City-by-city SEO
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Chatham County, GA · SEO Services
SEO Services for Every City in Chatham County
Each market changes how SEO should be done, and Chatham County has 7 places of 2,500 or more residents. We build local SEO for Chatham County businesses: a page for each service in each city, plus Google Maps optimization and AI search visibility, from $495 a month and no contracts.
Market at a glance
Chatham County's Local Search Competition Index and What Sits Behind It
Local Search Competition Index
67.1/ 100
Ranked 332 of 1,822 counties with 20,000+ residents and also 148 of the 400 markets we cover. The higher the score, the more local businesses are competing for the same searches. See the method
We rate every U.S. county-equivalent with 20,000 or more residents on how many local-search businesses (the lawyers, dentists, contractors, restaurants, salons and agents that customers find on Google and the map) compete for the same customers. Chatham County scores 67.1, which is more contested than most.
Two features set Chatham County apart: it is a county with many sizeable cities and towns, and it is also a county with heavy new home construction for its size. Eight measures below show where it stands among all counties.
- Change in population since 2020 +2.8% Faster growth than 72% of counties
- Median household income (2023 est.) $70,556 Higher than 60% of counties
- Businesses that live on Google and the map, per 10,000 residents 64.2 Heavier than 87% of counties
- Change in those businesses, 2017 to 2022 +19.4% A quicker pace than 90% of counties
- Share of them that employ fewer than 5 people 53.2% Lesser share than 79% of counties
- Change in employer locations, all industries, 2017 to 2022 +12.7% Growing faster than 88% of counties
- Communities with 2,500 or more people 7 More communities than 88% of counties
- Housing permits per 10,000 residents in 2025 130.2 Busier building than 97% of counties
Each bar compares Chatham County against all 1,822 U.S. counties with 20,000 or more residents. Source data: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, County Business Patterns (2017 and 2022), Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates and the Building Permits Survey.
Where people live
The Cities and Towns in Chatham County
The largest places in Chatham County by resident count. A local SEO plan can build pages for any of them, one per service you offer in each.
| City or town | People (2023 estimate) | Slice of the county |
|---|---|---|
| Savannah | 147,748 | 49% |
| Pooler | 29,544 | 10% |
| Port Wentworth | 14,468 | 5% |
| Garden City | 10,373 | 3% |
| Bloomingdale | 3,129 | 1% |
| Tybee Island | 3,119 | 1% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates. The list covers cities, towns and census-designated places; where a city extends into a neighboring county, only the part inside Chatham County is counted.
What shapes local search here
Chatham County Is Many Search Markets, Not One
Chatham County has 7 places with 2,500 or more residents, 4 of them above 10,000, more than 88% of counties. Each is its own search market: people look for a plumber in Savannah or in the next town over, not in the county. Local SEO means giving each of those cities its own page for each service you offer, which is what RankGuarantee™ is built to produce.
Chatham County has 303,655 residents, which ranks 237th of 3,143 U.S. counties, with population change of +2.8% since the 2020 Census. Across all industries it has 8,829 employer locations, 29.1 per 1,000 residents.
30% of residents (92,594 people) live outside any incorporated place, so county-level and "near me" searches matter as much as city names.
The field you would rank in
Who You Would Be Ranking Against in Chatham County
Here is how Chatham County compares with the typical U.S. county for fifteen categories that live on Google and the map: the number of locations, how that number has moved, and how many are very small.
Line of businessEmployer locationsCompared with a typical countyShift, 2017 to 2022Locations under 5 staff
Real estate agents and brokersMost contested 203 +63.7% 179
Law offices 206 +3.5% 141
Physicians offices 277 +24.8% 134
Full-service restaurants 390 +13% 82
Beauty salons 83 +23.9% 65
Accounting and CPA firms 61 +19.6% 36
Janitorial services 76 +16.9% 43
Dentists 117 +11.4% 36
Insurance agencies and brokerages 119 +0.8% 88
Landscaping services 101 +27.8% 59
Residential remodelers 90 +57.9% 71
Electrical contractors 62 +8.8% 25
General automotive repair 67 +21.8% 37
Roofing contractors 15 +0% 10
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractorsLeast contested 81 +2.5% 30
Crowding is employer locations per 10,000 residents relative to the median U.S. county of 20,000+ residents (1.0x is typical; the dark tick marks it). Counts are establishments from County Business Patterns (2017, 2022), not search volumes. Method
The real estate agents and brokers category is the most contested in Chatham County: 203 locations, 2.7x the density of a typical county, and up 63.7% since 2017. Law offices (206 locations, 2.4x) and physicians offices (277 locations, 2.3x) also run above a normal county. The plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors category is the least contested here at 0.8x typical (81 locations), so there are fewer rival pages for those searches.
