Google Ads for Contractors & Home Service Companies

Paid search and Local Services Ads managed for HVAC, roofing, plumbing, electrical, and remodeling companies. We block the DIY and job-seeker clicks that drain contractor budgets and measure everything in booked jobs.

Pricing Plans

Contractor Google Ads Management Pricing

A flat management fee plus your ad spend, billed directly by Google

Starting at $500/mo

Starting at $500/month + ad spend

Management is priced on how many trades and service areas you run, not a percentage that punishes you for scaling. You own the ad account and approve the budget. Contact us for a free consultation and a quote based on your market.

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What's Included

What Our Contractor PPC Management Covers

We provide comprehensive services to ensure your success

Campaign Strategy & Setup

Campaigns split by trade and job type, with budgets weighted toward the work that pays best.

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Keyword Research & Optimization

Target emergency and replacement searches, and block DIY, parts, salary, and hiring queries that waste spend.

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Ad Copy Creation

Ads that lead with same-day service, financing, warranties, and licensed and insured credentials.

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Landing Page Optimization

Trade-specific landing pages with call buttons, service-area proof, and estimate forms that convert.

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Bid Management

Bids adjusted by hour, ZIP code, device, and season so you pay up when the calls actually book.

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Performance Reporting

Reporting on cost per lead and cost per booked job by trade, with call recordings to back it up.

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Why Contractors Run Google Ads

Emergency work does not wait for your rankings to improve. When a homeowner searches "emergency plumber near me" at 9pm, they call from the top of the page, and Google Ads puts you there today rather than six months from now. That makes paid search the fastest way to fill a slow week, launch a new service area, or catch a storm surge while local SEO builds underneath it. Get a free consultation and we will estimate what leads cost in your trade and market.

Local Services Ads and the Google Guarantee

Local Services Ads sit above everything else on the page and charge per lead instead of per click, which is usually the best first dollar a contractor spends. Getting in means passing license and insurance checks and background screening, then keeping your response rate and review score high enough to stay ranked. We handle the Google Guarantee application, manage lead disputes so you are not billed for wrong numbers and spam, and run LSA alongside search ads so you cover both the top of the page and the searches LSA does not serve.

Negative Keywords Are Where Contractor Budgets Are Saved

Trade keywords attract expensive garbage. "HVAC repair" pulls in DIY tutorials, parts shoppers, people looking for HVAC jobs, and other contractors checking pricing, and every one of those clicks costs the same as a real customer. We build aggressive negative keyword lists around DIY, how-to, salary, hiring, training, wholesale, and rental terms, then keep pruning search terms weekly. On most accounts we inherit, this alone cuts wasted spend substantially in the first month.

Tracking Booked Jobs, Not Clicks

Most contractor leads arrive as phone calls, so an account measured on clicks and form fills is flying blind. We set up call tracking with recording, count only calls over a meaningful duration as conversions, and push outcomes back from your CRM so Google learns which searches turn into actual work. Our reporting then shows cost per booked job by trade, so you can see that a $90 lead producing a $12,000 system replacement is a bargain.

Bidding Around Seasons, Storms, and Dispatch Hours

Home services swing hard with weather and time of day. AC terms spike in the first heat wave, roofing demand follows hail, and emergency searches peak nights and weekends when the competition often pauses. We adjust bids and dayparting around your dispatch capacity, pull back when the schedule is full, and push hard on high-margin work like replacements over low-margin repairs, so the budget follows the jobs you actually want.

Landing Pages Built Per Trade

Sending every ad to your homepage wastes clicks and drags down Quality Score, which raises what you pay. Each campaign gets a page matched to the search: the water heater ad lands on water heater replacement, with pricing ranges, financing, warranty details, and a call button that is impossible to miss. Better relevance lowers your cost per click, so the same budget buys more calls month over month.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions About Google Ads for Contractors

Most home service companies start at $1,500-$3,000 per month in ad spend plus management. Clicks in competitive trades often run $15-$50, so a budget too small never gathers enough data to optimize. High-ticket work like roof or system replacement supports more spend than small repair jobs.

It varies by trade and market, but $50-$150 per lead is typical for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical, and higher for roofing and restoration. What matters is cost per booked job against average ticket, which is why we track calls and CRM outcomes rather than form fills alone.

Both, in that order. Local Services Ads sit at the very top and charge per lead, so they usually deliver the lowest cost per call once you are Google Guaranteed. Search ads then cover the searches LSA does not serve and give you control over messaging for specific services.

Calls typically start within days of launch. Expect 2-4 weeks to work through search terms, negatives, and bids before performance settles, and about 90 days before conversion data is strong enough for automated bidding to do its best work.

You do. You set and approve the monthly budget, it is billed directly by Google to your card, and our management fee is separate. You keep ownership of the account if we ever part ways.

Yes, and we plan for it. During peak weeks we can throttle budgets, shift spend toward higher-margin work, or narrow the service radius so you are not paying for calls you cannot schedule.

Yes. Each trade gets its own campaigns, budgets, and landing pages so plumbing results are never hidden inside an HVAC average, and you can see which side of the business your money is actually working hardest.

Google Ads Resources for Contractors

What management costs, why campaigns underperform, and how to fix them.

Google Ads Management Cost

Understanding pricing for paid search advertising campaigns.

Ads Performance Reporting

How we track and optimize your Google Ads campaigns.

Keyword Research

Finding the right keywords for your Google Ads campaigns.

Ready to Fill the Schedule?

Tell us your trades, your service radius, and the jobs you want more of, and we will build the campaigns around them. Most contractors run ads alongside local SEO so paid leads carry the schedule while organic rankings compound.

Industries

Google Ads by Industry

We tailor this service for the industries we know best.