Dentist ads in Houston: US$18.00 a click
A Google Ads click for a dentist in Houston costs US$18.00 at the search-weighted average (83,037 searches a month, Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 2026). Searches over the last 12 months are up 36.3% on the 12 months before.
At a lead rate of 10.67% of clicks (calls and forms; US benchmark, LocaliQ 2026, Dentists & Dental Services) and a booking rate of 57.1% of calls (US/Canada benchmark, Liine Dentistry Marketing Benchmark Report 2024), a booked appointment costs about US$295 in clicks at US$18.00 a click.
In Houston, the lowest click price on this page is specific jobs at US$13.47. The highest click price on this page in Houston is near me at US$19.03.
What a booked appointment costs in clicks
At a lead rate of 10.67% of clicks (calls and forms; US benchmark, LocaliQ 2026, Dentists & Dental Services) and a booking rate of 57.1% of calls (US/Canada benchmark, Liine Dentistry Marketing Benchmark Report 2024), a booked appointment costs about US$295 in clicks at US$18.00 a click.
Cost per booked appointment in Houston is the click price divided by the lead rate times the booking rate. The rates are national benchmarks, not Houston figures; the planner below starts from them and you can change both.
| Intent group | Click price | Per booked appointment |
|---|---|---|
| General searches | US$16.71 | US$274 |
| Near me | US$19.03 | US$312 |
| Specific jobs | US$13.47 | US$221 |
Each row uses the same two rates as the sentence above, so the order follows click price.
Where the dentist searches are in Houston
Searches split by what the searcher typed. The two tags rank the groups on this page by click price; they are rankings, not verdicts.
Near me are the largest share of counted search volume in Houston, at 70.8%.
In Houston, near me has the highest click price among the counted intent groups, at US$19.03 a click.
General searches
Near me
Highest click price on this pageUrgent
Specific jobs
Lowest click price on this pagePlan a month of dentist ads in Houston
Put in your own value per appointment and margin. The call and booking rates start at the benchmarks named under each box; change them to your own.
What the budget buys (worked example)
US$1,000 at US$18.00 a click buys about 55.6 clicks a month.
If 10.67% of clicks call or fill a form and you book 57.1% of those calls, that is about 5.9 calls and 3.4 booked appointments, so each booked appointment costs about US$295 in clicks.
Put in your value per appointment and your margin to see whether this pays back.
Every dentist keyword tracked in Houston
Monthly searches are the average of the last 12 months. Related keywords are shown for context and are not counted in any total on this page.
The most-searched dentist keywords in Houston are “dentist near me” (58,808 searches a month at US$19.03 a click), “dentist” (13,450 searches a month at US$17.44 a click), and “invisalign” (4,483 searches a month at US$12.49 a click).
In Houston, “dental implants” is the keyword furthest from the country median: US$21.27 a click, 48.4% above the US$14.33 median click price for dentist across this country's tracked cities.
In Houston, “bulk billing dentist” is the least-searched of the counted keywords tracked here, at 3 searches a month.
In Houston, 8 of the 12 counted dentist keywords tracked here have a recorded Google click price.
| Keyword | Intent | Searches | Click |
|---|---|---|---|
| dentist | General searches | 13,450 | US$17.44 |
| dental clinic | General searches | 1,658 | US$10.79 |
| dentist near me | Near me | 58,808 | US$19.03 |
| emergency dentist | Urgent | none | no price |
| invisalign | Specific jobs | 4,483 | US$12.49 |
| dental implants | Specific jobs | 1,667 | US$21.27 |
| teeth whitening | Specific jobs | 1,575 | US$8.37 |
| cosmetic dentist | Specific jobs | 1,045 | US$12.30 |
| kids dentist | Specific jobs | 347 | US$15.22 |
| bulk billing dentist | Specific jobs | 3 | no price |
| root canal | Specific jobs | none | no price |
| wisdom teeth removal | Specific jobs | none | no price |
How Houston compares in the United States
Over the 48 months tracked, dentists searches in Houston peaked in August 2026 at 227,190 and were lowest in July 2024 at 47,340. Houston's single latest tracked month is up 303.7% on the same month a year ago and up 291.6% on the same month two years ago (a one-month comparison, not the rolling 12-month year-on-year figure above). In Houston, the keyword changing fastest year on year is "bulk billing dentist", up 300.0%.
- Houston is 45th of 50 United States cities by click price, mid-table.
- Houston is 2nd of 50 United States cities by monthly searches, among the three highest.
- Houston is 3rd of 4 Texas cities by click price, among the three lowest.
