The Columbus market, measured
Our own scan of Google Maps around Columbus, from October 2026. We rerun it when the market moves.
How Columbus trades show up on Google Maps
We pulled the top forty Maps listings for each of 10 trades around Columbus. It's one industry group, but it shows the pattern we find almost everywhere: a few businesses doing the basics well and many skipping them.
Electricians and general contractors had the thinnest review records. Plumbers had the strongest, with only 2 of 40 under ten reviews.
| Trade | Listings | No website | Fewer than ten reviews | Columbus address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricians | 40 | 10(25%) | 19(48%) | 34 |
| General contractors | 40 | 5(13%) | 16(40%) | 37 |
| Concrete contractors | 40 | 5(13%) | 15(38%) | 34 |
| Landscapers | 40 | 9(23%) | 10(25%) | 32 |
| Pest control companies | 40 | 6(15%) | 8(20%) | 36 |
| Painters | 40 | 6(15%) | 7(18%) | 34 |
| Tree services | 40 | 7(18%) | 7(18%) | 31 |
| HVAC companies | 40 | 6(15%) | 5(13%) | 36 |
| Roofers | 40 | 4(10%) | 4(10%) | 35 |
| Plumbers | 40 | 3(8%) | 2(5%) | 30 |
Google Maps top 40 per trade around Columbus (DataForSEO via OpenSEO), 2026-10-06.
How often these phrases are searched
Agency searches with "columbus" in them do register, unlike in most suburbs. 390 searches a month for "seo columbus", 110 for "seo agency columbus".
| Phrase | Searches a month |
|---|---|
| seo columbus | 390 |
| columbus seo | 390 |
| seo agency columbus | 110 |
| seo agency columbus | 110 |
| seo company columbus | 70 |
| local seo columbus | 70 |
DataForSEO Labs (US) via OpenSEO, 2026-10-06. US-wide counts for the exact phrase, so they include other cities named Columbus. City-only figures were not available for this pull.