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Movers ads in Houston: US$22.82 a click

A Google Ads click for a mover in Houston costs US$22.82 at the search-weighted average (9,477 searches a month, Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 2026). Searches over the last 12 months are down 22.5% on the 12 months before.

The 10-second read
Click price, weighted avg
US$22.82
Searches a month
9,477
Year on year
down 22.5%
Click cost per booked move
US$675

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 move costs about US$675 in clicks at US$22.82 a click.

In Houston, the lowest click price on this page is general searches at US$21.89. The highest click price on this page in Houston is specific jobs at US$28.72.

Cost per booked move

What a booked move 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 move costs about US$675 in clicks at US$22.82 a click.

Cost per booked move 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 groupClick pricePer booked move
General searchesUS$21.89US$647
Near meUS$22.19US$656
Specific jobsUS$28.72US$849

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

By intent

Where the movers 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 46.0%.

In Houston, specific jobs has the highest click price among the counted intent groups, at US$28.72 a click.

General searches

Lowest click price on this page
“movers”, “moving company”
Searches a month4,025, 42.5% of counted searches
Click price, weighted avgUS$21.89
In Houston, 1st of 3 niches on this page by click price, the lowest.

Near me

“movers near me”
Searches a month4,358, 46.0% of counted searches
Click price, weighted avgUS$22.19

Specific jobs

Highest click price on this page
“interstate movers”, “long distance movers”, “local movers”, “furniture movers”, “office movers”, “piano movers”, “packing services movers”
Searches a month1,094, 11.5% of counted searches
Click price, weighted avgUS$28.72
In Houston, 3rd of 3 niches on this page by click price, the highest.

Related keywords

Not counted
“full service movers”, “storage movers”
Searches a month286
Click price, weighted avgUS$81.71
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 movers ads in Houston

Put in your own value per move 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
43.8
Calls or forms
3.5
Booked moves
1.5
Click cost per booked move
US$675

US$1,000 at US$22.82 a click buys about 43.8 clicks a month.

If 8.05% of clicks call or fill a form and you book 42% of those calls, that is about 3.5 calls and 1.5 booked moves, so each booked move costs about US$675 in clicks.

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

Keywords

Every movers 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 movers keywords in Houston are “movers near me” (4,358 searches a month at US$22.19 a click), “moving company” (2,183 searches a month at US$24.78 a click), and “movers” (1,842 searches a month at US$18.47 a click).

In Houston, “interstate movers” is the keyword furthest from the country median: US$109.26 a click, 284.3% above the US$28.43 median click price for movers across this country's tracked cities.

In Houston, “office movers” is the least-searched of the counted keywords tracked here, at 66 searches a month.

In Houston, 9 of the 10 counted movers keywords tracked here have a recorded Google click price.

KeywordIntentSearchesClick
moving companyGeneral searches2,183US$24.78
moversGeneral searches1,842US$18.47
movers near meNear me4,358US$22.19
local moversSpecific jobs588US$14.65
long distance moversSpecific jobs139US$82.28
piano moversSpecific jobs116US$8.49
furniture moversSpecific jobs112US$13.85
interstate moversSpecific jobs73US$109.26
office moversSpecific jobs66US$13.05
packing services moversSpecific jobsnoneno price
full service movers
Related, not counted
Related keywords274US$84.63
storage movers
Related, not counted
Related keywords12US$15.06
Ranks and trend

How Houston compares in the United States

Over the 48 months tracked, movers searches in Houston peaked in July 2023 at 20,000 and were lowest in November 2025 at 6,670. Houston's single latest tracked month is down 23.9% on the same month a year ago and down 45.2% 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 "interstate movers", down 57.1%.

  • Houston is 6th of 50 United States cities by click price, mid-table.
  • Houston is 4th of 50 United States cities by monthly searches, mid-table.
  • Houston is 1st of 4 Texas cities by click price, the lowest.
  • Houston is 1st of 4 Texas cities by monthly searches, the highest.
  • For this service, Houston sits in Texas, which is 13th of 31 states by businesses per 10,000 people, mid-table (an average of 0.3 businesses per 10,000 people across Texas).
  • Houston's 119.9 searches a month per 100,000 people is above the country-wide rate of 90.4 for this service.
  • Houston's median movers click price of US$22.82 is 19.7% below the country median of US$28.43.
  • Counted searches over the last 12 months are down 22.5% on the 12 months before.
  • In Houston, searches peak in October, about 19.1% above the monthly average, and are lowest in December.
Businesses

Movers businesses in Houston

The US Census Bureau counts 149 businesses in this industry in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (2023), about 0.2 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.

6 countries

Movers click prices in 6 countries

United States is 6th of 6 countries by median movers 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$2.4557.05
United KingdomUS$7.1377.625
New ZealandUS$8.5764.56
CanadaUS$12.9099.013
AustraliaUS$16.70156.425
United States
this page's country
US$28.4390.450

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 movers in the United States

Regulator or register: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

Household-goods movers crossing state lines must register with FMCSA; licensing for moves within one state is set by that state.

FAQ

Questions people ask about movers ads in Houston

How much does a Google Ads click cost for a mover in Houston?

US$22.82 a click at the search-weighted average across the counted movers search terms in Houston (Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026). Houston is 6th of 50 United States cities by click price, mid-table.

How many people search for a mover in Houston each month?

9,477 searches a month on average over the last 12 months, down 22.5% on the 12 months before (Google Ads via DataForSEO, pulled October 13, 2026).

What does a booked move cost in clicks for movers in Houston?

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 move costs about US$675 in clicks at US$22.82 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) (Used Household and Office Goods Moving). 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 move 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

Related: Movers in Dallas, Movers in San Antonio, Movers in Austin, Movers across United States, All services in Houston.

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