> **Hawaii SEO Market Map: Local Competition by City** > How competitive local search is in 5 Hawaii cities across 12 industries, scored on one national scale. See what your market needs. [SEO Market Map](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-market-map/) Hawaii SEO Market Map · Hawaii · 5 cities · 12 trades # Today’s SEO forecast for *Hawaii*. Hawaii ranks 13th of 14 states for search competition, at 40 against a median of 54 across the 14 states measured so far. Its hardest trade is dentists (55); its calmest is electricians (29). Pick yours. All trades Plumbing HVAC Roofing Electricians Landscaping Pest control Pool companies Dentists Law firms Med spas Veterinarians Chiropractors [Run myfree audit](https://seoeliteagency.com/free-seo-audit/) [Booka call](https://seoeliteagency.hbportal.co/public/69bccfccf61f1d002932ebbe) The five-city outlook ## Where search is calm, and where it is *severe*. Hilo is calmest at 32; Honolulu runs at 52. Mostly sunny ### Hilo 32 / 100 Profile and reviews may be enough Hardest Dentists · 52 Calmest HVAC · 20 Clouds building ### Pearl City 38 / 100 Local SEO needed Hardest Plumbing · 53 Calmest Pool companies · 28 Clouds building ### Waipahu 38 / 100 Local SEO needed Hardest Dentists · 55 Calmest Landscaping · 19 Clouds building ### Kailua 39 / 100 Local SEO needed Hardest Dentists · 53 Calmest Electricians · 22 Storms likely ### Honolulu 52 / 100 Local SEO needed Hardest Dentists · 65 Calmest Pool companies · 37 The Hawaii radar ## Honolulu runs *hottest*. Honolulu, Kailua, Waipahu, Pearl City and Hilo, stormiest first. - **52** Honolulu *Storms likely* - **39** Kailua *Clouds building* - **38** Pearl City *Clouds building* - **38** Waipahu *Clouds building* - **32** Hilo *Mostly sunny* - **Clear skies 0–19 - **Mostly sunny 20–34 - **Clouds building 35–49 - **Storms likely 50–64 - **Severe 65–100 State lines: US Census Bureau. Numbered pins follow the key, stormiest first. What we found ## Inside Hawaii’s *numbers*. - **Honolulu** (52): toughest, dentists at 65, where the top three hold 1,061 reviews at the median and 17 of 20 rivals have passed 100. Calmest, pool companies at 37 (25 at the median). - **Kailua** (39): toughest, dentists at 53, where the top three hold 230 reviews at the median and 10 of 20 rivals have passed 100. Calmest, electricians at 22 (2 at the median). - **Pearl City** (38): toughest, plumbing at 53, where the top three hold 219 reviews at the median and 6 of 20 rivals have passed 100. Calmest, pool companies at 28 (26 at the median). - **Waipahu** (38): toughest, dentists at 55, where the top three hold 792 reviews at the median and 7 of 20 rivals have passed 100. Calmest, landscaping at 19 (2 at the median). - **Hilo** (32): toughest, dentists at 52, where the top three hold 792 reviews at the median and 11 of 20 rivals have passed 100. Calmest, HVAC at 20 (6 at the median). The deepest review moat in Hawaii: pest control in Honolulu, where the top three hold 1,114 reviews at the median. The thinnest: landscaping in Waipahu, at 2. Ratings run lowest for HVAC in Hilo (3.73 stars across the top ten) and highest for med spas in Kailua (5.00). We read 179 top-ranking competitor sites across Hawaii’s searches. WordPress runs 65 of them; 63 are custom or another builder. 47% carry local business markup, against 54% across every state measured, and 52% changed their sitemap in the last year. ### Each trade, calmest city to toughest - **Plumbing** Hilo 25 → Honolulu 60 - **HVAC** Hilo 20 → Honolulu 56 - **Roofing** Hilo 31 → Honolulu 49 - **Electricians** Kailua 22 → Honolulu 37 - **Landscaping** Waipahu 19 → Honolulu 46 - **Pest control** Hilo 28 → Honolulu 56 - **Pool companies** Pearl City 28 → Honolulu 37 - **Dentists** Pearl City 51 → Honolulu 65 - **Law firms** Hilo 29 → Honolulu 47 - **Med spas** Hilo 38 → Honolulu 60 - **Veterinarians** Pearl City 34 → Honolulu 49 - **Chiropractors** Hilo 28 → Honolulu 58 What a searcher sees on the map ## The view from the *phone*. City Honolulu Pearl City Hilo Waipahu Kailua Trade Plumbing HVAC Roofing Electricians Landscaping Pest control Pool companies Dentists Law firms Med spas Veterinarians Chiropractors 65 / 100 Severe The map pack is contested. Local SEO work is what separates the businesses that get the call. - **1,061** median reviews among the top three - **17** of the top 20 with 100 or more reviews - **4.8** average stars across the top 10 9:41 ** G dentist near Honolulu ★ **4.8** 1,061 reviews ★ **4.8** 1,061 reviews ★ **4.8** 1,061 reviews **Top 20 on the map** **************************************** 17 with 100+ reviews Drawn from the measured Google Maps results. Names are never shown. The full forecast ## Every city, every *trade*. Hawaii by city and trade, read 2026-10-29. Business counts are county-wide: Honolulu, Pearl City, Waipahu and Kailua share Honolulu County. [Methodology](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-market-map/methodology/). City [Plumbing](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-plumbing/) [HVAC](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-hvac/) [Roofing](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-roofing-contractors/) [Electricians](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-electricians/) [Landscaping](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-landscaping/) [Pest control](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-pest-control/) [Pool companies](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-pool-companies/) [Dentists](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-dentistry/) [Law firms](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-law-office/) [Med spas](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-medspa/) [Veterinarians](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-veterinarians/) [Chiropractors](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-for-chiropractic/) Honolulu 60 56 49 37 46 56 37 65 47 60 49 58 Pearl City 53 36 36 28 31 38 28 51 35 44 34 44 Hilo 25 20 31 24 32 28 28 52 29 38 43 28 Waipahu 36 42 40 36 19 43 28 55 31 43 45 38 Kailua 48 52 32 22 25 49 28 53 36 39 43 37 Keep reading the map [The national forecast](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-market-map/)[Alaska · 37](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-market-map/alaska/)[Delaware · 43](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-market-map/delaware/)[Connecticut · 46](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-market-map/connecticut/)[Arkansas · 50](https://seoeliteagency.com/seo-market-map/arkansas/) ## Start with *the audit*. 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