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Where to start a house painting business
House painting scored in 173 of the 386 markets we track and reached 50 or higher in 0. Typical cost per click is $6.58, and the top 3 on Google Maps have a median of 87 reviews. 151 markets had too few searches.
Top 25 towns for house painting
| # | Town | Score | Searches/mo | Per click |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yonkers, NY | 35 | 560 | $23.24 |
| 2 | Cambridge, MA | 30 | 810 | $15.23 |
| 3 | Hillsboro, OR | 29 | 740 | $17.94 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, UT | 28 | 960 | $17.04 |
| 5 | Boise, ID | 27 | 580 | $13.87 |
| 6 | Charleston, SC | 26 | 740 | $21.52 |
| 7 | New Brunswick, NJ | 25 | 440 | $15.23 |
| 8 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 24 | 860 | $10.95 |
| 9 | Richmond, VA | 23 | 1,070 | $15.10 |
| 10 | Bowie, MD | 22 | 300 | $26.17 |
| 11 | Vancouver, WA | 22 | 860 | $15.33 |
| 12 | St. Petersburg, FL | 22 | 650 | $12.98 |
| 13 | Troy, MI | 21 | 890 | $18.76 |
| 14 | Greenville, SC | 21 | 320 | $24.40 |
| 15 | Waukesha, WI | 21 | 280 | $45.91 |
| 16 | Mableton, GA | 20 | 500 | $12.28 |
| 17 | Cape Coral, FL | 20 | 640 | $23.63 |
| 18 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 19 | 250 | $23.05 |
| 19 | Knoxville, TN | 19 | 530 | $15.19 |
| 20 | Everett, WA | 17 | 410 | $13.95 |
| 21 | North Port, FL | 17 | 390 | $13.26 |
| 22 | Green Bay, WI | 17 | 250 | $12.09 |
| 23 | Camden, NJ | 17 | 480 | $10.79 |
| 24 | Medford, OR | 16 | 320 | $9.77 |
| 25 | Harrisburg, PA | 16 | 220 | $27.41 |
Searches/mo: people in that county searching Google for the service each month. Per click: what local companies pay Google for one of those visitors. Search value/mo: a rough estimate of what that demand is worth to the businesses that win it. Leader reviews: median review count of the top 3 on Google Maps; lower means an easier market to break into.
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