LOCAL SEO · GREATER MANCHESTER

Local SEO for Manchester trades and small businesses

Manchester is a crowded place to be found online. Search “plumber Manchester” or “electrician near me” in Salford and you’re up against dozens of firms for three spots on the map. I help trades and small businesses across Greater Manchester get found by customers on their own patch, without a big-agency contract.

From £250/monthNo long contractsBased in Altrincham
WHY MANCHESTER IS DIFFERENT

A big city means a crowded map

Google says local results are based mainly on relevance, distance and prominence. In a city as dense as Manchester, distance does a lot of the work: a customer in Chorlton and one in Prestwich can see a different set of businesses for exactly the same search.

That’s good news if you’re a heating engineer in Stockport or an electrician in Bolton. You don’t have to beat every firm in Manchester, just the ones near the customers you want. Local SEO is about being the obvious choice in the areas you actually cover.

10 boroughs in Greater Manchester
£250 local SEO a month, from
0 long contracts
WHAT I DO

Local SEO built around the areas you cover

Google Business Profile Categories, services, service areas and photos set up properly, with your home address kept private if you work from home.
Area pages that aren’t copy-paste Useful pages for the towns you really cover, like Sale, Stockport or Salford, written with real detail rather than swapped place names.
Citations & business details Your name, address and phone number consistent across the directories that matter, so Google trusts your details.
Reviews A simple way to ask happy customers for reviews, and help writing replies that sound like you.
Website fixes Speed, mobile layout, page titles and schema checked, so your website backs up what your profile says.
How local SEO works The full picture of my local SEO service, wherever you are in the UK. Local SEO →
WHERE I START

Before I quote, I look at

  • The towns and postcodes you want more work from
  • Who shows in the map for your main searches there
  • Your Google Business Profile categories and services
  • Your name, address and phone across your website and directories
  • Your service and area pages
  • Reviews: how many, how recent, and your replies
  • Mobile speed and the technical basics
  • Easy wins you can do yourself
HOW IT WORKS

From hard to find to on the map

  • 01
    Tell me where you work. Send me a message with your services, the areas you want more work from and your website.
  • 02
    I look at your patch. I check who’s showing for your searches in those areas and what’s holding you back.
  • 03
    A fixed quote. You get a plain-English plan and a fixed price before I start. No VAT to add.
  • 04
    Steady monthly work. I work through the plan month by month: your profile, citations, area pages and reviews.
Local SEO pricing Fixed prices. No contracts.
Local SEO from £250/month Google Business Profile set-up £125 30 local citations £195
TRADES ACROSS MANCHESTER

Built for trades who cover their own patch

I focus on tradespeople: heating engineers, plumbers, electricians and landscapers. Most of them work from home or a yard, travel to customers, and want jobs from particular towns rather than the whole city.

I also designed, built and manage Manchester Heating Experts, a heating website covering Greater Manchester, so I know how competitive these local searches can be.

Local SEO Manchester questions

Can’t find your answer? Drop me a message.

Do you cover all of Greater Manchester?+

Yes. I’m based in Altrincham and work with businesses in all ten boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton and Wigan. Most of the work happens by email, so you don’t need to be near me, and I work with businesses across the UK too.

Can I show up in towns where I don’t have a base?+

Your Google Business Profile is strongest close to your address or base, so it’s harder to appear in the map for towns further away. Good area pages on your website, reviews from customers in those places and consistent business details all help. I’ll be honest about which areas are realistic.

I work from home. Will my address be shown?+

No, not if you don’t want it. Service-area businesses can hide their address on Google and show the areas they cover instead. I set that up for you.

How long does local SEO take in Manchester?+

It depends on where you’re starting from and how busy your searches are. Some fixes, like a wrong category, can make a difference fairly quickly. Climbing in competitive Manchester searches usually takes a few months of steady work, and I’ll give you a realistic view before you start.

How much does local SEO cost?+

Local SEO plans start from £250 a month, with no long contract. Google Business Profile set-up is £125 and 30 local citations are £195. You get a fixed quote before I start.

Do I need a new website as well?+

Not always. Often your current site just needs better service and area pages, clearer contact details and a few technical fixes. If your website really is holding you back I can build a new one, but I’ll tell you honestly either way.

Want more local work from your part of Manchester?

Send me a message with what you do and the areas you cover, and I’ll let you know where you stand and what I’d do first.