SEO for plumbers.More calls, better jobs.
Local SEO for plumbing and heating businesses that want more of the right jobs from Google, from £250 a month with a free custom-coded website. We work with plumbers across the UK.
Plumber SEO
Win the jobs you want,not just more calls.
Most plumbers don’t need more dripping taps and blocked sinks. They want more boiler installations, bathroom refits and regular heating work in the areas they actually cover. Good plumbing SEO means choosing those searches and building your website and Google profile around them.
That usually comes down to three things: a page for each type of job you want more of, a page for each main town you cover, and a Google Business Profile with plenty of recent reviews. We handle all of it, and every month you get a plain-English update on where you rank.
Real searches
What your customerstype into Google.
These are real UK search figures for plumbing and heating jobs. Emergency searches are urgent, mostly on phones, and usually go to whoever shows in the map with a phone number. Planned work such as a new boiler or bathroom is researched for days and compared on price and reviews. We plan pages for both.
- plumber near me33,100 searches a month
- boiler service18,100 searches a month
- boiler repair near me14,800 searches a month
- bathroom fitters near me14,800 searches a month
- emergency plumber12,100 searches a month
- boiler installation9,900 searches a month
- new boiler cost6,600 searches a month
- blocked drain5,400 searches a month
- unvented cylinder4,400 searches a month
- no hot water1,900 searches a month
Average monthly UK searches, from Semrush, September 2026. Searches with a town name added, such as “boiler repair Bath”, are extra on top.
What we do
What plumbing SEOincludes with us.
A page for every job you want more of
Boiler installations, boiler repairs, bathrooms, leak detection, landlord gas safety certificates: each gets its own page answering what customers ask, such as cost, timescales and what is included.
Area pages for towns you really cover
We write a proper page for each main town in your patch, mentioning the jobs you do there. We never mass-produce near-identical town pages, because Google treats those as spam.
Google Business Profile for plumbers
The right primary category, extra categories such as heating or boiler services where they apply, your real service area, opening hours that match your emergency cover, and photos from actual jobs.
Built for emergency calls
Fast mobile pages, a tap-to-call number on every screen and clear hours. Someone with water coming through the ceiling won’t wait for a slow site to load.
Trust signals up front
Gas Safe registration, insurance, guarantees, prices where you are happy to show them, and reviews. Showing these clearly turns more visits into calls.
Reviews and directory listings
A simple way to ask every happy customer for a Google review, plus consistent business details across listings such as Checkatrade, Yell and Bing so Google trusts your information.
Plumbing SEO explained
SEO for plumbers,in plain English.
Why plumbers need local SEO
“Plumber near me” is searched around 33,000 times a month in the UK, and “emergency plumber” around 12,000. Those people are ready to book, and most call one of the first few businesses they see. If that isn’t you, the job goes to a competitor or to a lead site that sells the same enquiry to several plumbers.
Local SEO is how you get into those first few places, on the map and in the results below it, for the jobs and areas you want. Unlike paid ads, a page that ranks keeps bringing in calls without you paying for every click.
The best keywords for plumbers
The best plumbing SEO keywords are the jobs you most want, combined with the places you cover. They fall into three groups:
- “Near me” searches such as “plumber near me” and “boiler repair near me”. These are won mostly through your Google Business Profile, reviews and how close you are to the person searching.
- Job-and-town searches such as “boiler installation Bath” or “blocked drain Keynsham”. These are won with a dedicated page on your website for each job and each main area.
- Problem searches such as “no hot water” or “unvented cylinder”. These are often surprisingly easy to rank for and bring in people who don’t know yet which service they need.
On-site and off-site SEO for plumbers
On-site SEO is everything on your own website: the pages, their titles and headings, how fast they load on a phone, how they link together and the details that help Google understand your business. This is usually where plumbing websites are weakest, often with one “services” page trying to cover everything.
Off-site SEO is everything elsewhere: your Google Business Profile, your reviews, your listings on sites like Checkatrade, Yell and Bing, and links from other websites such as local suppliers, merchants or community sponsorships. Both matter, and we work on both every month.
SEO or Google Ads for plumbers?
Google Ads put you at the top straight away, but you pay for every click, and emergency plumbing clicks are among the most expensive in the trade. When you stop paying, the calls stop. SEO takes months to build but keeps working once it ranks.
Many plumbers use both: ads for urgent work while SEO builds up, then less ad spend as organic rankings take over. If you already run ads, SEO pages also tend to make them cheaper, because Google rewards relevant landing pages.
