{"id":44647,"date":"2026-06-08T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/?page_id=44647"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T01:00:05","slug":"adelaide-search","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/adelaide-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide Search Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"44647\" class=\"elementor elementor-44647\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa0636e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa0636e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e18d4d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e18d4d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en-AU\">\n<head>\n  <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n  <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">\n  <meta name=\"description\" content=\"We tracked 80+ Adelaide service keywords for 28 months. Demand peaked in 2025, then fell 32% in 2026 \u2014 plus what it costs to compete, by industry.\">\n  <link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/adelaide-search\/\">\n  <meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n  <meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_AU\">\n  <meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DNHQ\">\n  <meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/adelaide-search\/\">\n  <meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adelaide search demand fell 32% in 2026\">\n  <meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"80+ Adelaide keywords, tracked monthly Jan 2024\u2013Apr 2026. 20 of 21 categories declined. Full demand + ad-cost benchmark.\">\n  <meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\">\n  <meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Adelaide search demand fell 32% in 2026\">\n  <meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Adelaide local-service search demand fell 32% in 2026. 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We tracked more than 80 Adelaide service keywords across 21 industries, month by month, from January 2024 to April 2026. This is what happened to demand, what it costs to compete for it, and why the timing lines up with the arrival of AI search.<\/p>\n  <\/header>\n\n  <div class=\"container dn-body-grid\">\n    <nav class=\"dn-toc\" aria-label=\"On this page\">\n      <p class=\"dn-toc-label\">On this page<\/p>\n      <ol class=\"dn-toc-list\">\n        <li><a class=\"dn-toc-item\" href=\"#headline\" data-toc=\"headline\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">01<\/span>The headline number<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a class=\"dn-toc-item\" href=\"#curve\" data-toc=\"curve\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">02<\/span>The demand curve<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a class=\"dn-toc-item\" href=\"#demand\" data-toc=\"demand\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">03<\/span>What Adelaide searches for<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a class=\"dn-toc-item\" href=\"#cost\" data-toc=\"cost\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">04<\/span>The cost to compete<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a class=\"dn-toc-item\" href=\"#national\" data-toc=\"national\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">05<\/span>Adelaide vs the nation<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a class=\"dn-toc-item\" href=\"#actions\" data-toc=\"actions\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">06<\/span>What to do about it<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a class=\"dn-toc-item\" href=\"#cta\" data-toc=\"cta\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">07<\/span>Methodology & more<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ol>\n    <\/nav>\n    <div>\n      <button type=\"button\" class=\"dn-toc-mobile-btn\" id=\"toc-mobile-btn\"><span>Jump to section<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u25be<\/span><\/button>\n      <div class=\"dn-content\">\n\n        <section id=\"headline\" class=\"dn-section\">\n          <p class=\"dn-descriptor\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>01 \u00b7 The headline number<\/p>\n          <h2 class=\"dn-section-h\">Adelaide search demand fell 32% in a year<\/h2>\n          <div class=\"dn-stat-card\">\n            <div class=\"dn-stat-card-main\">\n              <p class=\"dn-stat-card-value\">\u221232%<\/p>\n              <p class=\"dn-stat-card-label\">drop in Adelaide local-service search demand, Jan\u2013Apr 2026 vs the same window in 2025<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-stat-card-meta\">\n              <div><span class=\"dn-meta-label\">Year before (24\u219225)<\/span><span class=\"dn-meta-value\">+25%<\/span><\/div>\n              <div><span class=\"dn-meta-label\">Net vs 2024<\/span><span class=\"dn-meta-value\">\u221215%<\/span><\/div>\n              <div><span class=\"dn-meta-label\">Industries tracked<\/span><span class=\"dn-meta-value\">21<\/span><\/div>\n              <div><span class=\"dn-meta-label\">Months of data<\/span><span class=\"dn-meta-value\">28<\/span><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <p>We pulled monthly Google search volume for 80-plus Adelaide service keywords, \"plumber adelaide\", \"mortgage broker adelaide\", \"dentist adelaide\" and the like, across 21 industries, from January 2024 through April 2026, then compared like-for-like windows: January\u2013April 2026 against January\u2013April 2025.<\/p>\n          <p><strong>Demand fell 32% year-on-year<\/strong>, and it fell from a high: the same basket of searches had surged +25% from 2024 to 2025 before dropping away in 2026. By April 2026, demand sat about 15% below its early-2024 level.<\/p>\n          <p><strong>The timing points in one direction.<\/strong> The break happens in 2026, the same window in which Google's AI Overviews scaled across Australia, and our companion study found AI Overviews now appear on roughly 38% of Adelaide search results. We can't prove causation from volume data alone, but the matched-window comparison is robust, and the most plausible single driver is the one reshaping every results page in the country: AI answers are absorbing searches that used to be typed, repeated, and clicked.