17 Central Ave Grand Blvd Mesquite Park Salt Lake ABCDEFGH window replacement near me gutter installers near me crawl space repair near me biohazard cleanup near me Competitor A Competitor B A homeowner asks AI who should I call near me? Your company Named first. Phone rings.

Local SEO and AI search for home-service companies

When they ask who to call, be the answer.

LaneFirst is a local SEO and AEO agency for contractors. We get you named first on Google Maps and in AI answers. Keep the leads you buy; we build a second source of booked estimates that you own.

Free 2-minute video audit within 2 business days. No call needed.

The map changed. Most contractors haven't.

AI answers
45% of US consumers used ChatGPT or another AI tool to find a local business in 2026, up from 6% a year before. BrightLocal, 2026
Reviews
97% read reviews before they pick a local business, and Google is where most of them read. BrightLocal, 2026
Fewer clicks
When Google shows an AI summary, clicks on regular results drop from 15% to 8% of searches. Being named beats ranking fourth. Pew Research Center, 2025
Cost of a click
Advertisers pay up to $89 for one click from a homeowner searching for biohazard cleanup near them, $88 for window replacement, $65 for gutters and $52 for crawl space work. Google Keyword Planner, top-of-page bids, Oct 2026

Keep your leads. Add a road you own.

Buying contractor leads from Angi, HomeAdvisor or Thumbtack? Keep them. Bought leads keep running while we build your Maps profile, reviews, pages and AI answers.

Every month you get two numbers side by side: what a booked estimate costs from bought leads, and what it costs from us. Move budget when the numbers say so, not when we do.

Bought leads

Leads bought40
Price per lead$95
Booked estimates12
Cost per booked estimate$317

Your own visibility

LaneFirst retainer$1,950
Calls and forms tracked31
Booked estimates9
Cost per booked estimate$217
Example report with illustrative numbers, not a client result. Yours uses your call tracking and your lead invoices.

One map. A route for each trade.

We picked these trades from 84 we studied: big jobs, homeowners who search when it's urgent, and owners who already pay for leads. Each has its own playbook, so you're not paying us to learn your business.

Search counts are US monthly "near me" searches for each service, from Google Keyword Planner, October 2026. Another trade with big jobs? Ask for an audit and we'll tell you honestly if it fits.

Six exits between a search and a booked estimate.

Miss one and the homeowner takes the next company's exit. We work every one of them, every month, in every trade.

  1. EXIT 1

    Google Business Profile optimization

    Right categories and services, photos of finished jobs, weekly posts and answered questions. Ongoing profile management, so Maps shows you for every service you sell.

  2. EXIT 2

    Reviews

    A text goes out after every job asking for a review. We draft a reply to each one, good or bad.

  3. EXIT 3

    Listings

    The same name, address and phone on Yelp, BBB, Angi, Apple Maps and Bing. When your details match everywhere, search engines and AI tools trust them.

  4. EXIT 4

    Service and city pages

    One page for each service in each town you cover, with photos and details from real jobs.

  5. EXIT 5

    AI answers (AEO)

    Answer engine optimization: plain answers to what homeowners ask AI about your trade, such as cost, options and how long it takes. Written so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews can quote them, and checked monthly.

  6. EXIT 6

    Booked estimates you can count

    Call tracking, form tracking and a one-page monthly report: cost per booked estimate from us, next to cost per bought lead.

Start small. Decide on numbers.

  1. Day 1, free

    Audit

    Where you rank on Maps, your reviews against the three companies around you, and whether AI tools name you. A 2-minute video.

  2. Days 1 to 30, $950

    Route Survey

    We fix your profile and top listings, switch on review requests and set up call tracking. You get a baseline: what a booked estimate costs you today.

  3. Month 2 onward

    Monthly plan

    New pages, posts and AI-ready answers every month, and a report that puts our cost per booked estimate next to your bought leads.

  4. Any month

    Your call

    Three-month minimum after the sprint, then month to month. If the numbers don't work, you leave with everything we built.

Local SEO packages. Pick your route.

Everyone starts with the 30-day Route Survey. It replaces a setup fee. Then a monthly plan with a 3-month minimum, then month to month. Same prices in every trade.

Founding clients: the first 5 get the Route Survey for $500 instead of $950.

What's included Route Survey 30-day sprint $950 once Local Route Get found on Maps $1,250 a month State Highway Maps and AI answers $1,950 a month Interstate Lead your region $2,950 a month
Best forEvery new clientGutters, biohazard, smaller teamsWindows and crawl spaceUp to 3 locations
Google Business ProfileFull cleanupWeekly posts, Q&A, photosWeekly posts, Q&A, photosThe same, for each location
Review requests and repliesSwitched onIncludedIncludedIncluded
ListingsTop 40 fixedTop 40 kept cleanPlus trade directoriesPlus data aggregators
New service and city pages—1 a month3 a month5 a month
AI answers: FAQs and structured dataBaseline check—IncludedIncluded
AI questions tracked monthly10, as a baseline51025
Local links and press mentions———2 to 3 a month
Booked-estimate trackingSet up, baseline takenIncludedIncludedIncluded
ReportingBaseline reportMonthly reportReport and a 30-minute callReport and a quarterly strategy session
Start here Free audit first Free audit first Free audit first

Rather share the risk?

After the sprint, take $250 off any plan and pay $50 for each booked estimate above your baseline ($30 for gutters), capped at $1,000 a month. If we don't add estimates, you pay less.

One lane.
One company.

One company per trade, per service area.

We'll take one window company in Mesa, one gutter company and one crawl space company, but never two that compete for the same homeowner. For biohazard cleanup, it's one company per region.

Everything we build is yours: the profile, the reviews, the pages. If you leave, it all stays.

George, founder

Questions

Do I have to stop buying leads?

No. Keep every source that works. We add one you own, and the monthly report shows what a booked estimate costs from each, so any switch is your call.

What counts as a booked estimate?

A tracked call or form from your Maps profile, website or AI answers that turns into an appointment in your calendar or CRM. Not clicks, not impressions.

Why start with a paid sprint?

Thirty days is enough to fix the basics and measure where you stand. You see our work and your baseline before you commit to a monthly plan.

How soon will I see results?

Profile and review fixes often show up on Maps within weeks. New pages and AI mentions usually take two to four months. Your report tracks the trend from month one.

How much does local SEO cost?

With us, $950 for the 30-day Route Survey, then $1,250, $1,950 or $2,950 a month depending on how much ground you want to cover. Founding clients pay $500 for the sprint. Most local SEO agencies charge in the same range but don't publish it.

What is answer engine optimization (AEO)?

Making sure AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews name your company when homeowners ask who to call. It builds on local SEO: clear answers on your site, consistent listings and reviews AI can trust.

Do you guarantee rankings?

No. Nobody controls Google or ChatGPT. We guarantee the work gets done, and we report exactly what it brings in.

My trade isn't listed. Can you help?

If your jobs are big and homeowners search for you when they need you, probably. Ask for an audit and we'll say honestly whether it fits.

Find out where you are on the map.

Within 2 business days you get a free video audit: your Maps ranking, your reviews against the companies around you, whether AI names you, and three fixes you can make even if you never hire us.

One audit and one follow-up email. No spam.