26 specialisations covered. From emergency plumbers to custom home builders, one playbook tuned to every trade.
The trades that rank are the trades that stay booked.
Trade work is won in the search results. Emergency jobs go to the Map Pack, renovation projects go to the builders with authority and reviews, and almost all of it starts with a “near me” search on a phone. If your business isn’t in the top three local results for your trade and suburbs, you’re invisible at the exact moment customers decide who to call.
Meanwhile the alternatives quietly eat your margin. Directories and lead platforms resell the same enquiry to four competitors, Google Ads charges you for every click whether it converts or not, and AI assistants now answer “who’s a good plumber near me?” directly. Ranking organically, in Google and in AI answers, is how you own your pipeline instead of renting it.
construction businesses trading in Australia, more than any other industry
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Australians employed in building and construction
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of construction businesses are small operators with under 20 staff
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The searches your customers are making right now.
Live Semrush data for the trade searches that fill job books. Every one of these is a customer deciding who to call.
Monthly Australian search volume, average Google Ads cost per click (AUD) and 12-month trend direction. Source: Semrush, Australian database, July 2026.
What your customers ask AI.
When a homeowner asks ChatGPT or Google’s AI “who’s a reliable plumber near me?” or “what should a hot water system cost?”, the engines assemble answers from pages that already rank, quote real prices and carry verifiable business details. Question searches are the raw material of those answers, and almost no trade business has claimed them yet.
“how much does a plumber cost”
140 searches a month and rising: the exact question people now put to AI
Semrush, AU database
Construction & Home Services: every specialisation covered.
Every trade searches differently: an emergency locksmith lives on urgency, a custom home builder on months of research. We cover all 26.
Plumbing Service
24/7 drain cleaning, pipe repair, and water heater installation.
HVAC Contractor
AC repair, furnace installation, and seasonal HVAC maintenance.
Residential Electrician
Panel upgrades, lighting installation, and home rewiring.
Roofing Contractor
Roof replacements, leak repair, and storm damage assessments.
Pest Control Exterminator
Termite inspection, bed bug removal, and seasonal insect spraying.
Landscaping & Lawn Care
Mowing, hardscaping, turf installation, and landscape architecture.
Tree Service & Arborist
Tree removal, stump grinding, pruning, and emergency branch clearing.
General Contractor / Remodeling
Kitchen & bath remodels, home additions, and basement finishing.
Custom Home Builder
New residential construction, architectural design, and lot development.
Solar Panel Installer
Residential solar arrays, battery backup systems, and net metering.
Painting Contractor
Interior & exterior house painting, cabinet refinishing, and wallpaper.
Flooring Contractor
Hardwood installation, carpet fitting, tile laying, and floor refinishing.
Foundation Repair & Waterproofing
Basement leak sealing, concrete leveling, and pier installations.
Fencing Contractor
Privacy fences, chain link, vinyl fencing, and custom gates.
Garage Door Repair
Spring replacement, opener installation, and track alignment.
Paving & Asphalt Contractor
Driveway paving, sealcoating, and concrete patio pouring.
Pool Builder & Maintenance
Inground pool construction, weekly cleaning, and pool liner replacement.
Deck & Patio Builder
Custom wood/composite decks, pergolas, and outdoor kitchens.
Window & Door Replacement
Energy-efficient window installation and custom entry doors.
Gutter Installation & Cleaning
Seamless gutters, leaf guards, and seasonal downspout cleaning.
House Cleaning & Maid Service
Recurring domestic cleaning, deep cleans, and move-in/move-out cleaning.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Steam cleaning, pet odor removal, and area rug washing.
Water & Fire Damage Restoration
Mold remediation, flood cleanup, and emergency board-up services.
Moving Company
Local and long-distance residential moves, packing, and storage.
Locksmith
Home lockouts, rekeying, smart lock installation, and safe cracking.
Junk Removal Services
Appliance disposal, estate cleanouts, and dumpster rentals.
One campaign. Both eras of search.
Your customers discover businesses in two places now: today’s Google and tomorrow’s AI answers. Every campaign is built to win both, without paying per click.
Local SEO & Google Maps Domination
Google Business Profile optimisation, Australian citation building and review strategy engineered to hold a top-3 Map Pack spot in the suburbs you serve.
Learn moreHigh-Intent Keyword Targeting
Commercial keywords matched to your specialisation and city, prioritised by real search volume, cost-per-click and difficulty data.
Learn moreGEO / AI Entity Optimisation
Structured data and entity work that makes ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews recognise your business as the local authority.
Learn moreE-E-A-T Content Development
Accurate, expert content that proves Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trust to Google and AI engines, and converts the visitors it wins.
Learn moreFive SEO & GEO moves every trade business should make.
Bespoke to the trades: the five highest-leverage moves we see producing ranking and AI-visibility gains for construction and home services businesses right now.
Build a suburb-by-service page matrix
Trades are won at suburb level: “plumber near me” pulls 22,200 searches a month nationally, and Google localises every one. Publish a real page for each trade and suburb combination that matters, with local jobs, photos and reviews, prioritised by job value and drive time.
Turn every completed job into a review
Review recency and reply rate are among the strongest Map Pack signals. Make the ask part of job completion (an SMS link before the ute leaves) and reply to every review. The top three map spots take the emergency call-outs.
Publish honest cost guides AI can cite
Searches like “how much does a plumber cost” run all year and feed AI Overviews directly. A transparent price-range guide per service earns those citations, pre-qualifies your leads and filters tyre-kickers before they call.
Put your licence details in structured data
Add LocalBusiness and Service schema carrying your licence number, ABN and service area. AI engines verify tradies against entities before recommending them; businesses they can’t verify get skipped.
Publish seasonal pages a season early
Air conditioning installation (4,400 monthly searches) is won in winter; storm and roof repair pages are won before storm season. Google takes months to rank a new page, so build seasonal assets ahead of the demand curve and let them compound annually.
Construction & Trades SEO & GEO, explained.
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