THE SEARCH LEDGER · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA · LEGAL
Every month Philadelphia types 23,900 legal 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 Legal category in Philadelphia — 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 30 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “septa injury lawyer” at $687.63.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | personal injury lawyer near me | 6,600 | $144.32 | 59 | transactional |
| 2 | pond lehocky lawyers | 3,600 | $42.11 | 16 | commercial |
| 3 | personal injury lawyer philadelphia | 3,600 | $137.39 | 57 | commercial |
| 4 | divorce lawyer near me | 1,900 | $24.21 | 37 | transactional |
| 5 | criminal defense attorney philadelphia | 1,600 | $40.72 | 44 | commercial |
| 6 | divorce lawyer philadelphia | 1,300 | $24.20 | 22 | commercial |
| 7 | lawyer near me | 1,300 | $16.45 | 77 | transactional |
| 8 | philly medical malpractice lawyer | 1,000 | $336.93 | 36 | commercial |
| 9 | tom kline lawyer | 1,000 | $8.31 | 0 | commercial |
| 10 | charles peruto lawyer | 390 | $39.17 | 0 | commercial |
| 11 | shanin specter attorney | 390 | $34.08 | commercial | |
| 12 | kline & specter law firm | 210 | $20.83 | 0 | commercial |
| 13 | philadelphia injury attorney | 210 | $266.04 | 54 | commercial |
| 14 | philadelphia lawyer | 170 | $28.12 | 48 | commercial |
| 15 | lawyer shaka johnson | 140 | $31.99 | 0 | commercial |
| 16 | septa injury lawyer | 110 | $687.63 | commercial | |
| 17 | philadelphia defense lawyer | 110 | $37.48 | 44 | commercial |
| 18 | david mischak attorney | 90 | $24.84 | 0 | commercial |
| 19 | dennis cogan lawyer | 40 | $48.90 | 0 | commercial |
| 20 | peter goldberger lawyer | 20 | — | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Philadelphia 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, Philadelphia 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 | Morgan & Morgan | 4.7 ★ | 7,850 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #2 | Law Offices of Eric A Shore | 4.8 ★ | 914 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #3 | Rand Spear: The Accident Lawyer | 4.7 ★ | 782 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #4 | Krasno Krasno & Onwudinjo | 4.9 ★ | 737 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #5 | Sadek Bankruptcy Law Offices | 4.9 ★ | 560 | Bankruptcy attorney | YES |
| #6 | Kwartler Manus, LLC | 4.8 ★ | 510 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #7 | Jacobs & Comerota | 5 ★ | 490 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #8 | Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney at Law, Brandon J. Broderick | 4.9 ★ | 452 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #9 | Clearfield & Associates | 4.3 ★ | 431 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #10 | Stern & Cohen, P.C. | 4.8 ★ | 377 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #11 | Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyers, KaplunMarx | 5 ★ | 354 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
| #12 | Lundy Law | 4.2 ★ | 352 | Personal injury attorney | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Philadelphia metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Philadelphia legal results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
Who is a good car accident attorney in Philadelphia, PA?
What is the average settlement for a car accident in Pennsylvania?
What not to say to a personal injury lawyer?
How hard is it to win a car accident lawsuit?
Is it worth suing for personal injury?
How hard is it to win a personal injury lawsuit?
How much do most personal injury lawyers charge?
Can you sue your employer in PA for work injury?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Philadelphia 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.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Legal · 30 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026