<\/p>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section id=\"curve\" class=\"dn-section\">\n          <p class=\"dn-descriptor\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>02 \u00b7 The demand curve<\/p>\n          <h2 class=\"dn-section-h\">The rise, the peak, and the fall<\/h2>\n          <p>Here is total monthly search volume across all 21 tracked industries, every month from January 2024 to April 2026. 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Source: Google Keyword Planner via DataForSEO. Peak September 2025 \u2248 106,650\/mo; April 2026 \u2248 47,000\/mo.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n          <p><strong>The 2026 fall is broad, not isolated.<\/strong> Of the 21 industries we tracked, 20 recorded lower demand in 2026 than in 2025. When almost every category turns down together, in the same window, it points to something happening at the level of the search engine rather than 21 separate local markets all cooling at once by chance.<\/p>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section id=\"demand\" class=\"dn-section\">\n          <p class=\"dn-descriptor\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>03 \u00b7 What Adelaide searches for<\/p>\n          <h2 class=\"dn-section-h\">The demand league table<\/h2>\n          <p>Average monthly searches in the January\u2013April window of each year, for 2024, 2025 and 2026, with the year-on-year change at each step. Read a row left to right to watch each category rise into 2025, then fall in 2026. Lawyers, Pest Control and Plumbers lead by volume; the smallest categories swing wildly on tiny numbers, so read those with caution. Adelaide saw the mildest decline of any market, down 15% on 2024 versus 20-26% in the eastern capitals.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"dn-domain-table scrollx\">\n            <table>\n              <thead>\n                <tr class=\"grp-row\"><th><\/th><th colspan=\"3\">Avg monthly searches<\/th><th colspan=\"2\">Year-on-year change<\/th><\/tr>\n                <tr class=\"hdr-row\"><th>Industry<\/th><th class=\"num\">2024<\/th><th class=\"num\">2025<\/th><th class=\"num\">2026<\/th><th class=\"num\">2024 &#8594; 2025<\/th><th class=\"num\">2025 &#8594; 2026<\/th><\/tr>\n              <\/thead>\n              <tbody>\n                <tr><td>Lawyers<\/td><td class=\"num\">7,890<\/td><td class=\"num\">9,830<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">5,925<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+25%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221240%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Pest Control<\/td><td class=\"num\">8,038<\/td><td class=\"num\">7,743<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">5,873<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u22124%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221224%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Plumbers<\/td><td class=\"num\">7,350<\/td><td class=\"num\">7,445<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">5,735<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+1%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221223%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Vets<\/td><td class=\"num\">5,095<\/td><td class=\"num\">5,918<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">4,648<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+16%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221221%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Painters<\/td><td class=\"num\">4,860<\/td><td class=\"num\">7,915<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">4,238<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+63%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221246%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Mortgage Brokers<\/td><td class=\"num\">5,525<\/td><td class=\"num\">6,365<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">4,103<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+15%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221235%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Real Estate<\/td><td class=\"num\">3,350<\/td><td class=\"num\">4,550<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">3,700<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+36%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221219%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Cleaning Services<\/td><td class=\"num\">4,100<\/td><td class=\"num\">5,163<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">3,348<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+26%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221235%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Web Design<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,348<\/td><td class=\"num\">4,245<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">3,315<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+81%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221222%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Pilates<\/td><td class=\"num\">3,140<\/td><td class=\"num\">3,800<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">2,413<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+21%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221236%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Accountants<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,720<\/td><td class=\"num\">3,288<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">2,333<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+21%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221229%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Electricians<\/td><td class=\"num\">1,755<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,650<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">2,275<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+51%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221214%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Dentists<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,638<\/td><td class=\"num\">3,085<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">2,153<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+17%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221230%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Mechanics<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,713<\/td><td