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When a builder needs footings dug or a homeowner needs drainage sorted, they Google "groundworker near me" and ring whoever's at the top with the best reviews. We build the website and do the local SEO that makes that you.
Why groundworkers lose work online
Most groundworkers run on word of mouth and repeat work from a handful of builders. That's fine until a developer moves on or a quiet patch hits, and meanwhile the steady jobs (footings, drainage runs, full dig-outs, driveway sub-bases) are going to whoever ranks for them on Google.
The good news: searches for a groundworker in your area are some of the easiest local terms to rank for in the UK, because so many groundwork firms have a poor website or none at all. Show up properly and you're past most of your competition before you start.
What a groundworker's website actually needs
Groundwork buyers are a mixed bag. Builders and developers want to know you can handle a programme and turn up with the right plant. Homeowners want footings for an extension or their drainage sorted, and they want a firm that looks reliable. So the website has to do two jobs: prove the quality and scale of your work, and make it dead easy to get hold of you. That means:
- A click-to-call button that's impossible to miss on a phone, where most enquiries come from
- Photos of finished work: poured slabs, drainage runs, dug-out foundations, completed sub-bases
- Genuine reviews from local builders and homeowners, near the top where people actually look
- A short quote form so someone can send over plans or a photo of the site then and there
- Your insurance, plant and any tickets front and centre, so you read as a proper outfit
Service pages that match what people search
People rarely search "groundworker". They search the exact job they need doing. Give each one its own page and you can rank for each one, instead of hoping a single page covers everything. The pages worth having:
- Foundations and footings (the bread and butter, and what most builders ring about)
- Drainage: runs, soakaways, connections and land drainage
- Excavation and dig-outs, including basements and reduced-level digs
- Concreting and oversite: slabs, bases and floor preparation
- Site clearance and ground preparation
- Retaining walls and gabions
- Driveway sub-bases and hardstanding preparation
- Muck away and aggregate supply
Each page talks about that one job the way a customer describes it, so when someone Googles "footings for an extension" or "drainage contractor" in your town, there's a page on your site built to answer it.
SEO for groundworks services
A smart-looking site is no use if nobody finds it. SEO for a groundworks business is mostly local, and it comes down to a few things done consistently:
- An optimised Google Business Profile so you show up in the map pack and on Google Maps
- Pages built around how people search ("groundworker your town", "groundworks contractor near me", "footings cost")
- A page for each town and area you cover, so you turn up across your whole patch
- A steady trickle of fresh 5-star reviews, which lifts you in the map pack over time
- Photos of recent jobs added regularly, which both customers and Google reward
None of it is overnight. Your Google profile can show within days, but climbing the main results takes a few months of steady work. That's the part the monthly plans handle.
What it costs
Websites from £1,000 one-off (a 10-page lead-focused build is £1,750). To climb Google and stay there, monthly plans start at £100, with full local SEO at £350/month. For a plain breakdown of what trade websites cost across the board, read our guide on how much a tradesman website costs, or see the full packages and monthly plans.