THE SEARCH LEDGER · PORTLAND, OREGON · HOME SERVICES
Every month Portland types 76,150 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 Portland — 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 258 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “portland garage door repair” at $65.74.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 8,100 | $53.42 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 8,100 | $14.94 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | electrical portland | 6,600 | $1.15 | branded | |
| 4 | leaky roof portland oregon | 4,400 | $0.09 | branded | |
| 5 | electrician near me | 3,600 | $19.14 | 31 | transactional |
| 6 | pdx plumber | 2,400 | $35.70 | commercial | |
| 7 | locksmith pdx | 2,400 | $19.12 | 30 | commercial |
| 8 | pest control near me | 1,900 | $33.90 | 40 | transactional |
| 9 | appliance repair near me | 1,900 | $10.92 | 13 | transactional |
| 10 | portland garage door repair | 1,600 | $65.74 | 5 | commercial |
| 11 | roofing companies portland | 1,600 | $49.07 | 21 | commercial |
| 12 | cascade roofing portland | 1,600 | $22.05 | 0 | commercial |
| 13 | ac repair near me | 1,600 | $57.77 | 3 | transactional |
| 14 | garage door repair near me | 1,600 | $52.90 | 9 | transactional |
| 15 | portland pest control | 1,300 | $29.28 | 9 | commercial |
| 16 | malarkey roofing portland | 1,300 | $1.75 | 30 | commercial |
| 17 | pdx electrician | 1,000 | $20.84 | 7 | commercial |
| 18 | restoration hardware outlet portland | 1,000 | $3.68 | branded | |
| 19 | handyman near me | 1,000 | $11.79 | 11 | transactional |
| 20 | landscaping near me | 1,000 | $12.60 | 19 | transactional |
SRC: DataForSEO, Portland 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, Portland 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 | 3 Mountains Home Services | 4.8 ★ | 6,202 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | Apollo Plumbing, Heating, AC & Electric | 4.8 ★ | 4,492 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | Dave's Garage Doors | 4.9 ★ | 3,960 | Garage door supplier | YES |
| #4 | Rescue Rooter | 4.8 ★ | 3,946 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Precision Door Service | 4.9 ★ | 3,441 | Garage door supplier | YES |
| #6 | Cornel's Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning | 4.9 ★ | 3,026 | Plumber | YES |
| #7 | Sarkinen Plumbing | 4.7 ★ | 2,509 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 2,382 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | D&F Plumbing, Heating and Cooling | 4.5 ★ | 2,210 | Plumber | YES |
| #10 | Mr. Rooter Plumbing | 4.8 ★ | 2,004 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | Portland Locksmith & Garage Doors | 5 ★ | 1,843 | Garage door supplier | YES |
| #12 | Value Garage Door Service | 4.9 ★ | 1,792 | Garage door supplier | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Portland 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, Portland metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Portland 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?
What are the three types of plumbers?
How can I get a plumbing estimate in Portland?
Where can I get the best garage door repair in Portland, Oregon?
What is the average cost of repairing a garage door?
Is it cheaper to repair or replace a garage door?
What is the most common garage door repair?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Portland 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.
Portland, Oregon · Home Services · 258 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026