2026 KEYWORD OPPORTUNITY REPORT
Strong in your metros.
Wide open nationally.
Prepared for itsasap.com · August 2026 · 80 target keywords · national + 12 metros
23,170
Monthly US searches across the 80 target keywords
2
Keywords on Google page one nationally (of 80)
26
Keywords ITS ranks for inside each metro, on average
62
Local top-10 positions across the 12 metros
The short version. Nationally, itsasap.com is close to invisible for the terms that sell: it reaches Google's page one for just 2 of these 80 keywords, and the core commercial terms like "managed IT services company" and "IT support company near me" sit on page four or worse. Inside your 12 metros the story flips. ITS ranks for about 26 of these terms in each city, with 62 positions in the local top 10. The map pack is the uneven part, and it is where local buyers actually click. Fixing the metros where ITS ranks organically but is missing from the map, Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sacramento, is the highest-leverage move in this report.
National vs local, at a glance
Two different games. Nationally you are competing against every MSP in the country and barely place. Locally, inside the metros you serve, you already rank for most of these terms. The gap between the two is the opportunity.
Keywords ITS ranks in Google's local top 10, by metro
How you rank in each metro (organic blue links, not the map)
itsasap.com's live local organic position for your strongest terms, measured inside each city. Green is top 3, blue is top 10. This is the classic search results, separate from the map pack below.
| Keyword | Reno | Det | LV | Oak | Oly | SF | Ptld | Chi | LA | Phx | Sac | Sea |
|---|
| questions to ask a managed service provider | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 | #4 |
| IT services for architecture firms | #3 | #7 | #6 | #6 | #7 | #7 | #7 | #6 | #7 | #6 | #7 | #6 |
| cybersecurity company near me | #7 | #8 | #7 | #2 | #2 | #9 | #8 | #14 | #28 | #19 | #8 | #15 |
| IT support company near me | #9 | #8 | #8 | #9 | #7 | #7 | #12 | #26 | #17 | #24 | #15 | #15 |
| switching IT providers | #14 | #14 | #14 | #13 | #13 | #13 | #13 | #13 | #13 | #13 | #15 | #13 |
| managed IT services near me | #7 | #8 | #9 | #8 | #9 | #18 | #13 | #27 | #24 | #20 | #17 | #22 |
| managed service provider near me | #7 | #8 | #22 | #30 | #9 | #15 | #12 | #27 | #13 | #40 | #23 | #15 |
| local IT support for small business | #4 | #7 | #8 | #10 | #12 | #8 | #10 | #29 | #98 | #22 | #17 | #15 |
| managed IT services company | #18 | #29 | #22 | #27 | #27 | #23 | #27 | #32 | #32 | #29 | #27 | #30 |
| IT services for construction companies | #30 | #26 | #30 | #24 | #24 | #10 | #23 | #24 | #112 | #27 | #23 | #26 |
| CMMC registered practitioner | #41 | #40 | #40 | #41 | #41 | #41 | #41 | #40 | #41 | #40 | #40 | #40 |
| IT support for law firms | #41 | #42 | #41 | #42 | #47 | #41 | #41 | #47 | #50 | #41 | #44 | #43 |
| CMMC compliance cost | #51 | #51 | #51 | #50 | #52 | #51 | #51 | #51 | #51 | #52 | #52 | #51 |
| MSP pricing models | #54 | #55 | #54 | #55 | #55 | #55 | #55 | #53 | #55 | #53 | #55 | #55 |
The map pack, block by block
This is the new part. For your three core money terms we searched Google Maps at a 7x7 grid of points across each metro and recorded where itsasap.com landed. It shows exactly which neighborhoods you own and which ones a competitor owns, the way a customer standing there would see it.
Top 3 (the money spot)Top 1011-20Not shown
"managed IT services"
Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sacramento: no top-3 presence anywhere on the grid. Each tile is a 7x7 grid of search points across the metro. Green = ITS in the top 3, blue = top 10, amber = 11-20, empty = not shown.
Olympia86%
42/49 pts in top-3
Oakland63%
31/49 pts in top-3
Las Vegas41%
20/49 pts in top-3
Reno41%
20/49 pts in top-3
Seattle27%
13/49 pts in top-3
Portland16%
8/49 pts in top-3
San Francisco8%
4/49 pts in top-3
Chicago0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Detroit0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Los Angeles0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Phoenix0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Sacramento0%
0/49 pts in top-3
"IT support company"
Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sacramento: no top-3 presence anywhere on the grid. Each tile is a 7x7 grid of search points across the metro. Green = ITS in the top 3, blue = top 10, amber = 11-20, empty = not shown.
Olympia86%
42/49 pts in top-3
Oakland57%
28/49 pts in top-3
Reno43%
21/49 pts in top-3
Seattle33%
16/49 pts in top-3
San Francisco18%
9/49 pts in top-3
Portland16%
8/49 pts in top-3
Las Vegas14%
7/49 pts in top-3
Chicago0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Detroit0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Los Angeles0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Phoenix0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Sacramento0%
0/49 pts in top-3
"cybersecurity services"
Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sacramento: no top-3 presence anywhere on the grid. Each tile is a 7x7 grid of search points across the metro. Green = ITS in the top 3, blue = top 10, amber = 11-20, empty = not shown.