class=\"num\">3,213<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">1,915<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+18%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221240%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>SEO Agency<\/td><td class=\"num\">930<\/td><td class=\"num\">3,685<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">1,698<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+296%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221254%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Yoga<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,375<\/td><td class=\"num\">2,033<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">1,375<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221214%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221232%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Buyers Agents<\/td><td class=\"num\">1,225<\/td><td class=\"num\">1,525<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">830<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+25%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221246%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Air Conditioning<\/td><td class=\"num\">363<\/td><td class=\"num\">513<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">485<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+41%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u22125%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Google Ads<\/td><td class=\"num\">98<\/td><td class=\"num\">258<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">338<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+163%<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+31%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Digital Marketing<\/td><td class=\"num\">305<\/td><td class=\"num\">523<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">315<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+72%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221240%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Paid Marketing<\/td><td class=\"num\">18<\/td><td class=\"num\">65<\/td><td class=\"num strong\">53<\/td><td class=\"num up\">+261%<\/td><td class=\"num down\">\u221218%<\/td><\/tr>\n              <\/tbody>\n            <\/table>\n          <\/div>\n          <p class=\"dn-cap\">Average monthly searches in the January\u2013April window of each year, Adelaide-qualified keywords. Source: Google Keyword Planner via DataForSEO.<\/p>\n          <p><strong>The decline is near-universal.<\/strong> 20 of the 21 categories fell in 2026. Be careful with the smallest rows, the marketing and niche categories swing violently because they sit on just a few hundred searches or fewer, where Google's volume buckets round hard. The big, stable categories, pest control, the trades, legal, are the reliable signal, and they're pointing down.<\/p>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section id=\"cost\" class=\"dn-section\">\n          <p class=\"dn-descriptor\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>04 \u00b7 The cost to compete<\/p>\n          <h2 class=\"dn-section-h\">What a Adelaide click costs<\/h2>\n          <p>Demand is only half the picture, the other half is what it costs to capture it. Here is the average cost-per-click (top-of-page, AUD) for each Adelaide category with enough advertiser data to report.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"dn-pagetype-block\">\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Plumbers<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:100.0%;background:#6985BA\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$48<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Air Conditioning<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:67.6%;background:#6985BA\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$32<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Electricians<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:63.2%;background:#6985BA\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$30<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Mortgage Brokers<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:60.6%;background:#86A4EF\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$29<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Painters<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:54.4%;background:#86A4EF\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$26<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Lawyers<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:52.7%;background:#86A4EF\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$25<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Web Design<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:52.4%;background:#86A4EF\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$25<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Buyers Agents<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:51.9%;background:#86A4EF\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$25<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Digital Marketing<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:51.4%;background:#86A4EF\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$24<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Pest Control<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:41.9%;background:#86A4EF\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$20<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Google Ads<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:32.5%;background:#86A4EF\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$15<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Dentists<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:28.8%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$14<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Cleaning Services<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:24.1%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$11<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Accountants<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:23.3%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$11<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Real