Local SEO for Tradesmen — one-off setup from £349

Get More Local Jobs
From Google

When someone in your area searches "plumber near me" or "electrician near me", you're either in the map pack or you're invisible. We get tradesmen found on Google — for a one-off £349, not a lead fee on every job. One decent boiler repair (£200–£300+) pays for the whole setup.

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No long contracts • No lead fees • Built by a tradesman who ranks his own plumbing company

Stop Paying Lead Fees for Your Own Customers

Checkatrade, MyBuilder, Bark — they all charge you for enquiries Google would send you for free.

The Lead-Platform Treadmill:

  • You pay per lead, or a monthly fee — win the job or not
  • The same enquiry is sold to several of your competitors
  • It's a race to the phone against 3–4 other trades
  • Stop paying, and the leads stop dead — you own nothing

Your Own Google Presence:

  • Customer searches Google, finds YOU, calls YOU directly
  • The enquiry is yours alone — no shared leads, no commission
  • Your reviews build an asset that keeps working for you
  • One-off setup cost — then every job that comes in is fee-free

These enquiries are yours, commission-free. That's the whole point of getting found on Google.

Get Your Free 5-Minute Google Check

£349 to Get Found. £49/mo to Stay Found.

Simple one-off pricing for local SEO for tradesmen in London — no retainers, no lock-in, no percentage of your jobs.

Local SEO Health Check

£99 one-off audit

Find out exactly why you're not getting found

  • Full Google Business Profile audit
  • Map-pack comparison vs your top 5 local competitors
  • Keyword & coverage gaps for your trade and area
  • Prioritised fix list — do it yourself or hand it to us

£99 credited back if you buy a setup within 30 days

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FLAGSHIP

“Get Found” Setup

£349 one-off

The flagship: everything a local trade needs to compete on Google

  • Full Google Business Profile optimisation
  • On-page SEO + schema on your homepage and up to 3 key pages
  • 15–20 core UK citations with consistent name/address/phone
  • Review-generation setup so 5-star jobs turn into 5-star reviews

One decent job typically covers the whole cost

Buy the Setup

“Get Found” Setup Plus

£549 one-off

For trades covering multiple areas or services

  • Everything in the Get Found Setup
  • 6 location / service landing pages targeting your best areas
  • 30+ citation build for stronger local signals
  • Google review funnel automation

Best value if you serve several boroughs

Buy Setup Plus

“Stay Found”

£49 /mo · rolling 30-day

Optional light-touch upkeep once you're set up

  • 2 Google Business Profile posts per month
  • Review monitoring — nothing slips past you
  • Monthly rank snapshot for your core searches
  • Quarterly on-page tweak to keep things fresh

Cancel any time — no long contracts

Start Stay Found

Want us actively defending and growing your rankings?

Step up to our AI WhatsApp Receptionist tiers, which include search work on top of the bot: Pro (£149/mo) adds search-health monitoring, ranking and competitor alerts, and monthly reporting — or Managed (£299/mo) adds proactive content on top. Your setup and Stay Found fees roll into the upgrade. See full tier pricing →

Built by a Tradesman. Proven on Our Own Plumbing Company.

We're not a marketing agency guessing at what works for trades — we run one.

Our Test Bed: DRMB Plumbing & Heating, South East London

Every technique on this page was worked out the hard way on our own plumbing business. Same Google Business Profile optimisation, same citations, same review system, same location pages — competing for real searches like "plumber near me" and "boiler service" across Lewisham, Catford, Lee, and the surrounding SE London postcodes.

That work has steadily grown our own visibility across South East London searches and the local Google Map Pack — and the phone rings because of it. When we set up SEO for plumbers, electricians, or builders, we're applying a playbook we depend on for our own income, not a theory from a slide deck.

A real trade business
not a demo account
Competing in SE London
one of the UK's toughest trade markets
Reviews that convert
a 5-star profile built job by job

How We Get You Found on Google

The "Get Found" Setup, step by step. No jargon, no smoke — just the work that moves the needle for local trades.

1

Health Check & Competitor Map

We audit your Google Business Profile, website basics, and reviews, then map you against the five competitors actually taking your local searches. You get a prioritised fix list in plain English — no jargon, no scare tactics.

2

Google Business Profile Optimisation

Categories, services, service areas, photos, opening hours, posts — set up properly for your trade. For most tradesmen this is the single biggest lever for showing up in the Google Map Pack.

3

On-Page SEO & Schema

We tune your homepage and key pages: titles and descriptions that target what customers actually search, plus schema markup so Google understands exactly what you do and where you do it.

4

Citations & NAP Consistency

Your business name, address, and phone number listed consistently across 15–20 core UK directories (30+ on Setup Plus). Inconsistent details quietly undermine local rankings — we fix that.

5

Review Generation Setup

A simple system for turning happy customers into Google reviews — the trust signal customers check before they call, and one Google weighs heavily for local results.