Olympia86%
42/49 pts in top-3
Oakland71%
35/49 pts in top-3
Las Vegas51%
25/49 pts in top-3
Reno49%
24/49 pts in top-3
Seattle43%
21/49 pts in top-3
Portland22%
11/49 pts in top-3
Chicago18%
9/49 pts in top-3
San Francisco2%
1/49 pts in top-3
Detroit0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Los Angeles0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Phoenix0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Sacramento0%
0/49 pts in top-3
Who owns the map in each metro
The businesses that appeared most often in the top 3 across every grid point we searched. Where you see ITS (you), you already own that metro; where you do not appear at all, these are the competitors standing between ITS and the map pack.
| Metro | Strongest map-pack competitors (top-3 appearances across the grid) |
|---|
| Reno | nvits.com 125ITS (you) 65itguyreno.com 57desertitsolutions.com 55 |
| Detroit | adrem.com 88detroitit.com 74systems-x.com 70propeltechnology.com 38 |
| Las Vegas | ITS (you) 52itsupportnv.com 51tenecom.com 46etsworks.com 46 |
| Oakland | ITS (you) 94pcprofessional.com 72teamlogicit.com 59techplusconsulting.com 50 |
| Olympia | ITS (you) 126PC Technologies 124truit.io 51intrinium.com 39 |
| San Francisco | rollout.ai 83adv-networks.com 68truadvantage.com 48cyberduo.com 34 |
| Portland | computersmadeeasy.com 78digiwest.com 47cyberlift.com 43edgenetworks.us 43 |
| Chicago | osgusa.com 91xl.net 75mtusa.com 59psmpartners.com 57 |
| Los Angeles | ftiservices.com 79crimsonit.com 62machinait.com 56cyberxprotect.com 49 |
| Phoenix | layercaketech.com 74mbps.com 71desertitsolutions.com 50ajtc.net 36 |
| Sacramento | executech.com 77grouponeit.com 69gitstel.com 42us-cybersecurity.com 41 |
| Seattle | dynamiccomputing.com 89attentus.tech 64cloud1it.com 62ITS (you) 50 |
Biggest opportunities by search volume
Top 12 keywords by monthly US searches. Orange means ITS is not on page one nationally; green means already top 10.
managed IT services near me
8,100
managed service provider near me
1,600
dark web monitoring services
1,600
managed IT services company
1,300
cybersecurity company near me
1,300
IT support for nonprofits
1,000
IT support company near me
880
HIPAA compliance consultant
880
managed IT services pricing
480
IT support for law firms
480
top managed service providers
390
managed firewall services
390
Quick-win shortlist
Real volume, low difficulty (KD 30 or under), and ITS does not own page one yet. Start here.
| Keyword | Volume / mo | Difficulty | National rank |
|---|
| managed IT services near me | 8,100 | 3 | #55 |
| dark web monitoring services | 1,600 | 24 | not ranking |
| managed IT services company | 1,300 | 10 | #35 |
| IT support company near me | 880 | 8 | #35 |
| managed IT services pricing | 480 | 12 | not ranking |
| top managed service providers | 390 | 17 | not ranking |
| managed firewall services | 390 | 3 | not ranking |
| SOC 2 compliance consultant | 390 | 5 | not ranking |
| PCI compliance services | 390 | 23 | not ranking |
| outsourced IT department | 320 | 1 | not ranking |
| incident response services | 320 | 17 | not ranking |
| SOC 2 audit cost | 260 | 4 | not ranking |
Full keyword set by service line
Every target keyword with 2026 US monthly volume, keyword difficulty (KD, lower is easier), Google Ads competition, cost-per-click, and where itsasap.com ranks nationally today.