Estate<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:21.5%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$10<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">SEO Agency<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:16.8%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$8<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Mechanics<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:8.9%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$4<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Pilates<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:8.0%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$4<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Vets<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:7.8%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$4<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"dn-pagetype-row\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-label\">Yoga<\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-wrap\"><span class=\"dn-pagetype-bar-fill\" style=\"width:7.6%;background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"dn-pagetype-pct\">$4<\/span><\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"dn-chart-legend\">\n              <span class=\"dn-chart-legend-item\"><span class=\"sw\" style=\"background:#6985BA\"><\/span>$30+ per click<\/span>\n              <span class=\"dn-chart-legend-item\"><span class=\"sw\" style=\"background:#86A4EF\"><\/span>$15\u201330<\/span>\n              <span class=\"dn-chart-legend-item\"><span class=\"sw\" style=\"background:rgba(105,133,186,0.4)\"><\/span>Under $15<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <p><strong>Plumbers ($48) and Air Conditioning ($32) command the dearest clicks in Adelaide.<\/strong> Adelaide's priciest clicks are trades and cooling (plumbers $48, air conditioning $32), a practical, services-led market. At the other end, Yoga and Vets are the cheapest to advertise against. Note that Paid Marketing returned no reliable cost-per-click, too few advertisers bid on those Adelaide-specific terms for Google to report a rate.<\/p>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section id=\"national\" class=\"dn-section\">\n          <p class=\"dn-descriptor\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>05 \u00b7 Adelaide vs the nation<\/p>\n          <h2 class=\"dn-section-h\">Where Adelaide is dearer, and where it's a bargain<\/h2>\n          <p>Is Adelaide an expensive place to advertise? It depends on the category. We compared each industry's Adelaide cost-per-click to the national average. 12 of the 19 categories with data cost <em>more<\/em> here; 7 cost <em>less<\/em>. Green means Adelaide is cheaper than the national average, a relative bargain.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"dn-domain-table scrollx\">\n            <table>\n              <thead><tr><th>Industry<\/th><th class=\"num\">Adelaide<\/th><th class=\"num\">National<\/th><th class=\"num\">\u0394<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n              <tbody>\n                <tr><td>Mortgage Brokers<\/td><td class=\"num\">$28.81<\/td><td class=\"num\">$20.35<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+42%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Yoga<\/td><td class=\"num\">$3.59<\/td><td class=\"num\">$2.59<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+39%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Painters<\/td><td class=\"num\">$25.87<\/td><td class=\"num\">$19.00<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+36%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Pilates<\/td><td class=\"num\">$3.79<\/td><td class=\"num\">$3.07<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+24%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Air Conditioning<\/td><td class=\"num\">$32.15<\/td><td class=\"num\">$28.62<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+12%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Pest Control<\/td><td class=\"num\">$19.92<\/td><td class=\"num\">$18.23<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+9%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Accountants<\/td><td class=\"num\">$11.09<\/td><td class=\"num\">$10.17<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+9%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Web Design<\/td><td class=\"num\">$24.89<\/td><td class=\"num\">$23.12<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+8%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Mechanics<\/td><td class=\"num\">$4.21<\/td><td class=\"num\">$4.02<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+5%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Cleaning Services<\/td><td class=\"num\">$11.47<\/td><td class=\"num\">$10.99<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+4%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Vets<\/td><td class=\"num\">$3.70<\/td><td class=\"num\">$3.55<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+4%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Plumbers<\/td><td class=\"num\">$47.53<\/td><td class=\"num\">$46.22<\/td><td class=\"num down\">+3%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Buyers Agents<\/td><td class=\"num\">$24.68<\/td><td class=\"num\">$26.11<\/td><td class=\"num up\">\u22125%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Lawyers<\/td><td class=\"num\">$25.07<\/td><td class=\"num\">$29.01<\/td><td class=\"num up\">\u221214%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Electricians<\/td><td class=\"num\">$30.03<\/td><td class=\"num\">$36.49<\/td><td class=\"num up\">\u221218%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Digital Marketing<\/td><td class=\"num\">$24.44<\/td><td class=\"num\">$39.32<\/td><td class=\"num up\">\u221238%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Real Estate<\/td><td class=\"num\">$10.21<\/td><td class=\"num\">$27.50<\/td><td class=\"num up\">\u221263%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>Google Ads<\/td><td class=\"num\">$15.46<\/td><td class=\"num\">$85.73<\/td><td class=\"num up\">\u221282%<\/td><\/tr>\n                <tr><td>SEO Agency<\/td><td class=\"num\">$7.99<\/td><td class=\"num\">$75.36<\/td><td class=\"num up\">\u221289%<\/td><\/tr>\n              <\/tbody>\n            <\/table>\n          <\/div>\n          <p><strong>Mortgage Brokers (+42%), Yoga (+39%), Painters (+36%)<\/strong> cost the most relative to the national rate, the classic smaller-market dynamic, where a handful of advertisers bid up a scarce pool of searches. By contrast Buyers Agents (\u22125%), Lawyers (\u221214%), Electricians (\u221218%) are genuine bargains, worth knowing before you set a bid cap off a national figure.