THE SEARCH LEDGER · LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY · HOME SERVICES
Every month Louisville types 45,630 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 DEC.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Louisville — 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 233 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “ac repair near me” at $59.59.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 3,600 | $55.95 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 2,900 | $10.44 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | red roof inn louisville expo airport | 2,400 | $2.65 | 0 | commercial |
| 4 | louisville plumber | 1,900 | $44.29 | 5 | commercial |
| 5 | louisville locksmith | 1,900 | $13.34 | 17 | commercial |
| 6 | electrician near me | 1,900 | $24.53 | 31 | transactional |
| 7 | louisville pest control | 1,300 | $30.14 | 5 | commercial |
| 8 | red roof inn louisville east | 1,300 | $2.13 | branded | |
| 9 | appliance repair near me | 1,300 | $7.97 | 13 | transactional |
| 10 | louisville hvac | 1,000 | $35.84 | 31 | commercial |
| 11 | plumbers supply lou ky | 1,000 | $7.56 | 16 | commercial |
| 12 | red roof inn louisville fair and expo | 1,000 | $2.57 | branded | |
| 13 | ac repair near me | 1,000 | $59.59 | 3 | transactional |
| 14 | pest control near me | 1,000 | $26.06 | 40 | transactional |
| 15 | louisville handyman | 880 | $8.52 | 0 | commercial |
| 16 | louisville roofing co | 880 | $32.96 | commercial | |
| 17 | opc pest louisville | 880 | $18.90 | informational | |
| 18 | louisville electrician | 720 | $22.21 | 15 | commercial |
| 19 | louisville landscaping | 720 | $8.30 | 0 | commercial |
| 20 | roofing louisville | 720 | $33.90 | 31 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Louisville 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.
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, Louisville 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 | Tom Drexler Plumbing, Air & Electric | 4.8 ★ | 21,420 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | Dauenhauer Plumbing Heating Air & Electric | 4.8 ★ | 9,351 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | Bryant Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, & Electric | 4.8 ★ | 6,671 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Jarboe's Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical | 4.8 ★ | 5,981 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Absolute Services | 4.8 ★ | 4,956 | Plumber | YES |
| #6 | Greenwell Plumbing Heating & Air | 4.8 ★ | 4,805 | Plumber | YES |
| #7 | ASI Plumbing | 4.9 ★ | 2,512 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | Dauenhauer Plumbing Heating Air & Electric | 4.9 ★ | 2,480 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Bone Dry Roofing | 4.8 ★ | 1,514 | Roofing contractor | YES |
| #10 | 1-Tom-Plumber | 4.9 ★ | 1,488 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | Peterman Brothers Heating Cooling Plumbing | 4.8 ★ | 1,325 | Plumber | YES |
| #12 | Summers Plumbing Heating & Cooling | 4.9 ★ | 1,096 | Plumber | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Louisville 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, Louisville metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Louisville 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?
How do I choose a good plumber in Louisville KY?
Who are some cheap plumbers with free estimates in Louisville, KY?
How much do plumbers in Louisville, KY charge?
How do I choose a good plumber in Louisville, KY?
What is the average hourly rate for a plumber in Kentucky?
How much does it cost to install an HVAC system?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Louisville 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.
Louisville, Kentucky · Home Services · 233 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026