Emergency searches pick the closest. Project searches pick the most credible.
Electrical work splits into two search behaviors — panic calls that go to the nearest map result, and panel upgrades and EV charger projects where the homeowner vets licensing and reviews before calling anyone. Winning both takes a profile configured for both, and most electricians are set up for neither.
Where electricians lose the map pack.
Two intents, one profile
An emergency electrician search and a panel upgrade search are different funnels with different competition. GBP categories, service menu entries, and service pages decide which searches you're even eligible for — a profile tuned for neither intent loses both.
Growth demand is going to whoever shows up
EV charger installation and panel upgrade searches are growing in Phoenix metro and carry lighter map pack competition than emergency terms, because fewer contractors have built for them. That window closes as more profiles add the categories and pages.
Project work is won on verifiable trust
A homeowner committing to a panel replacement checks licensing before they call. An ROC license number that's displayed and verifiable — on your profile and your site — is a conversion asset; one that's buried hands the job to a competitor who shows theirs.
Who holds the top three, city by city.
14 of the 42 top-three spots across the metro went to listings with fewer than 20 reviews; 7 of those had no website on the profile or the city's name in the business name, the usual signs of a lead-gen or spam listing.
Google reviews held by the three businesses at the top of Google Maps when someone at each city's center searches “electrician”, measured October 2026. One day's snapshot: the map moves with where the searcher stands, and a listing with a handful of reviews can sit on top on distance alone. That is why the audit measures your own map pack, not an average.
Bold numbers are listings with 20 or more reviews; light ones have fewer.
What moves the map pack for electricians.
Give each growth service its own page
EV chargers, panel upgrades, and solar and battery hookups are searched as separate jobs. One page each, written for Phoenix-area homes with older panels and heavy AC loads, does far more than a line on a services list.
Publish before the season, not during it
Panel and EV work builds before summer, and storm and surge calls follow monsoon season. Pages that are published and indexed months ahead are already ranking when the calls start.
Ask for reviews that name the work
“Installed a Level 2 charger in our Chandler garage” helps the next EV charger search; “great service” doesn't. Ask customers to mention the job and the city in their own words.
What I do for electricians.
Every engagement starts with the $197 audit: where an electrical contractor stands against the three businesses above it, and what to fix first. Then one of two builds, and Grow keeps everything running after.
Launch
A new electrical contractor, in its first year.
$7,500, paid $1,250 a month for 6 months
The Launch page →Optimize
An established electrical contractor that is underperforming on what it already has.
$1,895 a month for 3 months
Optimize on the pricing page →Grow
After a build. The monthly plan that keeps everything running and moving.
$900 a month, month to month
Grow on the pricing page →The work is the same eight parts for every local business; the trade changes the details.
What the audit checks for an electrical contractor.
- Your map pack position for the electrician searches actually typed in your cities — emergency and project terms tracked separately, not guessed
- Your review count and velocity against the three contractors actually winning your map pack
- GBP category and secondary-category configuration — including 'EV Charging Station Installation' — against what top-ranked electricians run
- Citation presence and NAP consistency across 24 directories, with claim links for every miss
- Whether your ROC license is displayed and verifiable where project-intent homeowners look for it
- Whether your site's service pages match the emergency, panel upgrade, and EV charger queries with real volume
Delivered within 3 business days as a written report, a working spreadsheet, and a prioritized plan — with a money-back guarantee. It's the same audit that starts every plan.
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Quick answers.
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Find out why the electricians above you are above you.
The $197 audit maps your rankings, reviews, citations, and competitors — and tells you exactly what to fix first.