6

Stay Found (Optional)

£49/month keeps the momentum: fresh GBP posts, review monitoring, a monthly rank snapshot, and quarterly on-page tweaks. Rolling 30-day, cancel whenever.

Start With the Free 5-Minute Check

Honest Timelines — No Magic Promises

Anyone guaranteeing you "#1 on Google" is lying to you. Here's what typically happens instead.

Google Map Pack

The three local businesses shown with the map — where "near me" searches turn into phone calls.

Typical movement: ~6–8 weeks after a proper Google Business Profile optimisation, citations, and review flow kick in. Faster in quieter areas, slower in cut-throat ones.

Organic Search Results

The standard listings below the map — where location pages and on-page work earn their keep.

Typical build: 3–6 months as Google recrawls, trusts, and re-ranks your pages. It compounds — which is exactly why lead platforms hope you never start.

These are typical ranges from real local campaigns, not guarantees — no one controls Google's rankings, and we won't pretend otherwise. What we control is doing the right work, properly.

Local SEO Across South East London & Beyond

Our patch is SE London — but local SEO travels well, and we work with trades UK-wide.

Areas We Know Street by Street

LewishamCatfordLeeBromleyGreenwichBexley

We compete in these boroughs with our own plumbing company — so if you're a tradesman in Lewisham, Catford, Lee, Bromley, Greenwich, or Bexley, we already know your local search landscape.

Trades We Work With

PlumbersElectriciansBuildersRoofersGas EngineersDecoratorsLandscapersDriving Instructors

SEO for plumbers and SEO for electricians is our bread and butter, but the same local playbook works for builders, roofers, gas engineers — any local service customers find on Google.

SEO for Tradesmen — Straight Answers

Our Local SEO Health Check is £99 (credited back if you buy a setup within 30 days). The 'Get Found' Setup is £349 one-off, or £549 for Setup Plus with extra location pages and a bigger citation build. Keeping it ticking over with 'Stay Found' is £49/month on a rolling 30-day basis. If you later want us actively defending and growing your rankings, our Pro (£149/mo) and Managed (£299/mo) tiers take over — and your setup and Stay Found fees roll in.
Honest answer: it's not overnight, and anyone who promises a date is guessing. Most trades we work with see movement in the Google Map Pack within roughly 6-8 weeks of a proper Google Business Profile optimisation, with organic search results building over 3-6 months. Those are typical timelines, not guarantees — every area and trade is different.
No — and neither can anyone else. Google decides rankings, not SEO companies, and any agency guaranteeing '#1' or 'page one' should set alarm bells ringing. What we can do is fix the things that are provably holding you back — your Google Business Profile, on-page basics, citations, and reviews — so you're genuinely competing for local searches instead of being invisible.
It's a different model. Lead platforms charge you per lead or per month, then sell the same enquiry to several of your competitors — so you're paying to race to the phone. When someone finds you on Google and calls you directly, that enquiry is yours alone, commission-free, forever. Many of our customers keep a platform ticking over while their Google presence builds, then wind the fees down.
Your Google Business Profile is the listing that appears in Google Maps and the 'map pack' — the three businesses shown above the normal results when someone searches 'plumber near me'. Optimising it means correct categories, services, service areas, photos, posts, consistent name/address/phone details across the web, and a steady flow of genuine reviews. For local trades it's usually the single highest-impact piece of SEO.
No — plumbers are just where we started, because we run one. We do local SEO for electricians, builders, roofers, gas engineers, decorators, landscapers — even driving instructors. If your customers search Google for someone local, the same playbook applies: get the Business Profile right, get the on-page basics right, get reviews flowing.
No. We work with whatever site you've got — WordPress, Wix, an old brochure site, anything. The setup covers on-page and schema work on your existing pages. If your site is genuinely beyond saving we'll tell you straight, and our standalone websites start at £450 — but we won't upsell you a rebuild you don't need.
No. The 'Get Found' Setup is a one-off — the work is done and it's yours. 'Stay Found' at £49/month is optional and rolling 30-day: we keep your profile active with posts, watch your reviews, and send a monthly rank snapshot. There are no long contracts anywhere in our SEO offer.
Our home turf is South East London — Lewisham, Catford, Lee, Bromley, Greenwich, and Bexley — where we rank our own plumbing business. But local SEO work doesn't need a site visit, so we take on trades across London and the UK. The audit will tell you honestly how competitive your patch is.
You'll see it in the numbers you already care about: calls from Google, direction requests, and enquiries mentioning 'found you on Google'. Stay Found customers also get a monthly rank snapshot showing where you appear for your core searches, plus review monitoring so nothing slips.

Ready to Get Found on Google?

Start with the free 5-minute check — we'll tell you exactly where you stand and what's worth fixing. No obligation, no sales call unless you ask.

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£99 Health Check • One-off setups from £349 • £49/mo Stay Found • No lead fees, ever