How much does general contractor SEO cost?

Contractors doing $1M to $5M typically pay $1,000 to $4,000 a month for local SEO, with the industry average near $1,557, per SEOProfy's 2026 data. Ours is $700 a month on a three-month minimum. Anything under about $500 a month usually isn't real SEO — it's citation submission and a monthly report.

How long does GC SEO take to work?

Expect early traction in 60 to 90 days, meaningful ranking movement around months four to six, and attributable leads between months seven and twelve as authority builds. It's slower than ads, but its cost per lead falls over time while ads stay flat — a fit for the long GC sales cycle.

Is SEO worth it for a general contractor?

Yes, if you plan to still be trading in a year. SEO costs the same each month while the estimate requests it produces grow, so cost per lead drops over time. With GC projects worth tens of thousands, a handful of extra won jobs a year covers the investment comfortably.

What's the difference between SEO for GCs and other trades?

The project-type pages and the buyer. A GC ranks for remodels, additions, and builds — larger, slower decisions — so the content leans harder on proof and portfolio, and reaching homeowners early matters more than capturing a fast emergency call.

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General contractor SEO gets your company into Google's map pack and organic results for the remodels, additions, and builds people search in your area. We handle all of it for $700 a month: your Google Business Profile, reviews, city and project-type pages, and the technical work underneath.

GC SEO is a long game, but it's the one that pays for itself. Unlike ads, a page that ranks keeps producing estimate requests for free — which matters when a single build is worth so much.

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What GC SEO costs and covers

Iwebs Design runs general contractor SEO as one job with several moving parts, for $700 a month on a three-month minimum. For context, contractors doing $1M to $5M typically pay $1,000 to $4,000 a month for local SEO, per SEOProfy's 2026 research — anything under $500 a month is usually citation submission and a monthly PDF, not real SEO. What we actually do: optimize and maintain your Google Business Profile, because the map pack sits above the organic results and takes most local clicks; build a review engine, since reviews drive both ranking and whether anyone calls; create city pages so you rank in every town you serve; build project-type pages for remodels, additions, and commercial work, because those are separate searches; and handle the technical layer — speed, structure, and schema. It's the compounding investment: the cost stays flat while the leads it produces grow, so your cost per lead falls over time.

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What General Contractor SEO Includes at $700 a Month

One program, several parts. A fair GC SEO service covers all of them.

Google Business Profile
The map pack takes most local clicks and sits above the organic results. Optimizing and maintaining your profile is where GC SEO earns first.
City and project-type pages
Pages for each town you serve and each project you want — kitchen remodels, additions, new builds, commercial build-outs — so you rank for how buyers actually search.
Reviews
A system for earning them. Reviews drive map-pack ranking and whether a homeowner trusts you with a large project once they find you.
The technical layer
Speed, structure, and schema, plus fixing what's broken. Unglamorous, and the reason the rest of the work gets found.

Why SEO Suits Design-Build GCs

SEO reaches homeowners earlier than ads do — while they're still researching a remodel or addition, not just comparing three quotes. For a design-build GC, that early reach is gold, because the earlier you enter the conversation the more likely you are to be the partner rather than one of three bids.
It's also why SEO's slow start is worth it here. GC projects close over weeks or months anyway, so a lead source that takes a few months to build but then produces free, high-intent estimate requests fits the sales cycle perfectly.

Why Contractors Work With Us

We work with the trades only, publish our pricing, and report in booked jobs rather than impressions.

A complete contractor website, designed, written, and launched for one flat fee. No monthly lock-in, and the domain, content, and design stay yours if you ever leave.

$950

From kickoff to a live site. Design in week one, content and build across weeks two and three, then launch. The only thing that stretches it is waiting on your photos.

2-4 wks

Trades we serve, and nothing else. That means we already know how your customers search, what your jobs are worth, and which season your phone rings before we start.

Average rating across 43+ Reviews. Every campaign reports in calls and booked jobs, using the same Search Console numbers you can open yourself.

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