What we do each month
In the first month we check your website and Google Business Profile, research the jobs and areas worth targeting, and fix anything holding you back. From then on, each month we add new service and area pages (2, 4 or 6–8 depending on your plan), keep your Google Business Profile active, build reviews and, on Growth and above, quality backlinks, make website changes and send you a short report on where you rank.
Plumbing, heating and drainage businesses
We work with sole-trader plumbers, heating and gas engineers, bathroom fitters, drainage companies and larger plumbing and heating firms. The approach is the same: work out which jobs are worth the most to you, then make sure you appear when people search for them in your area.
SEO pricing
Monthly SEO plans,priced up front.
Every plan includes a free custom-coded website. Each step up adds more pages, plus backlinks and call tracking from Growth.
Local Starter
£250/mo
Get found locally.
- Free custom-coded website, SEO built in
- Google Business Profile set up, plus 2 posts a month
- 2 new service or area pages a month
- Listed on 10–15 directories such as Yell, Bing and Apple Maps
- Review system: a link and QR code to ask every customer
- Monthly ranking report
- 1 hour of website changes a month
Growth
Most popular£500/mo
Climb above local competitors.
- Everything in Local Starter, plus:
- 4 new pages a month, plus 1 guide answering a customer question
- 2–3 quality backlinks a month from local and trade websites
- Google Business Profile: 4 posts a month, photos and Q&A kept up to date
- Tracking of your top 3 competitors
- Call and form tracking, so you see enquiries, not just rankings
- 2 hours of website changes a month
Dominate
£1,000/mo
Lead your area, or several.
- Everything in Growth, plus:
- 6–8 new pages a month, plus 2 guides
- 5+ backlinks a month, including outreach and local press
- Multiple locations or Google Business Profiles
- AI search checks: are you showing in ChatGPT and Google’s AI answers?
- A monthly 20-minute call with Max
- 4 hours of website changes a month
Three-month minimum term, then monthly rolling. We’ll confirm VAT treatment and the scope of your website before you start.
What to expect
From first callto climbing Google.
Technical fixes land quickly. Meaningful ranking movement usually takes three to six months.
- Week 1–2
Audit and research
We look at what is currently holding the site back technically, then research the keywords and competitors that actually matter for your business and location.
- Week 2–4
Technical and on-page fixes
Metadata, structure, internal linking, page speed and indexing issues get sorted. This is the groundwork everything else depends on.
- Month 2–3
Content and local signals
We build out the pages that match what people are searching for and strengthen your local presence so you show up in the right area.
- Ongoing
Measure and adjust
You get plain-English reporting on what is moving and what is not, and we adjust the plan based on real data rather than guesswork.
Client feedback
What clients sayabout working with us.
Every project is different, but the aim is always the same: a website the business is genuinely happy to send people to.
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SEO for plumbers,your questions answered.
The things plumbing and heating businesses ask us most before starting SEO.
Our plans are £250, £500 or £1,000 a month. Local Starter (£250) covers your website, Google Business Profile, directory listings, a review system and 2 new pages a month. Growth (£500) adds 4 pages and a guide each month, quality backlinks and call tracking. Dominate (£1,000) adds 6–8 pages, more backlinks, multiple locations and AI search checks. There is a three-month minimum, then it rolls monthly.
Google Business Profile and technical fixes can make a difference within weeks. New service and area pages usually take one to three months to start ranking, and competitive searches in bigger towns can take three to six months. We show you what is moving every month.
Often, yes. A single boiler installation can pay for several months of SEO, and the pages keep working after they rank. If your diary is already full for months, we will tell you honestly that now isn’t the time.
Yes, if it is in reasonable shape. If it is slow, hard to update or missing the pages you need, every SEO plan includes a free custom-coded website, so we can rebuild it properly as part of the work.
No. A one-off fix helps, but rankings come from adding useful pages, earning reviews and keeping your profile active over time. Your competitors keep working on theirs too, which is why our plans are monthly after the first three months.
Usually because they have more pages covering the jobs and areas people search for, more recent reviews, a better set-up Google Business Profile or more links from other websites. Our first month shows you exactly where the gap is.
Many plumbers keep them while SEO builds up, then rely on them less. The difference is that enquiries from your own website aren’t shared with three other plumbers and don’t cost you per lead.
Yes. We are based in Bath but work remotely with trades across the UK, so where you are doesn’t matter. We just need to know which areas you cover and which jobs you want more of.
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