<\/p>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section id=\"actions\" class=\"dn-section\">\n          <p class=\"dn-descriptor\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>06 \u00b7 What to do about it<\/p>\n          <h2 class=\"dn-section-h\">Five takeaways for Adelaide businesses<\/h2>\n          <ol class=\"dn-actions\">\n            <li><strong>Never size a budget off one year.<\/strong> The same keywords rose 25% then fell 32% in two years. Plan against the multi-year trend, not a single snapshot, and re-pull your category's volumes at least twice a year.<\/li>\n            <li><strong>Assume AI is eating the top of your funnel, and measure it.<\/strong> Demand fell across 20 of 21 categories in 2026, alongside AI Overviews now on roughly 38% of Adelaide results. Shift the goal from \"rank #1\" to \"be the source the AI cites\", and track AI-answer visibility, not just classic rankings.<\/li>\n            <li><strong>Defend the transactional, local queries.<\/strong> \"[service] adelaide\" and \"[service] [suburb]\" searches still convert and are the ones AI is least able to answer. Concentrate effort there rather than on the explainer content AI is absorbing.<\/li>\n            <li><strong>Price paid search against Adelaide, not the nation.<\/strong> Costs swing wildly by category here. Set bid caps and channel budgets off the Adelaide figures in this report, not a generic national benchmark, or you'll mis-price both ends. It is how our team runs <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/google-adwords-management-adelaide\/\">Adelaide Google Ads<\/a> for clients.<\/li>\n            <li><strong>Own organic and AI-citation visibility, it compounds.<\/strong> With demand falling and the dearest clicks running into the $40\u201360 range, every lead earned through organic search, content and citations is worth multiples of a bought one. It is the focus of our <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/digital-marketing-adelaide\/\">Adelaide digital marketing<\/a> work.<\/li>\n          <\/ol>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section id=\"cta\" class=\"dn-page-cta\">\n          <p class=\"dn-descriptor\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>Methodology &amp; more<\/p>\n          <h2 class=\"dn-section-h\">How we built this, and where to go next<\/h2>\n          <p><strong>Method:<\/strong> monthly Google search volume and top-of-page cost-per-click for 80-plus Adelaide-qualified keywords across 21 industries, January 2024 to April 2026, via Google Keyword Planner data (DataForSEO). Year-on-year figures compare matched January\u2013April windows. The national CPC baseline is the same country-wide figure used across this report series. Volumes are reported in coarse buckets, so lean on the matched-window trend, not any single point.<\/p>\n          <p>This demand benchmark is the companion to our <em>State of AI Search<\/em> work, the same Adelaide, viewed through what people search for and what it costs, rather than what the results page now looks like.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"dn-page-cta-buttons\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/state-of-ai-search\/\" class=\"dn-cta-btn dn-cta-btn--primary\">Read the AI search study <span class=\"dn-arrow-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/aio-audit\/\" class=\"dn-cta-btn dn-cta-btn--outline\">Get a free AIO audit <span class=\"dn-arrow-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"dn-related-research\" style=\"margin-top:30px;padding-top:22px;border-top:1px solid #e5e7eb;font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;\">\n            <p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;\">Compare other markets<\/p>\n            <p style=\"margin:0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/australian-search\/\">National roll-up<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/sydney-search\/\">Sydney<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/melbourne-search\/\">Melbourne<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/brisbane-search\/\">Brisbane<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/perth-search\/\">Perth<\/a> &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/research\/sunshine-coast-search\/\">Sunshine Coast<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"dn-toc-overlay\" id=\"toc-overlay\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\">\n    <button type=\"button\" class=\"dn-toc-overlay-close\" id=\"toc-overlay-close\">Close \u2715<\/button>\n    <a href=\"#headline\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">01<\/span>The headline number<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#curve\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">02<\/span>The demand curve<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#demand\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">03<\/span>What Adelaide searches for<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#cost\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">04<\/span>The cost to compete<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#national\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">05<\/span>Adelaide vs the nation<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#actions\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">06<\/span>What to do about it<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#cta\"><span class=\"dn-toc-item-n\">07<\/span>Methodology & more<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <footer class=\"dn-footer\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n      <p>\u00a9 2026 DNHQ. 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