THE SEARCH LEDGER · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA · HOME SERVICES
Every month Pittsburgh types 59,080 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 FEB and lowest in JUN.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Pittsburgh — 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 230 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “emergency plumber near me” at $53.78.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 9,900 | $25.64 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | electrician near me | 4,400 | $12.76 | 31 | transactional |
| 3 | locksmith near me | 4,400 | $13.68 | 20 | transactional |
| 4 | pittsburgh pest control | 1,900 | $19.10 | 26 | commercial |
| 5 | pittsburgh locksmith | 1,900 | $15.21 | 7 | commercial |
| 6 | pgh painters | 1,900 | $12.10 | 10 | commercial |
| 7 | red roof plus pittsburgh south | 1,900 | $2.88 | branded | |
| 8 | pest control near me | 1,900 | $25.99 | 40 | transactional |
| 9 | handyman near me | 1,600 | $6.55 | 11 | transactional |
| 10 | appliance repair near me | 1,600 | $7.12 | 13 | transactional |
| 11 | pittsburgh roofing | 1,300 | $29.28 | 16 | commercial |
| 12 | roofing companies pittsburgh | 1,300 | $44.65 | 26 | commercial |
| 13 | plumber pittsburgh | 1,300 | $26.54 | 8 | commercial |
| 14 | emergency plumber near me | 1,000 | $53.78 | 0 | transactional |
| 15 | ac repair near me | 1,000 | $29.39 | 3 | transactional |
| 16 | garage door repair near me | 1,000 | $48.71 | 9 | transactional |
| 17 | landscaping near me | 1,000 | $6.19 | 19 | transactional |
| 18 | pittsburgh hvac | 880 | $24.52 | 21 | commercial |
| 19 | pittsburgh landscaping | 880 | $10.04 | 26 | commercial |
| 20 | pittsburgh electrician | 720 | $9.94 | 7 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Pittsburgh 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 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Pittsburgh 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 | Mitchell Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling | 5 ★ | 4,803 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | Sullivan Super Service | 4.8 ★ | 4,325 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.7 ★ | 4,292 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Pittsburgh | 4.8 ★ | 2,549 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | MHI Roofing | 4.8 ★ | 1,548 | Roofing contractor | YES |
| #6 | Armstrong Comfort Solutions | 4.9 ★ | 1,451 | Plumber | YES |
| #7 | McVay Plumbing Heating & Cooling Company | 4.8 ★ | 1,288 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | Greater Pittsburgh Plumbing | 4.7 ★ | 1,255 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Planet Roof | 4.7 ★ | 1,251 | Roofing contractor | YES |
| #10 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.9 ★ | 1,151 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | 1-Tom-Plumber | 4.9 ★ | 1,113 | Plumber | YES |
| #12 | Big Fish Roofing | 4.9 ★ | 1,075 | Roofing contractor | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Pittsburgh 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, Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Pittsburgh 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?
Who are the best plumbers in Pittsburgh, PA?
What are the three types of plumbers?
How much does emergency plumbing typically cost?
How much should I pay for an emergency plumber?
What qualifies as a plumbing emergency?
Where can I find an emergency plumber in Pittsburgh?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Pittsburgh 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.
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 Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Home Services · 230 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026