9,080 lawyer searches a month in Cleveland.
A click on “car accident attorney” here can cost $403. DIDM flags every inquiry still waiting on a reply, so the inquiries you pay for don't go cold.
By the numbers
Monthly lawyer searches
Google Keyword Planner, September 2026
Search value per month
Google Keyword Planner, September 2026
of 55 US cities we measured
55 US cities measured
Employed lawyers in the Cleveland metro
BLS OEWS 2025
Mean lawyer wage
BLS OEWS 2025
Search value per employed lawyer per month
Keyword Planner and BLS OEWS
Where the money is in Cleveland
- Criminal defense$86K · 1,240 searches
- Accident & injury$1.2M · 3,830 searches
- Family law$22K · 2,020 searches
- Immigration, estate & other$62K · 1,990 searches
In Cleveland, accident & injury carries the most search money.
| Search term | Monthly searches | Top-of-page bid |
|---|---|---|
| criminal defense lawyer | 590 | $7–$66 |
| dui lawyer | 390 | $4–$76 |
| personal injury lawyer | 2,900 | $53–$380 |
| car accident attorney | 210 | $30–$403 |
| truck accident lawyer | 720 | $0–$0 |
| divorce lawyer | 880 | $4–$13 |
| child custody lawyer | 140 | $3–$12 |
| immigration lawyer | 480 | $10–$31 |
| estate planning attorney | 1,300 | $3–$23 |
How Cleveland compares
Worked out from the same figures, against the 20 cities we publish.
Accident & injury is a bigger share of search here
42% of lawyer searches in Cleveland are accident & injury, against a typical 20% across the 20 cities we publish.
More search money per lawyer than most
Search value per employed lawyer is 1.7× the median city's. There is more demand to go round here than in most markets we measured.
“car accident attorney” costs less here
The top-of-page bid here is 85% of the median for the same term across 20 cities.
The cheapest volume is “divorce lawyer”
880 searches a month with a top-of-page bid that tops out at $13, the most searches per bid dollar of any term we track in Cleveland.
| City | Rank | Monthly searches | Search value | Per employed lawyer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio, TX | #9 | 9,440 | $1.6M | $388 |
| Chicago, IL | #10 | 17,550 | $1.4M | $48 |
| Cleveland, OH | #11 | 9,080 | $1.4M | $245 |
| Austin, TX | #12 | 8,160 | $1.2M | $160 |
| San Diego, CA | #13 | 8,290 | $1.2M | $144 |
What that means for a Cleveland firm
Wasted clicks add up
At $403 a click, ten clicks that never call cost $4,030.
Inquiries don't wait
1,240 criminal defense and DUI searches a month, many after hours.
The competition is local
5,540 lawyers work in the Cleveland metro. The firm that answers first usually gets the consultation.
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Search data: Google Keyword Planner (September 2026), city-level, English, Google Search. Search value = monthly searches × high top-of-page bid, an index of competition — not any firm's actual spend. Lawyer counts and wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025, Cleveland metro.