Google Ads for plumbing contractors.
TL;DR
Search + Local Services Ads (LSA) for plumbers. Emergency, repair, and install campaigns run separately. Priced to work at $1k–$4k/mo in ad spend. No contracts, no fluff.
Plumbing is one of the most expensive verticals on Google — $10 to $30 per click in most markets. Every broad-match miss, every 'plumber salary' click, every impression outside your service area, is real money. We build plumbing accounts tight: exact-match core terms, aggressive negatives, emergency-hour bid schedules, and a landing page built to turn a stressed homeowner into a booked call in under 30 seconds.
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Search + LSA together
Local Services Ads own the mobile SERP for repair and emergency intent. Search Ads catch higher-margin install and repipe work with dedicated landing pages. We manage both under one budget so you're not double-paying for the same lead.
Emergency campaigns that actually show up at 2am
Separate ad groups for 'burst pipe', 'no hot water', 'sewer backup', 'plumber near me open now' — call-only ads, aggressive after-hours bids, and geo-fencing to the ZIPs you'll actually drive to at midnight.
Kill the wasted spend on day one
Common plumbing account leaks: no negative list ('salary', 'DIY', 'apprentice', 'union'), all-search-partners on, Performance Max eating your Search budget. We fix these in the audit and usually recover 20–40% of monthly spend before launch.
Landing pages that convert stressed homeowners
A plumbing landing page needs click-to-call above the fold, service area map, financing badge, Google review stars, and a 3-field form. We audit yours or build a new one.
Every engagement covers
- →Plumbing-specific keyword research (emergency, repair, install, repipe, sewer)
- →Local Services Ads (LSA) setup + Google Guaranteed badge
- →Emergency campaign structure with after-hours bid schedules
- →Aggressive negative keyword list on day one
- →Call tracking + form conversion tracking
- →Landing page recommendations (or full build)
- →Weekly bid and budget optimization
- →Monthly plain-English report — leads, cost per lead, close rate
Common questions
- How much should a plumbing company spend on Google Ads?
- Most independent plumbers we work with run $1,000–$4,000/month in ad spend. Plumbing clicks run $10–$30 in most markets — expensive, but a single water-heater or repipe job pays for weeks of ads.
- Google Ads vs Local Services Ads for plumbers — which is better?
- Both, together. LSA (Google Guaranteed) dominates mobile for emergency and repair calls. Search Ads let you target higher-margin work — water heater installs, repipes, sewer lines — with dedicated landing pages. Best plumbing accounts run both.
- Can you run 24/7 emergency plumbing campaigns?
- Yes. We build separate ad groups for emergency intent ('plumber near me open now', 'burst pipe', 'no hot water') with call-only ads, aggressive bids, and after-hours schedules. If you take emergency calls, we make sure your ads are up when your competitors' aren't.
- Will you handle negative keywords so I don't pay for the wrong clicks?
- That's day one. Plumbing accounts leak money on 'plumber salary', 'DIY', 'apprentice', 'union', and dozens of location/service mismatches. We build a plumbing-specific negative list before we launch and add to it weekly.
- Do you build the landing page too?
- Yes if you need one. A dedicated plumbing landing page — click-to-call, service list, financing, reviews, service area map — usually lifts conversion 2–3x vs sending ads at a homepage. Included in our landing-page service.
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