Managed IT & MSP
13,410 searches / mo · 13 keywords| Keyword | Volume | KD | Competition | CPC | National rank |
|---|
| managed IT services near me | 8,100 | 3 | - | $60.69 | #55 |
| managed service provider near me | 1,600 | 0 | - | - | #78 |
| managed IT services company | 1,300 | 10 | - | - | #35 |
| IT support company near me | 880 | 8 | - | $63.01 | #35 |
| top managed service providers | 390 | 17 | - | - | not ranking |
| IT consulting company near me | 320 | 100 | - | - | not ranking |
| outsourced IT department | 320 | 1 | - | - | not ranking |
| MSP for small business | 210 | 0 | - | $42.84 | not ranking |
| IT company for small business | 210 | 11 | - | - | #94 |
| local IT support for small business | 70 | 0 | - | $69.09 | #109 |
| best MSSP for small business | 10 | - | - | - | #64 |
| best managed IT services for small business | 0 | - | - | - | #56 |
| IT managed services for medium sized business | 0 | - | - | - | #58 |
Cybersecurity & MDR
4,360 searches / mo · 20 keywords| Keyword | Volume | KD | Competition | CPC | National rank |
|---|
| dark web monitoring services | 1,600 | 24 | - | - | not ranking |
| cybersecurity company near me | 1,300 | 0 | - | - | not ranking |
| managed firewall services | 390 | 3 | - | - | not ranking |
| vulnerability assessment services | 390 | 0 | - | $31.03 | not ranking |
| incident response services | 320 | 17 | - | $27.51 | not ranking |
| managed detection and response provider | 170 | 42 | - | $1405.53 | not ranking |
| MDR pricing | 90 | 0 | - | - | not ranking |
| security risk assessment services | 70 | 1 | - | - | not ranking |
| SOC as a service cost | 10 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| cybersecurity services pricing | 10 | 2 | - | - | not ranking |
| cybersecurity for financial advisors | 10 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| managed SOC services for small business | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| 24/7 security monitoring services | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| endpoint detection and response managed service | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| email security services for business | 0 | - | - | - | #85 |
| virtual CISO for small business | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| penetration testing services for small business | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| ransomware protection services for business | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| cyber insurance readiness assessment | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| best MDR for small business | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
Compliance
3,110 searches / mo · 14 keywords| Keyword | Volume | KD | Competition | CPC | National rank |
|---|
| HIPAA compliance consultant | 880 | 0 | - | $130.18 | not ranking |
| CMMC consultant | 390 | 0 | - | $175.12 | not ranking |
| SOC 2 compliance consultant | 390 | 5 | - | - | not ranking |
| PCI compliance services | 390 | 23 | - | $63.88 | not ranking |
| CMMC compliance services | 320 | 0 | - | $238.94 | not ranking |
| SOC 2 audit cost | 260 | 4 | - | - | not ranking |
| compliance as a service | 260 | 0 | - | $30.05 | not ranking |
| CMMC registered practitioner | 140 | 0 | - | - | #42 |
| CMMC compliance cost | 40 | 0 | - | $34.84 | #50 |
| HIPAA compliant IT support | 40 | 0 | - | - | not ranking |
| HIPAA compliance services cost | 0 | - | - | - | #26 |
| HIPAA IT services provider | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| NIST 800-171 compliance services | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| FTC Safeguards Rule compliance services | 0 | - | - | - | #81 |
Industry Verticals
1,650 searches / mo · 8 keywords| Keyword | Volume | KD | Competition | CPC | National rank |
|---|
| IT support for nonprofits | 1,000 | 0 | - | $30.40 | not ranking |
| IT support for law firms | 480 | 0 | - | - | #40 |
| IT services for accounting firms | 90 | 0 | - | - | not ranking |
| IT services for construction companies | 50 | 0 | - | - | #28 |
| IT support for manufacturing companies | 30 | 0 | - | - | not ranking |
| IT services for medical practices | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| IT services for architecture firms | 0 | - | - | - | #3 |
| IT support for auto dealerships | 0 | - | - | - | #18 |
Pricing & Cost
560 searches / mo · 11 keywords| Keyword | Volume | KD | Competition | CPC | National rank |
|---|
| managed IT services pricing | 480 | 12 | - | - | not ranking |
| managed security services pricing | 50 | 0 | - | - | not ranking |
| MSP pricing models | 30 | 0 | - | - | #54 |
| managed IT services cost per user | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| managed IT services cost per month | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| how much does managed IT cost for small business | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| IT support pricing small business | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| co-managed IT pricing | 0 | - | - | - | #16 |
| IT support hourly rate vs managed services | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| managed IT services cost calculator | 0 | - | - | - | #19 |
| IT downtime cost calculator | 0 | - | - | - | #33 |
Switching & Evaluation
50 searches / mo · 11 keywords| Keyword | Volume | KD | Competition | CPC | National rank |
|---|
| managed IT services RFP | 20 | 0 | - | - | not ranking |
| managed IT services checklist | 10 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| managed IT services reviews | 10 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| MSP comparison | 10 | - | - | $87.91 | not ranking |
| switching IT providers | 0 | - | - | - | #13 |
| how to switch MSPs | 0 | - | - | - | #16 |
| questions to ask a managed service provider | 0 | - | - | - | #4 |
| MSP vs in-house IT | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| MSP vs MSSP which do I need | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| IT support contract small business | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| managed IT services SLA | 0 | 24 | - | - | #77 |
Microsoft 365 & Continuity
30 searches / mo · 3 keywords| Keyword | Volume | KD | Competition | CPC | National rank |
|---|
| managed Microsoft 365 services | 30 | 0 | - | - | not ranking |
| managed backup and disaster recovery services | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
| Microsoft 365 security managed services | 0 | - | - | - | not ranking |
About this scan. This is a surface-level, automated scan built from live search data, not a full technical or content audit. Treat the numbers as directional: volumes, ranks, and map positions move, and a handful of keywords return no volume data. A deeper tier, adding on-page technical review, Google Business Profile analysis, content gap mapping, and backlink work, is available and would firm up the priorities here.
