Where your competition is in South Carolina
The largest concentrations of air duct cleaning companies in our South Carolina data are in Charleston, Greenville, Fort Mill, Myrtle Beach, Bluffton, Mt Pleasant, North Charleston and Columbia. Competition for the map pack is heaviest there, and so is the reward: the same review count that dominates a small town is invisible in Charleston.
The map pack in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 45.1% of air duct cleaning companies have fewer than ten reviews. That is the good news if you have twenty: most of your local competitors are not trying. The bad news is that the three shops in the map pack for Greenville searches are not in that group. They are near 301 reviews and they ask every customer.
The website gap in South Carolina
A website is the clearest marker of a air duct cleaning company that is going to compete for the map pack, and 25.5% of air duct cleaning companies in South Carolina do not have one linked. Across the country the median review count with a site is 18, without one 2. If your shop is in the 25.5%, start there.
How South Carolina compares
Of the 37 states in our data, South Carolina ranks 25th for the number of air duct cleaning companies, 14th for median review count, and 30th for the share with no website, so a website alone will not set you apart here. The review bar sits in the middle of the pack.
| State | Listed | Median reviews | No site |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 51 | 12 | 25.5% |
| Alabama | 23 | 8 | 26.1% |
| Delaware | 36 | 4 | 69.4% |
| District of Columbia | 39 | 43 | 7.7% |
| Florida | 1,205 | 6 | 48.4% |
| Georgia | 168 | 5 | 28% |
| Kentucky | 23 | 5 | 26.1% |
| Maryland | 201 | 8 | 36.3% |
| North Carolina | 121 | 18 | 34.7% |
What to do first in South Carolina
- Put up a real website if you are in the 25.5% without one. Service pages, city pages for Charleston, Greenville, Fort Mill, tap-to-call on every screen.
- Set a review velocity. One review per job day, asked at the door, moves a 12-review shop past the South Carolina 75th percentile (61) within a year. The guides have the scripts.
- Finish the Google profile: primary category, every service you offer, real job photos, and hours that match reality. It is free and it is where South Carolina customers decide.
- Follow up every lead within five minutes. Speed to lead beats ad spend in a trade where the customer is collecting three quotes. The calculator shows what slow replies cost.
- Then, and only then, spend on ads. Pointed at a profile with 12 reviews and no website, ads pay for your competitor's education. Pointed at a finished profile, they work.
The full national picture, with percentiles, ratings and hours, is in the benchmark report. The method is on the about page.