 | $13.66 | 13 | transactional |
| 7 | pest control near me | 6,600 | $42.87 | 40 | transactional |
| 8 | emergency plumber near me | 5,400 | $95.68 | 0 | transactional |
| 9 | handyman near me | 5,400 | $10.80 | 11 | transactional |
| 10 | los angeles locksmith | 4,400 | $21.93 | 0 | commercial |
| 11 | plumber in la | 2,900 | $43.58 | 34 | commercial |
| 12 | plumbers in los angeles california | 2,900 | $43.58 | 32 | commercial |
| 13 | los angeles house cleaning | 2,900 | $12.01 | 5 | commercial |
| 14 | landscaping near me | 2,900 | $9.59 | 19 | transactional |
| 15 | house cleaning near me | 2,900 | $11.44 | 15 | transactional |
| 16 | exterminator la | 2,400 | $36.10 | 17 | commercial |
| 17 | los angeles pest control | 2,400 | $36.10 | 12 | commercial |
| 18 | roofing contractor near me | 2,400 | $15.67 | 31 | transactional |
| 19 | hvac repair near me | 1,900 | $35.24 | 39 | transactional |
| 20 | los angeles garage door repair | 1,600 | $30.17 | 21 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Los Angeles 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 the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Los Angeles 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. 1 of them has no website at all.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MaidThis Cleaning of Los Angeles | 4.8 ★ | 981 | House cleaning service | YES |
| #2 | LA Best Locksmith | 4.9 ★ | 963 | Locksmith | YES |
| #3 | Easy Locksmith 24/7 | 4.9 ★ | 685 | Locksmith | YES |
| #4 | Unlock-it Locksmith Woodland Hills | 4.9 ★ | 654 | Locksmith | YES |
| #5 | Hal’s Locksmith 24-7 | 5 ★ | 535 | Locksmith | YES |
| #6 | Maid For LA Home And Office Cleaning Service | 4.9 ★ | 527 | House cleaning service | YES |
| #7 | A+ Security Lock & Key | 5 ★ | 517 | Locksmith | YES |
| #8 | A.B.24/7 locksmith service | 4.9 ★ | 472 | Emergency locksmith service | NO SITE |
| #9 | Zerorez | 4.9 ★ | 423 | Carpet cleaning service | YES |
| #10 | Master Locksmith LA | 4.9 ★ | 381 | Locksmith | YES |
| #11 | Rocket Locksmith, Inc | 4.9 ★ | 349 | Locksmith | YES |
| #12 | 1ST L.S LOCKSMITH | 5 ★ | 348 | Locksmith | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Los Angeles 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, Los Angeles metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Los Angeles home services results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
How much do plumbers charge in Los Angeles?
What is the 135 rule for plumbing?
How do you find a good plumber?
How much to plumb a 2000 sq ft house?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Los Angeles 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.
Los Angeles, California · Home Services · 485 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026