# Home Services search demand in Pittsburgh

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.

BY [SEO BANDWAGON](https://seobandwagon.com/about) · UPDATED WEEKLY · COLLECTED SEP 8, 2026 · [HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE](https://seobandwagon.com/local-seo/pittsburgh/home-services#colophon)

230

KEYWORDS TRACKED

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026

59,080

SEARCHES / MONTH

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026

$1.2M

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$20.35

AVERAGE CPC

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026

## When Pittsburgh searches for home services

Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in FEB and lowest in JUN.

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 98, February 100, March 100, April 89, May 81, June 80, July 85, August 91, September 93, October 96, November 80, December 85.

Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) 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.

## What Pittsburgh pays per click for home services

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 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/home/tools/keyword-planner/) twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.

## Which trades drive Pittsburgh home services

All 230 tracked home services keywords in the metro, grouped by the trade each one names — not just the highest-volume rows above. 14 name no single trade and are left out.

| TRADE | KEYWORDS | SEARCHES/MO | | DEAREST CLICK |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plumbing | 19 | 13,810 | | $88.92 |
| Roofing | 49 | 7,870 | | $58.77 |
| Locksmith | 15 | 6,870 | | $28.44 |
| Electrical | 8 | 5,260 | | $17.90 |
| Pest Control | 17 | 4,550 | | $61.43 |
| HVAC | 24 | 3,620 | | $84.93 |
| Landscaping | 29 | 3,100 | | $101.46 |
| Painting | 8 | 2,840 | | $41.61 |
| Appliance Repair | 8 | 2,650 | | $8.64 |
| Handyman | 5 | 2,560 | | $15.57 |
| Garage Door | 7 | 1,730 | | $176.60 |
| Remodeling | 15 | 1,450 | | $121.24 |
| Cleaning | 6 | 770 | | $14.95 |
| Fencing | 6 | 440 | | $14.00 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Trade is read from the keyword text, so a keyword naming no trade is counted in the metro total and omitted here. Volume is the sum across that trade’s keywords; the dearest click is the highest single cost-per-click in it.

## Who owns the Pittsburgh home services results

Live position tracking for 2 of the tracked keywords in this vertical — who Google puts in the [map pack](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-pack), and who holds page one.

plumber near me

9,900/mo · $25.64 CPC · difficulty 23

MAP PACK

-   1 Diesel Plumbing LLC 5★ 119
-   2 Stahl Plumbing and Drain 4.9★ 324
-   3 Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Pittsburgh 4.8★ 2,500

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 greaterpghplumbing.com LOCAL
-   4 mrrooterpittsburgh.com LOCAL
-   5 thumbtack.com

emergency plumber near me

1,000/mo · $53.78 CPC · difficulty 0

MAP PACK

-   1 Diesel Plumbing LLC 5★ 119
-   2 Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Pittsburgh 4.8★ 2,500
-   3 Stahl Plumbing and Drain 4.9★ 324

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 greaterpghplumbing.com LOCAL
-   2 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   3 yelp.com
-   4 rickhartmanplumbing.com
-   5 helmkenplumbing.com LOCAL

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), 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 home services businesses competing in Pittsburgh

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 |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.

## Home Services brands Pittsburgh searches by name

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.

red roof plus pittsburgh south 1,900/mo

witt pest pittsburgh 480/mo

precision garage door service pittsburgh 40/mo

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.

## What Pittsburgh asks about home services

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?

Source: Google People Also Ask, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Pittsburgh metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.

## Rank for these searches

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## More Pittsburgh search data

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.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Home Services · 230 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026

Collected and published by [SEO Bandwagon](https://seobandwagon.com/about), tracking [local search](https://seobandwagon.com/seo-glossary#local-search) since 2010. These 230 home services keywords come from the same weekly sweep as [Google Business Profile Benchmarks](https://seobandwagon.com/research/gbp-benchmarks), whose method and verification are published in full. If a number here is wrong, [tell us](https://seobandwagon.com/contact).

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