221% increase in total inquiries for a Chicago cabinet contractor
“Feast-and-famine lead flow made planning impossible. After CDM rebuilt our SEO, we went from unpredictable sporadic calls to a consistent monthly pipeline.”
Own Every Neighborhood in the City by the Bay.
The San Francisco SEO agency built only for home services contractors — local SEO, organic rankings, and AI search that put you first, neighborhood by neighborhood, when the city searches for your trade.

Year 1 median results. Tracked through Growth Portal against total marketing investment. Results vary by market, competition level, and starting position.

San Francisco’s housing drives the demand. Victorians, Edwardians, and old flats in Noe Valley, the Sunset, and Pacific Heights need constant roof, plumbing, electrical, and foundation work; with home values sky-high, owners renovate and repair rather than move; and earthquake country adds mandatory soft-story seismic retrofits and foundation jobs. Every one of those projects starts with a search — “foundation repair San Francisco,” “kitchen remodel,” “seismic retrofit near me” — and the contractor at the top of that neighborhood’s results gets the call.
SF isn’t one market — it’s dozens of fiercely local, tightly packed neighborhoods, each with its own search. Nobody searches “San Francisco”; they search their neighborhood. It’s competitive — real agencies rank on strong profiles — but local, neighborhood-level terms are winnable on genuine authority plus a dedicated page for each area, the audience is tech-first and research-heavy, and most competitors haven’t locked down the AI-answer front. The mild marine climate keeps demand on remodels, moisture, and foundations rather than the heat or freeze emergencies of other markets.
SF search is hyper-local — “foundation repair Noe Valley,” “kitchen remodel the Mission,” “electrician the Sunset,” neighborhood by neighborhood. Winning means neighborhood-level pages, a dialed-in Google Business Profile, and content that already ranks before your competitor’s does.
In a city this dense, this high-value, and this local, the contractor who's easiest to find in each neighborhood owns San Francisco. That window is open now.
SF homeowners don't scroll — they compare the first few results and call. If your competitors show up and you don't, you're losing high-value renovation and repair jobs to better visibility, not better work.

If you've wondered whether SEO is still worth it — with AI answers changing the rules and lead costs climbing every year — here's the honest picture for San Francisco.
of homeowners research online before they call a contractor.
70% of local jobs go to a business in the top 3 results. If you're not in the results, you're not in the conversation.
year-over-year rise in paid search costs, while SEO compounds quietly in the background.
Angi, Thumbtack, Google Ads: stop paying, disappear instantly. Every optimized page, review, and backlink you earn keeps working. Month 6 is easier than Month 1.
of searches now end without a click, answered by AI before a user ever visits a site.
AI pulls answers from sites it trusts, which means strong SEO is now your ticket into AI visibility too.
SEO Is More Important in San Francisco in 2026 Than It's Ever Been
In a dense, high-value, neighborhood-loyal market, the contractors who rank the Map Pack, own their lead source, and appear in AI answers pull away — because they own the neighborhoods where the high-value renovation, foundation, and seismic jobs actually are. The best time to build your San Francisco SEO foundation was last year. The second best time is before your competitor reads this page.
Most agencies measure success in clicks and rankings. We measure it in your MQLs, booked jobs, and revenue — and the numbers show the difference.
Clients with an existing web presence typically see 9.0x ROI and 74% MQL growth in year one. Clients starting from scratch average 4.3x ROI — lower starting point, equally strong trajectory. Year two is where the compounding becomes impossible to ignore.
In under 2 minutes, we'll show you the keywords your local San Francisco competitors own, the leads leaking to them every month, and the gap you need to close to hit 8× ROI.
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Our SEO services combine every component your business needs to compete in San Francisco organic search — from your Google Business Profile to the website that converts visitors into calls. Every service works together as part of your growth plan.
Book a Free Growth CallWhen a homeowner in Noe Valley, the Mission, or the Sunset searches your trade, your Google Business Profile and citations should put you in the Map Pack for every neighborhood you serve — not one citywide page.
“Foundation repair San Francisco.” “Seismic retrofit.” “Victorian remodel.” We earn the neighborhood-level organic rankings for the renovation-, foundation-, and old-home terms the city types all year.
A fast, mobile-first website is built into your 12-month program — engineered so the visitors your rankings bring convert into calls instead of bounces.
SF’s tech-first homeowners are among the earliest AI adopters anywhere, asking ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews who to hire. GEO gets your business cited in those answers.
We clean up site speed, crawlability, mobile performance, and architecture so Google can trust and rank your pages — the groundwork most local shops skip.
We earn contractor-relevant backlinks and brand mentions across the Bay Area and your trade — the off-page muscle it takes to compete in a strong market.
Want SEO plus Google Ads, a conversion website, paid social, and AI search working as one system? That’s our San Francisco digital marketing services — the full Revenue Engine, built for contractors.
GEO is the new layer of SEO — and San Francisco’s tech-first, digital-native homeowners are among the earliest AI adopters anywhere, leaning on AI to vet who to trust with a high-value job. We track how you appear in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — and engineer the content, schema, and authority signals that get you cited when SF homeowners ask AI who to hire.