- Houston is 1st of 4 Texas cities by monthly searches, the highest.
- For this service, Houston sits in Texas, which is 18th of 31 states by businesses per 10,000 people, mid-table (an average of 4.1 businesses per 10,000 people across Texas).
- Houston's 1,050.5 searches a month per 100,000 people is above the country-wide rate of 524.6 for this service.
- Houston's median dentist click price of US$18.00 is 25.6% above the country median of US$14.33.
- Counted searches over the last 12 months are up 36.3% on the 12 months before.
- In Houston, searches peak in August, about 55.8% above the monthly average, and are lowest in November.
Dentist businesses in Houston
The US Census Bureau counts 3,400 businesses in this industry in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (2023), about 4.3 for every 10,000 people.
What is counted: employer establishments.
Counts cover businesses with employees; most sole traders are not included.
Population: 7,904,627 (Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX). Source: US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP), MSA/micropolitan estimates, vintage 2023.
Business counts are never compared across countries on this site: each country's statistics agency counts a different set of businesses.
Dentist click prices in 6 countries
United States is 6th of 6 countries by median dentist click price (lowest first), all in US$ at the Federal Reserve H.10 September 2026 average.
| Country | Median click (US$) | Searches per 100,000 people | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | US$2.35 | 1,315.7 | 5 |
| New Zealand | US$3.46 | 880.7 | 6 |
| United Kingdom | US$6.74 | 973.5 | 25 |
| Australia | US$7.46 | 969.7 | 25 |
| Canada | US$13.93 | 958.9 | 13 |
| United States this page's country | US$14.33 | 524.6 | 50 |
Medians across each country's tracked cities, same pull month. Each country uses its own keyword set and its own name for the service. Only click prices and searches are compared across borders; business counts are not.
Rules for dentists in the United States
Licensing is set by each state.
Questions people ask about dentist ads in Houston
How much does a Google Ads click cost for a dentist in Houston?
US$18.00 a click at the search-weighted average across the counted dentist search terms in Houston (Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026). Houston is 45th of 50 United States cities by click price, mid-table.
How many people search for a dentist in Houston each month?
83,037 searches a month on average over the last 12 months, up 36.3% on the 12 months before (Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026).
What does a booked appointment cost in clicks for dentists in Houston?
At a lead rate of 10.67% of clicks (calls and forms; US benchmark, LocaliQ 2026, Dentists & Dental Services) and a booking rate of 57.10% of calls (US/Canada benchmark, Liine Dentistry Marketing Benchmark Report 2024), a booked appointment costs about US$295 in clicks at US$18.00 a click.
Where do the numbers on this page come from?
Searches and click prices: Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026. Lead rate: LocaliQ 2026 (US benchmark). Booking rate: ServiceTitan (US/Canada benchmark). Population and business counts: US Census Bureau County Business Patterns (CBP) 2022, bulk file cbp22msa.zip (NAICS x MSA) (Offices of Dentists). Every source is listed at the bottom of this page.
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Method
Search terms: a fixed keyword set per service for United States, tagged by intent (general, near me, urgent and specific jobs), targeted to Houston with Google Ads location codes, not a text match.
Monthly searches is the average of the last 12 months, summed across the counted keywords. Related keywords are listed but never counted.
Click price is the search-weighted average click price across the counted keywords (sum of each keyword's click price times its monthly searches, divided by total searches), as Google Ads reports the per-keyword prices via DataForSEO.
Year on year compares the last 12 months of counted searches with the 12 months before.
Cost per booked appointment is the click price divided by the lead rate times the booking rate. The lead rate is LocaliQ's US share of clicks that become calls or forms for the closest industry (US benchmark); the booking rate is ServiceTitan's share of calls that book, for trades (US/Canada benchmark). Where either rate has no source, the page prints no number.
Google Ads reports click prices in US$, so no currency conversion applies.
The tags “Lowest click price on this page” and “Highest click price on this page” rank the intent groups on this page by click price. They are rankings, not verdicts.
Data and sources
Search data pulled October 13, 2026. Google Keyword Planner estimates via DataForSEO, not what you will pay at auction; your own Google Ads account shows your real price.
| Dataset | License |
|---|---|
DataForSEO, retrieved October 13, 2026 | DataForSEO Terms of Service (paid API) |
US benchmark lead rate (calls and forms), Dentists & Dental Services | Published benchmark, cited |
US/Canada benchmark booking rate, trades | Published benchmark, cited |
Business counts, 2023 | US government work / public domain |
Population |
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