THE SEARCH LEDGER · SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA · HOME SERVICES
Every month Sacramento types 21,570 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 MAY.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Home Services category in Sacramento — 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 199 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “ac repair sacramento” at $71.97.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sacramento locksmith | 1,900 | $15.20 | 7 | commercial |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 1,600 | $15.81 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | sacramento plumber | 1,300 | $51.54 | 5 | commercial |
| 4 | plumber near me | 1,300 | $39.25 | 23 | transactional |
| 5 | sacramento pest control | 1,000 | $40.22 | 27 | commercial |
| 6 | electrician near me | 720 | $33.41 | 31 | transactional |
| 7 | ac repair sacramento | 590 | $71.97 | 0 | commercial |
| 8 | bode and bode locksmith sacramento | 590 | $5.87 | 0 | commercial |
| 9 | electrician sacramento ca | 480 | $29.81 | 6 | commercial |
| 10 | sacramento landscaping | 390 | $8.14 | 5 | commercial |
| 11 | roofing companies sacramento | 390 | $32.13 | 13 | commercial |
| 12 | pinnacle pest sacramento | 390 | $28.53 | informational | |
| 13 | handyman sacramento california | 390 | $11.36 | 0 | commercial |
| 14 | roofers sacramento | 390 | $28.05 | 4 | commercial |
| 15 | car ac repair sacramento | 390 | $5.76 | 0 | commercial |
| 16 | ac repair near me | 390 | $64.28 | 3 | transactional |
| 17 | pest control near me | 390 | $42.94 | 40 | transactional |
| 18 | sacramento garage door repair | 320 | $58.97 | 0 | commercial |
| 19 | hvac sacramento ca | 320 | $34.95 | 27 | commercial |
| 20 | garage door repair near me | 320 | $28.48 | 9 | transactional |
SRC: DataForSEO, Sacramento 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, Sacramento 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 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing and Drain Service | 4.7 ★ | 6,468 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | 5 Star Plumbing | 4.9 ★ | 4,602 | Plumber | YES |
| #3 | Rooter Hero Plumbing of Sacramento | 4.7 ★ | 2,526 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Armstrong Plumbing Inc | 4.8 ★ | 1,729 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Rooter Hero Plumbing & Air | 4.8 ★ | 1,406 | Plumber | YES |
| #6 | Always Affordable Plumbing & HVAC | 4.8 ★ | 1,139 | Plumber | YES |
| #7 | Mr. Locksmith Sacramento Inc. | 5 ★ | 1,053 | Locksmith | YES |
| #8 | Quickey Low Cost Auto Key & Locksmith | 4.9 ★ | 932 | Locksmith | YES |
| #9 | The Trenchless Co. | 4.8 ★ | 778 | Plumber | YES |
| #10 | Plumbing Care Inc. | 4.8 ★ | 681 | Plumber | YES |
| #11 | Lee's Air, Plumbing, & Heating | 4.8 ★ | 631 | Plumber | YES |
| #12 | Bullseye Leak Detection , Inc. | 4.9 ★ | 597 | Plumber | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Sacramento 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, Sacramento metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Sacramento 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 some reputable plumbers in the Sacramento area?
What are the three types of plumbers?
What is the average hourly rate for a plumber in Sacramento?
Where can I find affordable plumbers in Sacramento?
What are people saying about Sacramento Plumbing Solutions?
What do plumbers charge per hour in California?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Sacramento 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.
Sacramento, California · Home Services · 199 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026