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General Contractor ads in Indianapolis: US$26.16 a click

A Google Ads click for a general contractor in Indianapolis costs US$26.16 at the search-weighted average (3,041 searches a month, Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 2026). Searches over the last 12 months are down 39.6% on the 12 months before.

The 10-second read
Click price, weighted avg
US$26.16
Searches a month
3,041
Year on year
down 39.6%
Click cost per booked job
US$774

At a lead rate of 8.05% of clicks (calls and forms; US benchmark, LocaliQ 2026, Home & Home Improvement) and a booking rate of 42% of calls (US/Canada benchmark, ServiceTitan, call-booking rate for trades), a booked job costs about US$774 in clicks at US$26.16 a click.

In Indianapolis, the lowest click price on this page is near me at US$8.43. The highest click price on this page in Indianapolis is specific jobs at US$36.47.

Cost per booked job

What a booked job costs in clicks

At a lead rate of 8.05% of clicks (calls and forms; US benchmark, LocaliQ 2026, Home & Home Improvement) and a booking rate of 42% of calls (US/Canada benchmark, ServiceTitan, call-booking rate for trades), a booked job costs about US$774 in clicks at US$26.16 a click.

Cost per booked job in Indianapolis is the click price divided by the lead rate times the booking rate. The rates are national benchmarks, not Indianapolis figures; the planner below starts from them and you can change both.

Intent groupClick pricePer booked job
General searchesUS$10.29US$304
Near meUS$8.43US$249
Specific jobsUS$36.47US$1,079

Each row uses the same two rates as the sentence above, so the order follows click price.

By intent

Where the general contractor searches are in Indianapolis

Searches split by what the searcher typed. The two tags rank the groups on this page by click price; they are rankings, not verdicts.

Specific jobs are the largest share of counted search volume in Indianapolis, at 51.1%.

In Indianapolis, specific jobs has the highest click price among the counted intent groups, at US$36.47 a click.

General searches

“general contractor”, “home remodeler”
Searches a month1,259, 41.4% of counted searches
Click price, weighted avgUS$10.29

Near me

Lowest click price on this page
“general contractors near me”
Searches a month228, 7.5% of counted searches
Click price, weighted avgUS$8.43
In Indianapolis, 1st of 3 niches on this page by click price, the lowest.

Specific jobs

Highest click price on this page
“home renovations”, “kitchen remodel”, “bathroom remodel”, “home additions”, “basement finishing”, “custom home builder”, “home extensions”, “whole home renovation”
Searches a month1,554, 51.1% of counted searches
Click price, weighted avgUS$36.47
In Indianapolis, 3rd of 3 niches on this page by click price, the highest.

Related keywords

Not counted
“new home builder”
Searches a month87
Click price, weighted avgUS$13.79
Related keywords sit next to this service but are not counted in the searches or the search-weighted average click price above.
Plan

Plan a month of general contractor ads in Indianapolis

Put in your own value per job 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)

Clicks a month
38.2
Calls or forms
3.1
Booked jobs
1.3
Click cost per booked job
US$774

US$1,000 at US$26.16 a click buys about 38.2 clicks a month.

If 8.05% of clicks call or fill a form and you book 42% of those calls, that is about 3.1 calls and 1.3 booked jobs, so each booked job costs about US$774 in clicks.

Put in your value per job and your margin to see whether this pays back.

Keywords

Every general contractor keyword tracked in Indianapolis

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 general contractor keywords in Indianapolis are “bathroom remodel” (815 searches a month at US$57.13 a click), “general contractor” (662 searches a month at US$10.29 a click), and “home remodeler” (597 searches a month with no Google click price).

In Indianapolis, “bathroom remodel” is the keyword furthest from the country median: US$57.13 a click, 208.8% above the US$18.50 median click price for general contractor across this country's tracked cities.

In Indianapolis, “home extensions” is the least-searched of the counted keywords tracked here, at 9 searches a month.

