House cleaning ads in San Jose: US$10.63 a click
A Google Ads click for a house cleaner in San Jose costs US$10.63 at the search-weighted average (2,878 searches a month, Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 2026). Searches over the last 12 months are up 133.3% on the 12 months before.
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 clean costs about US$314 in clicks at US$10.63 a click.
In San Jose, the lowest click price on this page is general searches at US$8.43. The highest click price on this page in San Jose is specific jobs at US$28.42.
What a booked clean 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 clean costs about US$314 in clicks at US$10.63 a click.
Cost per booked clean in San Jose is the click price divided by the lead rate times the booking rate. The rates are national benchmarks, not San Jose figures; the planner below starts from them and you can change both.
| Intent group | Click price | Per booked clean |
|---|---|---|
| General searches | US$8.43 | US$249 |
| Near me | US$14.88 | US$440 |
| Specific jobs | US$28.42 | US$841 |
Each row uses the same two rates as the sentence above, so the order follows click price.
Where the house cleaning searches are in San Jose
Searches split by what the searcher typed. The two tags rank the groups on this page by click price; they are rankings, not verdicts.
General searches are the largest share of counted search volume in San Jose, at 76.7%.
In San Jose, specific jobs has the highest click price among the counted intent groups, at US$28.42 a click.
General searches
Lowest click price on this pageNear me
Specific jobs
Highest click price on this pageRelated keywords
Not countedPlan a month of house cleaning ads in San Jose
Put in your own value per clean 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$10.63 a click buys about 94.1 clicks a month.
If 8.05% of clicks call or fill a form and you book 42% of those calls, that is about 7.6 calls and 3.2 booked cleans, so each booked clean costs about US$314 in clicks.
Put in your value per clean and your margin to see whether this pays back.
Every house cleaning keyword tracked in San Jose
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 house cleaning keywords in San Jose are “cleaning services” (1,942 searches a month at US$7.46 a click), “house cleaning” (265 searches a month at US$15.50 a click), and “cleaning services near me” (261 searches a month at US$13.49 a click).
In San Jose, “deep cleaning service” is the keyword furthest from the country median: US$28.42 a click, 141.5% above the US$11.77 median click price for house cleaning across this country's tracked cities.
In San Jose, “bond cleaning” is the least-searched of the counted keywords tracked here, at 4 searches a month.
In San Jose, 5 of the 9 counted house cleaning keywords tracked here have a recorded Google click price.
| Keyword | Intent | Searches | Click |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleaning services | General searches | 1,942 | US$7.46 |
| house cleaning | General searches | 265 | US$15.50 |
| cleaning services near me | Near me | 261 | US$13.49 |
| house cleaning near me | Near me | 224 | US$16.50 |
| deep cleaning service | Specific jobs | 158 | US$28.42 |
| end of lease cleaning | Specific jobs | 13 | no price |
| spring cleaning service | Specific jobs | 6 | no price |
| regular house cleaning | Specific jobs | 5 | no price |
| bond cleaning | Specific jobs | 4 | no price |
| carpet cleaning Related, not counted | Related keywords | 3,340 | US$7.37 |
| office cleaning Related, not counted | Related keywords | 130 | no price |
How San Jose compares in the United States
Over the 48 months tracked, house cleaners searches in San Jose peaked in April 2026 at 19,280 and were lowest in August 2026 at 800. San Jose's single latest tracked month is down 38.0% on the same month a year ago and down 29.2% on the same month two years ago (a one-month comparison, not the rolling 12-month year-on-year figure above). In San Jose, the keyword changing fastest year on year is "cleaning services", up 382.4%.
- San Jose is 17th of 50 United States cities by click price, mid-table.
- San Jose is 6th of 50 United States cities by monthly searches, mid-table.
- San Jose is 2nd of 6 California cities by click price, among the three lowest.
- San Jose is 2nd of 6 California cities by monthly searches, among the three highest.
- For this service, San Jose sits in California, which is 11th of 31 states by businesses per 10,000 people, mid-table (an average of 1.9 businesses per 10,000 people across California).
- San Jose's 145.0 searches a month per 100,000 people is above the country-wide rate of 40.5 for this service.
- San Jose's median house cleaning click price of US$10.63 is 9.7% below the country median of US$11.77.
- Counted searches over the last 12 months are up 133.3% on the 12 months before.
- In San Jose, searches peak in April, about 256.6% above the monthly average, and are lowest in June.
House cleaning businesses in San Jose
The US Census Bureau counts 427 businesses in this industry in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (2023), about 2.2 for every 10,000 people.
What is counted: employer establishments.
Counts cover businesses with employees; most sole traders are not included.
Population: 1,984,473 (San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA). Source: US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP), MSA/micropolitan estimates, vintage 2023.
Business counts are never compared across countries on this site: each country's statistics agency counts a different set of businesses.
House cleaning click prices in 6 countries
United States is 6th of 6 countries by median house cleaning click price (lowest first), all in US$ at the Federal Reserve H.10 September 2026 average.
| Country | Median click (US$) | Searches per 100,000 people | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | US$1.88 | 104.2 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | US$3.34 | 47.1 | 25 |
| Canada | US$5.25 | 43.8 | 13 |
| New Zealand | US$5.38 | 57.4 | 6 |
| Australia | US$8.75 | 106.7 | 25 |
| United States this page's country | US$11.77 | 40.5 | 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 house cleaners in the United States
Licensing is set by each state.
Questions people ask about house cleaning ads in San Jose
How much does a Google Ads click cost for a house cleaner in San Jose?
US$10.63 a click at the search-weighted average across the counted house cleaning search terms in San Jose (Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026). San Jose is 17th of 50 United States cities by click price, mid-table.
How many people search for a house cleaner in San Jose each month?
2,878 searches a month on average over the last 12 months, up 133.3% on the 12 months before (Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026).
What does a booked clean cost in clicks for house cleaners in San Jose?
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 clean costs about US$314 in clicks at US$10.63 a click.
Where do the numbers on this page come from?
Searches and click prices: Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026. Lead rate: LocaliQ 2026 (US benchmark). Booking rate: ServiceTitan (US/Canada benchmark). Population and business counts: US Census Bureau County Business Patterns (CBP) 2022, bulk file cbp22msa.zip (NAICS x MSA) (Janitorial Services). Every source is listed at the bottom of this page.
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Method
Search terms: a fixed keyword set per service for United States, tagged by intent (general, near me, urgent and specific jobs), targeted to San Jose with Google Ads location codes, not a text match.
Monthly searches is the average of the last 12 months, summed across the counted keywords. Related keywords are listed but never counted.
Click price is the search-weighted average click price across the counted keywords (sum of each keyword's click price times its monthly searches, divided by total searches), as Google Ads reports the per-keyword prices via DataForSEO.
Year on year compares the last 12 months of counted searches with the 12 months before.
Cost per booked clean is the click price divided by the lead rate times the booking rate. The lead rate is LocaliQ's US share of clicks that become calls or forms for the closest industry (US benchmark); the booking rate is ServiceTitan's share of calls that book, for trades (US/Canada benchmark). Where either rate has no source, the page prints no number.
Google Ads reports click prices in US$, 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), 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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