# Home Services search demand in Providence

THE SEARCH LEDGER · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND · HOME SERVICES

Every month Providence types 1,980 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/providence/home-services#colophon)

24

KEYWORDS TRACKED

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

1,980

SEARCHES / MONTH

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

$44K

MONTHLY AD VALUE

Source: volume × CPC, computed

$26.92

AVERAGE CPC

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

## When Providence 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 DEC.

Search interest by month, indexed 0 to 100: January 80, February 97, March 95, April 78, May 77, June 83, July 84, August 96, September 100, October 100, November 81, December 62.

Source: [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/) relative interest for the Home Services category in Providence — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.

## What Providence pays per click for home services

The 20 highest-volume of 24 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is **“emergency plumber near me”** at $113.38.

| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | locksmith near me | 390 | $6.73 | 20 | transactional |
| 2 | providence locksmith | 320 | $8.93 | 4 | commercial |
| 3 | plumber near me | 320 | $47.75 | 23 | transactional |
| 4 | electrician near me | 170 | $24.94 | 31 | transactional |
| 5 | providence electrician | 110 | $6.21 | 0 | commercial |
| 6 | pest control near me | 90 | $35.64 | 40 | transactional |
| 7 | appliance repair near me | 70 | $12.00 | 13 | transactional |
| 8 | providence pest control | 50 | $13.17 | 2 | commercial |
| 9 | plumbers providence ri | 50 | $24.80 | 0 | commercial |
| 10 | emergency plumber near me | 50 | $113.38 | 0 | transactional |
| 11 | landscaping near me | 50 | $3.58 | 19 | transactional |
| 12 | providence handyman | 40 | $6.77 | 0 | commercial |
| 13 | ac repair near me | 40 | $10.61 | 3 | transactional |
| 14 | handyman near me | 40 | $2.63 | 11 | transactional |
| 15 | house cleaning near me | 40 | $7.53 | 15 | transactional |
| 16 | providence hvac | 30 | $11.53 | 1 | commercial |
| 17 | providence house cleaning service | 30 | $19.38 | 1 | commercial |
| 18 | hvac repair near me | 20 | $36.49 | 39 | transactional |
| 19 | garage door repair near me | 20 | $109.82 | 9 | transactional |
| 20 | big blue bug pest control | 10 | — | 2 | commercial |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence 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.

## Which trades drive Providence home services

All 24 tracked home services keywords in the metro, grouped by the trade each one names — not just the highest-volume rows above.

| TRADE | KEYWORDS | SEARCHES/MO | | DEAREST CLICK |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Locksmith | 4 | 730 | | $45.98 |
| Plumbing | 3 | 420 | | $113.38 |
| Electrical | 2 | 280 | | $24.94 |
| Pest Control | 3 | 150 | | $35.64 |
| HVAC | 3 | 90 | | $36.49 |
| Handyman | 2 | 80 | | $6.77 |
| Appliance Repair | 1 | 70 | | $12.00 |
| Cleaning | 2 | 70 | | $19.38 |
| Landscaping | 2 | 60 | | $9.95 |
| Garage Door | 1 | 20 | | $109.82 |
| Roofing | 1 | 10 | | $44.10 |

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence 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 Providence 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

320/mo · $47.75 CPC · difficulty 23

MAP PACK

-   1 Sureflow Rooter Service And Drain Cleaning 4.8★ 82
-   2 F.G. Lees & Son, Inc. 4.6★ 79
-   3 G.W. Wagner Plumbing LLC 4.4★ 203

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 yelp.com
-   2 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   3 theplumbercompany.com LOCAL
-   4 thumbtack.com
-   5 reddit.com

emergency plumber near me

50/mo · $113.38 CPC · difficulty 0

MAP PACK

-   1 Sureflow Rooter Service And Drain Cleaning 4.8★ 82
-   2 F.G. Lees & Son, Inc. 4.6★ 79
-   3 Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup 4.8★ 3,400

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 rotorooter.com LOCAL
-   2 plumberprovidenceri.com
-   3 askgem.com LOCAL
-   4 yelp.com
-   5 proplumberprovidence.com

ac repair near me

40/mo · $10.61 CPC · difficulty 3

MAP PACK

-   1 Providence Heating & Air Conditioning 5★ 11
-   2 Carjon Air Conditioning & Heating 5★ 3
-   3 Premair Heating & Air Conditioning 5★ 3

ORGANIC TOP 5

-   1 martelplumbingri.com LOCAL
-   2 yelp.com
-   3 onehourheatandair.com
-   4 firestonecompleteautocare.com
-   5 thumbtack.com

Source: [DataForSEO](https://dataforseo.com/), Providence 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 Providence

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 | GEM Plumbing and Heating | 4.6 ★ | 7,139 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup | 4.8 ★ | 3,445 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | Martel Plumbing & Heating | 4.9 ★ | 2,171 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Rhode Island | 4.9 ★ | 1,081 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Mr T's Lock & Key | 4.8 ★ | 894 | Locksmith | YES |
| #6 | EO locksmith | 4.7 ★ | 851 | Locksmith | YES |
| #7 | Zoom Drain Rhode Island | 4.9 ★ | 649 | Plumber | YES |
| #8 | STP Plumbing | 5 ★ | 605 | Plumber | YES |
| #9 | Evergreen Services | 4.3 ★ | 533 | Plumber | YES |
| #10 | Wicked Plumbing | 4.9 ★ | 436 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | Batteries Plus | 4.7 ★ | 397 | Car battery store | YES |
| #12 | Northeastern Security Safe & Lock | 4.9 ★ | 363 | Locksmith | YES |

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

## What Providence asks about home services

People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Providence 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?

Do plumbers give a free estimate?

What does an emergency plumber charge?

What is considered a plumbing emergency?

Where can I find an emergency plumber in Spring, Texas?

How quickly can I get a plumber?

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

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## More Providence 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.

Providence, Rhode Island · Home Services · 24 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 24 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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