SEO for Trades

SEO for tradesmen who want the phone to ring.

Roofers, scaffolders, plumbers, electricians, builders. When someone nearby searches for your trade, you want to be one of the three names Google shows above everything else. That's the map pack, and it's where trade work is won.

What you get

Everything a trade business needs to get found locally.

  • Rank for "your trade + your town"
  • Google Business Profile managed weekly
  • A page for every area you cover
  • Reviews strategy that builds trust
  • Monthly report in plain English
  • No contracts — 30 days' notice
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The bit most trades miss

Your best enquiries never touch your website.

This is the most common reason a trade says "the website doesn't do anything". It usually is doing something. It's just doing it somewhere nobody's looking.

01

Almost all of it happens on a phone

Trade searches are overwhelmingly mobile. On JNC Roofing's listing the click-through rate on mobile is more than ten times higher than desktop. That's the signature of the map pack — the three local businesses Google shows at the top with a map above them.

02

They tap Call, not your website

When someone finds a tradesman in the map pack, they tap Call or Directions on the listing itself. They never land on your site. So the enquiry never appears in your website analytics — it only shows in the Google Business Profile data.

03

Nobody scrolls to page two

Nobody plans a new roof. They search when the ceiling's wet, they call one of the first names they see, and they're not scrolling. If you're not in the top three, for most people you don't exist.

6 → 40+

Profile interactions, one roofer

#2

For "roofer in Amersham"

5.0

Google rating

£149

Per month, no contract

Real Results

A new roofer in Amersham, up against a decade's head start.

Jack Cooper runs JNC Bespoke Roofing. Good work, good reputation with the people who'd used him — and almost nothing online for the people who hadn't. No website. A Google listing with around six interactions across three whole months.

Metric Before Feb–Apr 2026 After May–Jul 2026
Google profile interactions ~6 40+
Website clicks from the listing ~0 40
Calls direct from the listing 0 4
Ranking for "roofer in Amersham" Not appearing Position 2
Map results for "roofing Amersham" Not appearing Consistently top

Figures accurate as of July 2026, from Google Business Profile and Search Console. JNC now appears top of the map results for "roofing Amersham" — above a firm with over 140 reviews that's been established for years.

How It Works

What we actually do every month.

No jargon, no 40-page audit you'll never read. Four things, done properly and repeatedly, while you're on the tools.

01

Build a site that covers every area you work in

A page for each town you actually travel to, so you turn up for "roofer in Chesham" and not just your own postcode. SEO built into the structure from the start, not bolted on after.

02

Set up and verify your Google Business Profile

The part most trades skip or half-finish. Full categories, full services list, description, photos — and verified, which is the slow bit and the bit that counts.

03

Post to your profile every single week

Google rewards profiles that are actually active. Most local businesses post once when they set it up and never again. That gap is the opportunity.

04

Watch what people search and adjust

We track the terms bringing you work and reshape the site around them. You get a plain-English report every month showing what moved.

Who We Work With

Any trade with a service area.

The approach is the same whatever's on the side of the van — rank for your trade plus your town, and own the map pack across every area you cover.

RoofersScaffoldersPlumbersElectriciansBuildersGroundworkersLandscapersDecoratorsPlasterersJoinersKitchen fittersBathroom fittersDriveway & pavingFencingHeating & gasTilers

Pricing

One price, on the website where it belongs.

No setup fees, no minimum term, no quote you have to chase us for.

Most Popular

Website + Google

£149/ month

Everything needed to keep your website maintained and your Google presence active, every week.

  • Website hosting
  • SSL and security
  • Website maintenance
  • Minor website updates
  • Content and image updates
  • Technical maintenance
  • Backups
  • 1 Google Business Profile post every week
  • Posts written from the photos you send us
  • Google Business Profile monitoring
  • Monthly performance check
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+£100 / month

Website + Google + Social

£249/ month

The same plan with Facebook and Instagram added — three posts a week, all from the photos you send us.

  • Everything in Website + Google
  • 1 Facebook post every week
  • 1 Instagram post every week
  • Posts created from the photos you send us
  • Captions written for you
  • Images sized for each platform
  • Scheduling and publishing handled
  • Social profile monitoring
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Common Questions

Questions trades ask.

£149 a month — local SEO, Google Business Profile management with a post every week, plus hosting and maintenance for your website. £249 a month adds Facebook and Instagram on top, a post a week on each. Send your job photos to us on WhatsApp. We turn them into your weekly Google content. A website is £995 one-off if you need one building. No contracts, cancel with 30 days' notice.
Google Business Profile improvements often show within weeks — JNC Roofing saw movement in the first month. Competitive trade terms take two to four months of consistent work. The monthly report shows exactly what is shifting so you are never guessing.
Word of mouth is the best lead there is, but it doesn't scale and it dries up in quiet months. Your reputation reaches people who already know your name. Google reaches the ones who don't — and right now a competitor is getting those calls.
Any service area business — roofers, scaffolders, plumbers, electricians, builders, landscapers, decorators. The approach is the same whatever is on the side of the van: rank for your trade plus your town, and own the map pack.
We can work with an existing site if it's solid. If it's slow, not mobile-friendly, or has no pages for the areas you cover, it will hold the SEO back and we'll tell you straight rather than take your money for months.
No. We are based in Buckinghamshire and know the local market well, but local SEO works the same anywhere in the UK. We currently rank trades across Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

Get in Touch

Let's get your phone ringing.

Tell us your trade and the areas you cover and we'll tell you straight what it would take to rank there — and whether it's worth it. If we can't help, we'll say so.