Real estate agents and brokers is also the fastest-growing category, up 63.7%, so the competition is still building. The tiniest competitors are in real estate agents and brokers: 179 of 203 locations (88%) have fewer than five employees.
These numbers describe the competition, not the demand. The number of searches and the speed at which a page can rank depend on things public data cannot show, so treat a crowded category as a reason to plan and a quiet one as an opening.
New construction
Chatham County Is Building More Than It Did in 2021
Housing units authorized by building permits. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey (county annual files; year-to-date comparison covers the same months in each year). Permits are authorizations, not completed homes.
Housing permits in Chatham County rose from 1,904 units in 2021 to 3,954 in 2025 (+108%), or 130.2 per 10,000 residents, more than in 97% of counties. For January through August, permits are running at 2,312 against 2,826 a year earlier (−18.2%).
The construction-linked categories already most contested in Chatham County are real estate agents and brokers (2.7x typical) and insurance agencies and brokerages (1.1x typical). SEO takes time to build, so start before the demand shows up; new households meet the pages that are already indexed and ranking.
Markets like this one
Which Markets Look Most Like Chatham County?
These six counties are the nearest matches to Chatham County in our 400-market set when we compare size, income, local-search competition, small-business mix and growth together.
| County | Index | People | Change since 2020 | Local-business change since 2017 | Tiny locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham County, GA (you are here) | 67.1 | 303,655 | +2.8% | +19.4% | 53.2% |
| Lexington County, SC | 66.4 | 309,528 | +5.3% | +16.7% | 55% |
| Smith County, TX | 64.2 | 245,209 | +5% | +5.4% | 56.7% |
| Allen County, IN | 63.3 | 394,545 | +2.4% | +5.6% | 53% |
| Washington County, AR | 63.8 | 261,549 | +6.4% | +13.8% | 58% |
| Sussex County, DE | 59.2 | 263,509 | +11% | +10.5% | 50.5% |
| Forsyth County, NC | 62.9 | 392,921 | +2.7% | +6.9% | 55.7% |
The six look-alikes are the counties in our 400-market set that sit closest to this one on size, income, local-search competition, small-business mix and growth. Sources as above.
Lexington County, SC is the closest match, scoring 66.4 against Chatham County's 67.1. Sussex County, DE is the furthest from it, scoring 59.2. Washington County, AR has 58% of its local-search locations under five employees against 53.2% in Chatham County. Already investing in SEO in one of these places? The comparison shows how similar the competition is, not what your results will be.
Step by step
From Audit to Growth: SEO in Chatham County
Research first
We study your services, cities and competitors, review your website from top to bottom, and draft a six-month plan. None of it costs extra.
Create the landing pages
Our RankGuarantee™ system builds a dedicated landing page for each service in each city you serve, and your website gets technical repairs and on-page upgrades.
Maps, content & AI search
We tune your Google Business Profile, citations and reviews, write and publish Strategic Content Assets, and organize your pages so AI search has clear facts to draw on.
Track, report, expand
You get monthly reporting from Search Console and Analytics with your account manager, and we add pages and content where the data says to.
The pieces of SEO
SEO for Chatham County: City Pages, Google Maps and AI Search
Google Maps SEO
Profile optimization, citations, weekly posts, rank tracking and review management, so you are in the map pack when Chatham County customers search nearby. Read about Map SEO.
Optimization for AI search
Pages and business information structured so AI tools have clear, consistent facts to draw on. Nobody can guarantee an AI mention, but this makes one more likely.
Content and on-page SEO
Technical fixes, on-page optimization and written content that answers real customer questions, published every month on every Organic Growth plan.
SEO services, an SEO agency, an SEO company, local SEO, organic search, search engine optimization: different words for the same work of getting Chatham County businesses found on Google, Maps and AI search. You work with one account manager and see the numbers each month. If you also want ads, we manage Google, Bing and Meta (Facebook and Instagram) as well.
Fees
SEO Plans and Pricing in Chatham County
Each plan is month to month with no setup fee. Onboarding is built into the monthly rate: keyword research, a full website audit and a six-month strategy. Walk through it with our CEO.
Run your own numbers
An SEO Payback Calculator for Chatham County Businesses
Whether SEO pays off in Chatham County depends on your numbers, not an average. Put in your own numbers to find the customers per month that cover a plan, and over the period you select.