In Indianapolis, 8 of the 11 counted general contractor keywords tracked here have a recorded Google click price.

KeywordIntentSearchesClick
general contractorGeneral searches662US$10.29
home remodelerGeneral searches597no price
general contractors near meNear me228US$8.43
bathroom remodelSpecific jobs815US$57.13
kitchen remodelSpecific jobs288US$7.58
basement finishingSpecific jobs149US$7.00
whole home renovationSpecific jobs135no price
custom home builderSpecific jobs108US$9.44
home renovationsSpecific jobs36US$13.57
home additionsSpecific jobs14US$9.53
home extensionsSpecific jobs9no price
new home builder
Related, not counted
Related keywords87US$13.79
Ranks and trend

How Indianapolis compares in the United States

Over the 48 months tracked, general contractors searches in Indianapolis peaked in September 2025 at 9,570 and were lowest in December 2023 at 1,070. Indianapolis's single latest tracked month is down 82.1% on the same month a year ago and down 26.7% on the same month two years ago (a one-month comparison, not the rolling 12-month year-on-year figure above). In Indianapolis, the keyword changing fastest year on year is "home renovations", down 82.2%.

  • Indianapolis is 42nd of 50 United States cities by click price, mid-table.
  • Indianapolis is 10th of 50 United States cities by monthly searches, mid-table.
  • Indianapolis is the only city in Indiana in this set, so there is no same-state rank.
  • For this service, Indianapolis sits in Indiana, which is 16th of 31 states by businesses per 10,000 people, mid-table (an average of 3.8 businesses per 10,000 people across Indiana).
  • Indianapolis's 137.9 searches a month per 100,000 people is above the country-wide rate of 75.9 for this service.
  • Indianapolis's median general contractor click price of US$26.16 is 41.4% above the country median of US$18.50.
  • Counted searches over the last 12 months are down 39.6% on the 12 months before.
  • In Indianapolis, searches peak in September, about 30.5% above the monthly average, and are lowest in January.
Businesses

General contractor businesses in Indianapolis

The US Census Bureau counts 831 businesses in this industry in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN (2023), about 3.8 for every 10,000 people.

What is counted: employer establishments.

Counts cover businesses with employees; most sole traders are not included.

Population: 2,205,695 (Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN). 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.

6 countries

General contractor click prices in 6 countries

United States is 6th of 6 countries by median general contractor click price (lowest first), all in US$ at the Federal Reserve H.10 September 2026 average.

CountryMedian click (US$)Searches per 100,000 peopleCities
IrelandUS$2.7685.85
United KingdomUS$4.3853.225
AustraliaUS$6.72155.425
New ZealandUS$7.2191.36
CanadaUS$9.3183.813
United States
this page's country
US$18.5075.950

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

Rules for general contractors in the United States

Licensing is set by each state.

FAQ

Questions people ask about general contractor ads in Indianapolis

How much does a Google Ads click cost for a general contractor in Indianapolis?

US$26.16 a click at the search-weighted average across the counted general contractor search terms in Indianapolis (Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026). Indianapolis is 42nd of 50 United States cities by click price, mid-table.

How many people search for a general contractor in Indianapolis each month?

3,041 searches a month on average over the last 12 months, down 39.6% on the 12 months before (Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026).

What does a booked job cost in clicks for general contractors in Indianapolis?

At a lead rate of 8.05% of clicks (calls and forms; US benchmark, LocaliQ 2026, Home & Home Improvement) and a booking rate of 42.00% of calls (US/Canada benchmark, ServiceTitan, call-booking rate for trades), a booked job costs about US$774 in clicks at US$26.16 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) (Residential Remodelers). 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 Indianapolis 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 job 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.

Sources

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.

DatasetLicense
DataForSEO, retrieved October 13, 2026
DataForSEO Terms of Service (paid API)
US benchmark lead rate (calls and forms), Home & Home Improvement
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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