Based in Hinckley. Working with trades across the UK.
Websites, local SEO and Google Ads for trades
SearchHawk builds websites, runs local SEO and manages Google Ads for trades and home service businesses across the UK, from Hinckley in Leicestershire. You deal with us directly, get one plain report a month and choose a rolling monthly contract, or a website and SEO together on a 12 month minimum term. Stop guessing where your next job is coming from.
Based in Hinckley, LeicestershireTrades across the UKWe reply within one business dayPick your trade
Each trade gets searched for in its own words. Start with the page for yours.
Plumbers and heating engineers
About 90,500 UK searches a month for “plumber near me”. Pages for boilers, bathrooms and call outs, and your Gas Safe number if you do gas work.
Electricians and solar installers
About 74,000 UK searches a month for “electrician near me”. EICR, EV charger and rewire pages, and a guide to solar work without buying leads.
Roofers
About 33,100 UK searches a month for “roofers near me”. A page for each job and town, with your photos and guarantees up front.
Landscapers
About 27,100 UK searches a month for “fencing”. Websites, Google profiles and ads planned around the spring peak in searches.
Builders
About 18,100 UK searches a month for “builders near me”. A page for each project, plus local SEO and Google Ads.
If you work in people’s homes or on their property, we can help.
Marketing for tradesmen →
Search figures are UK monthly averages from Google Keyword Planner, October 2025 to September 2026. See the full UK trade search data.
If this sounds like you
1
You paid for a website and can't tell if it's brought in any work.
It looks fine. But nobody can tell you how many calls it’s made.
2
You've had an agency before and the reports made no sense.
Pages of charts and you still couldn’t see if you’d got more work.
3
Your competitors are above you on Google and you don't know why.
Nobody’s been able to tell you what they’re doing that you aren’t.
That’s what the free forecast is for. We look at your area and tell you straight what’s realistic.
What we do
Websites
A site built to get people to call you. Clear about what you do and where you work. Easy to use on a phone.
Local SEO
Showing up on Google Maps and in the results when people near you search for your trade. It builds over time, so it’s a long-term job.
Google Ads
Ads put you in front of people searching for your trade right now. We set it up, run it and tell you what it cost and what came in.
Some of the trades we work with
Click through to see the live sites, or read what we did for each one on our work page.
How many people search for your trade near you?
Around 90,500 Google searches a month in the UK are for “plumber near me” and 74,000 for “electrician near me” (UK trade search data, Google Keyword Planner, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026). Pick your trade and town. The figure is a monthly average from Google Keyword Planner, October 2025 to September 2026.
Local market snapshot
Landscapers, Coventry
590
people searching every month · 12-month average on Google
Source: Google Keyword Planner, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
How it works
01
A chat
About your business, your area and the jobs you want more of. Free, and no obligation.
02
Research
We look at your local market and your competitors. Then we show you what we found in a free forecast.
03
The build
Website, ads or SEO groundwork. Built in your name.
04
The monthly work
We run it and report back each month.
What you can expect
How every client works with us.
We look at your area first
Before we recommend anything, we check your local market.
Everything in your name
Domain, Google accounts and tracking in your name. The website is yours once it’s paid for.
Your choice of contract
Pay for the website up front and keep SEO rolling monthly. Or pay for both each month on a 12 month minimum term.
One plain report a month
Where the money went and what came in.
What clients say
Who you'll deal with
SearchHawk is a small team based in Hinckley. Owen O’Callaghan set it up. Local to us? See SEO in Hinckley or web design in Hinckley.
You’ll also find us at BNI Brinkstonley on Friday mornings and at T.I.P.S. events for trades and property businesses.
Guides for trades
Your Google profile
Your website
See what your local market looks like
Tell us your trade and your towns. We’ll send a free forecast showing how many people search, who you’re up against and where the gaps are. We reply within one business day.