Steady growth, steady competition
Seattle grew 6.5% from April 2020 to July 2025, to 784,777 people. New customers keep arriving, but not in a flood. Reviews and repeat customers matter as much as new searches.
Local SEO · Seattle, WA
Local SEO for contractors in Seattle, WA.
Seattle grew 6.5% since 2020, to 784,777 people. Every month, Google sees about 6,355 searches for a home-service trade plus "Seattle", led by plumbing. Here is what that means for contractors who want those calls.
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What Seattle searches for
Every month, people search Google for "plumber seattle" about 2,400 times and "roofing seattle" about 1,300 times. Across our seven trades it adds up to roughly 6,355 searches a month that name the city. The quietest of the seven here is solar (260/mo). A search that names a trade and a city usually comes from someone looking to hire.
Search demand · Seattle
What people type into Google here.
Average monthly US Google searches for each trade plus "Seattle".
Total
6,355
searches a month for these seven trades plus "Seattle". Typical month of the last 12, from Google Ads data via DataForSEO. Searches like "plumber near me" aren't counted here.
Trades this market points to
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