# Home Services search demand in Portland

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.

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

258

KEYWORDS TRACKED

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

76,150

SEARCHES / MONTH

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

$2.0M

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$30.94

AVERAGE CPC

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

## When Portland searches for home services

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

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 70, February 70, March 72, April 64, May 60, June 63, July 60, August 73, September 100, October 85, November 55, December 67.

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

## What Portland pays per click for home services

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 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland 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 Portland home services

All 258 tracked home services keywords in the metro, grouped by the trade each one names — not just the highest-volume rows above. 22 name no single trade and are left out.

| TRADE | KEYWORDS | SEARCHES/MO | | DEAREST CLICK |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plumbing | 28 | 13,560 | | $133.60 |
| Roofing | 45 | 12,740 | | $228.99 |
| Locksmith | 21 | 12,370 | | $46.61 |
| Electrical | 14 | 12,070 | | $41.02 |
| Pest Control | 26 | 4,020 | | $64.41 |
| HVAC | 20 | 4,010 | | $142.48 |
| Garage Door | 10 | 3,880 | | $76.72 |
| Landscaping | 20 | 3,140 | | $27.28 |
| Appliance Repair | 6 | 2,000 | | $27.36 |
| Handyman | 6 | 1,630 | | $13.65 |
| Remodeling | 16 | 1,240 | | $141.77 |
| Restoration | 3 | 1,100 | | $39.92 |
| Painting | 8 | 980 | | $53.87 |
| Cleaning | 5 | 900 | | $25.47 |
| Fencing | 8 | 530 | | $50.69 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland 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 Portland home services results

Live position tracking for 3 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

8,100/mo · $53.42 CPC · difficulty 23

MAP PACK

-   1 Perfect Service Plumbing and Drain Cleaning 5★ 268
-   2 Henco Plumbing Services 4.8★ 927
-   3 Clog Pro Plumbing & Drain 5★ 340

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 meticulousplumbing.com LOCAL
-   4 reddit.com
-   5 serviceplusplumbingpdx.com LOCAL

portland garage door repair

1,600/mo · $65.74 CPC · difficulty 5

MAP PACK

-   1 PDX Garage Door 5★ 322
-   2 Overhead Door Company of Portland 4.9★ 893
-   3 D&L Garage Doors & Locksmith 4.9★ 1,400

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 precisiondoorportland.com LOCAL
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 overheaddoorpdx.com LOCAL
-   4 davesgaragedoors.com LOCAL
-   5 thumbtack.com

24 hour plumber portland

320/mo · $93.76 CPC · difficulty 1

MAP PACK

-   1 Perfect Service Plumbing and Drain Cleaning 5★ 268
-   2 Henco Plumbing Services 4.8★ 927
-   3 Clog Pro Plumbing & Drain 5★ 340

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 mrrooter.com LOCAL
-   4 emergencyplumberportland.org
-   5 dandfplumbing.com LOCAL

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

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 |

Source: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps) listings, [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Portland 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 Portland 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.

electrical portland 6,600/mo

leaky roof portland oregon 4,400/mo

restoration hardware outlet portland 1,000/mo

garage door service portland 320/mo

garage door installation portland 110/mo

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

## What Portland asks about home services

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?

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

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## More Portland 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.

Portland, Oregon · Home Services · 258 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 258 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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