Questions we hear
Chatham County SEO Services: Your Questions Answered
What does an SEO agency charge in Chatham County?
We charge a flat monthly fee with no setup fee and no contract: $495 for RankGuarantee™ landing pages, or $1,495, $2,495 or $3,495 for the Silver, Gold and Platinum Organic Growth plans. Gold and Platinum include a fully managed, custom-built website.
How long does SEO take to work in Chatham County?
Nobody can promise a date for SEO, because it builds gradually. The speed of the climb depends on how contested your category is, how strong your website and Google Business Profile are, and how much we can build. In Chatham County, real estate agents and brokers is especially contested (2.7x a typical county), so expect that category to take longer. We plan in six-month cycles, with no contract, and report monthly.
Is Chatham County a competitive market for SEO?
More than most. Chatham County scores 67.1 on our Local Search Competition Index, ranking 332nd of 1,822 counties with 20,000+ residents and 148th of the 400 markets we cover. Real estate agents and brokers leads on density, at 2.7 times the typical county. That makes city-and-service pages and strong reviews more important, not less.
Which local businesses compete for search in Chatham County?
Across the fifteen categories we track, the largest by employer locations in Chatham County are full-service restaurants (390), physicians offices (277) and law offices (206). Measured against a typical county, the most contested are real estate agents and brokers (2.7x) and law offices (2.4x). Size and crowding in a category do not decide whether SEO works for you; it shows how many other sites would be in the results with you.
Which cities in Chatham County would you build pages for?
Whichever ones you cover. Chatham County has 7 places of 2,500 or more residents, led by Savannah, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Garden City and Bloomingdale. RankGuarantee™ builds local landing pages for each service in each city you serve (25 new pages a month on the $495 plan, 25 to 100 on Organic Growth), so the plan follows your service area, not the county line.
Do you do local SEO and Google Maps optimization?
Absolutely. All Organic Growth plans include Google Business Profile optimization, citations and review management, plus on-page and technical SEO, strategic content and AI search (GEO) work. Map results matter most for searches such as "near me", and most local categories in Chatham County depend on them.
Does SEO help me show up in ChatGPT and Google's AI answers?
It may. We include AI search (GEO) optimization in our plans: clean, structured pages and consistent business information give AI tools more to draw on. Nobody can guarantee an AI mention, and we do not promise one, but the work behind rankings is also the content those tools draw from.
Should I do SEO or Google Ads in Chatham County?
Frequently both. Google Ads can send calls within days and costs per click; SEO takes longer but keeps working with no per-click charge. If you need leads now, start with ads (we manage Google Ads, Bing and Meta too) and let SEO build the asset that reduces your reliance on them.
Do you require a contract, and what does the monthly fee cover?
You can cancel anytime and there is no setup fee. Your monthly plan includes the keyword research, website audit and six-month strategy at the start, then the pages and content in your tier, rank tracking, and a single account manager familiar with your Chatham County business.
Around Chatham County
Beyond Chatham County: Nearby Counties
Serving customers outside Chatham County? These are the closest counties, measured from center to center:
- Bryan County, GA: about 21 miles from here, 49,739 people, competition index 49.8
- Liberty County, GA: roughly 25 miles out, 69,210 people, index score 20.3
- Effingham County, GA: roughly 30 miles out, 71,541 people, Local Search Competition Index 30.5
- Jasper County, SC: about 31 miles from here, 33,544 people, competition index 56.5
- Beaufort County, SC: around 35 miles out, 198,979 residents, Local Search Competition Index 80.9
- McIntosh County, GA: about 38 miles from here, 11,501 residents, Local Search Competition Index 23.3
About this page
Where the Chatham County Numbers Come From
The figures on this page are drawn from public U.S. Census Bureau data, worked out identically for every county, so Chatham County can be compared with any other market. We never use client account data and we do not publish search volumes, traffic or rankings from client work, since each business is different.
- Last updatedOctober 16, 2026
- Data sourcesPopulation Estimates (2023), County Business Patterns (2017, 2022), Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (2023), the Building Permits Survey (2021 to 2026 year to date), Gazetteer files.
- How it worksThe Local Search Competition Index and the figures derived from it are explained on the methodology page. Browse all markets in the index.
- Report a mistakeThink we got something wrong? Email hello@getphound.com and we will check it against the source.
Talk to Us
Let's Talk About SEO for Your Chatham County Business
Tell us what you sell and which parts of Chatham County you serve. We will show you what an SEO plan looks like for your business. Reach us at 610-825-4363 or hello@getphound.com for a strategy session with our CEO.