THE SEARCH LEDGER · TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA · HOME SERVICES
Every month Tampa-St. Petersburg types 111,400 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg — 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 334 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “emergency plumber near me” at $99.15.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plumber near me | 18,100 | $49.22 | 23 | transactional |
| 2 | locksmith near me | 12,100 | $21.85 | 20 | transactional |
| 3 | ac repair near me | 8,100 | $70.86 | 3 | transactional |
| 4 | electrician near me | 8,100 | $44.29 | 31 | transactional |
| 5 | appliance repair near me | 5,400 | $17.54 | 13 | transactional |
| 6 | pest control near me | 4,400 | $34.95 | 40 | transactional |
| 7 | handyman near me | 3,600 | $9.60 | 11 | transactional |
| 8 | tampa locksmith | 2,900 | $15.40 | 5 | commercial |
| 9 | red roof tampa brandon | 2,900 | $2.53 | informational | |
| 10 | garage door repair near me | 2,900 | $79.79 | 9 | transactional |
| 11 | roofing contractor near me | 2,400 | $42.13 | 31 | transactional |
| 12 | bayonet plumbing tampa | 1,900 | $14.78 | 7 | commercial |
| 13 | landscaping near me | 1,900 | $9.98 | 19 | transactional |
| 14 | tampa pest control | 1,600 | $34.76 | 25 | commercial |
| 15 | ac repair tampa | 1,600 | $89.83 | 15 | commercial |
| 16 | red roof plus+ & suites tampa | 1,600 | $3.26 | informational | |
| 17 | emergency plumber near me | 1,600 | $99.15 | 0 | transactional |
| 18 | tampa roofing | 1,300 | $25.47 | 20 | commercial |
| 19 | house cleaning near me | 1,300 | $14.13 | 15 | transactional |
| 20 | tampa plumber | 1,000 | $36.23 | 28 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg 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, Tampa-St. Petersburg 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 | And Services | 4.6 ★ | 11,174 | Plumber | YES |
| #2 | And Services | 4.6 ★ | 11,174 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #3 | Acree Plumbing, Air & Electric | 4.6 ★ | 11,040 | Plumber | YES |
| #4 | Integrity Home Solutions | 4.7 ★ | 8,741 | Plumber | YES |
| #5 | Red Cap Plumbing, Air & Electric | 4.7 ★ | 7,666 | Plumber | YES |
| #6 | One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating | 4.7 ★ | 4,607 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #7 | Super Heat, Air, And Plumbing | 4.7 ★ | 3,917 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #8 | Cool Today - Cooling, Plumbing, Electrical | 4.7 ★ | 3,796 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #9 | Roto-Rooter Plumbing of Tampa | 4.8 ★ | 3,733 | Plumber | YES |
| #10 | Air Titans | 4.9 ★ | 2,873 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #11 | ACS Home Services- Tampa Air Conditioning Repair | 4.7 ★ | 2,869 | Air conditioning repair service | YES |
| #12 | Benjamin Franklin Plumbing | 4.7 ★ | 2,751 | Plumber | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg 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, Tampa-St. Petersburg metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Tampa-St. Petersburg 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 plumbing contractors in Tampa, Florida?
What are the three types of plumbers?
What is the $5000 AC rule?
What is the most common AC repair?
What is the average cost of a HVAC service call?
What is the 3-minute rule for air conditioners?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Tampa-St. Petersburg 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.
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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.
Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida · Home Services · 334 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026