See every lead, track every dollar, and know what's working across your San Francisco SEO — in real time, from your phone or your truck.

Every inbound call tracked, transcribed, and scored so no lead slips.
See exactly what each booked job cost to win (e.g. that $34K foundation-and-seismic job in Noe Valley).
Real jobs sorted from spam and tire-kickers automatically.
The whole dashboard on your phone, in the field.

What SEO, Map Pack, and paid each cost you per lead.
Spend tied to jobs actually won, not just clicks.
Which neighborhoods, keywords, and pages drive booked revenue.
One clear number: dollars back per dollar in.

SEO, Map Pack, and paid side by side.
Where you rank across Noe Valley, the Mission, and the Sunset.
Which SF neighborhoods you own and which are still open.
Steady year-round remodel, foundation, and moisture demand mapped over time.

How often ChatGPT, Gemini, and AI Overviews name you.
The next move most likely to add booked jobs.
New keywords and neighborhood gaps flagged as they open.
Who’s moving on your neighborhoods and how to respond.
Not projections. Actual revenue tracked through Growth Portal from businesses in your industry. View all case studies →
There are cheaper agencies. Very few will show you exactly what your marketing dollars generated — in real time, down to the booked job.
We don’t split our attention. Every strategy, every campaign, every piece of content is built for contractors.
Founded in 2008. 100+ team members. San Francisco SEO company. We’ve been through every algorithm update — Panda, Penguin, Helpful Content, AI Overviews.
We report on booked jobs, cost per lead, and revenue — never just clicks and rankings. If it doesn’t tie to revenue, we don’t lead with it.
Website, content, data, leads — all yours from day one. We don’t hold websites hostage or use lock-in clauses.
We earn your business every month. Our retention rate is high because the results speak for themselves — not because you’re locked in.
You get a senior strategist who thinks like your in-house marketing director — not a junior account manager reading from a playbook.


I believe contractors deserve a real partner, someone who treats your growth like their own business. You shouldn't have to chase your SEO agency or guess what's working. You should have a system built for you that delivers results and proves them with data.
We don't do generalist SEO. We build Revenue Engines exclusively for home services contractors — and we know how each San Francisco trade's customers search differently.
Win the Victorian, Edwardian, and kitchen renovation searches high-value SF homes drive.
Capture whole-home, addition, and soft-story seismic-retrofit project leads across the city.
Win the foundation, seismic-retrofit, and settling searches earthquake country and old homes drive.
Capture high-intent repair and re-pipe searches across SF’s aging Victorian and Edwardian housing.
Rank for panel upgrades, EV chargers, and rewiring in San Francisco’s historic homes.
Rank for the rain, leak, and flat-roof searches the Bay Area’s wet season generates.
Capture the water-damage and moisture restoration searches the marine climate drives.
Rank for landscaping, hardscape, and small-urban-yard searches across SF.
Our sweet spot: Owner-operated home services businesses doing $1M–$10M in revenue who are serious about building a predictable growth engine — not looking for a quick fix or the cheapest option.
Our SEO plans are comprehensive, ensuring every angle of your San Francisco online presence is optimized. We combine on-page optimization, creative content marketing, and technical SEO to stay ahead of search engine algorithms.
Build organic visibility with strategic SEO and consistent content creation.
Accelerate growth with link building, reputation management, and social amplification.
Maximum velocity with premium link building, expanded content, and custom reporting.
SEO is a compounding investment. Here's the realistic timeline our contractor clients experience - and what's happening at each stage.
Ready to start the clock on your San Francisco SEO roadmap?
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Ask on a callLet’s build the SEO program that puts your business at the top of Google, the Map Pack, and AI answers across every San Francisco neighborhood you serve — and keeps it there.
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