Listed opening hours of US home-service businesses: plumbers, HVAC, roofers, electricians and garage door companies in 20 cities (October 2026)

Aggregated Google Maps listed opening hours of 3,404 home-service businesses (plumbers, HVAC companies, roofers, electricians and garage door companies) in 20 US metros, read on 30 October 2026, plus a one-time read of 2,822 of their home pages for a chat widget or online booking. Share listed as open 24 hours, share closed at set times of the week, median weekday closing time, by city and trade. No business is named. Listed hours are not calls answered: no business was called. Made by Betterlane, an AI agency. The method, the limits and a page per city: betterlaneagency.com/research/us-home-service-hours Headline figures (all 20 cities): 54% list themselves as open 24 hours (plumbers 70%, roofers 37%); 30% are closed at 7 pm on a Tuesday; 30% all day Sunday; 37% of the home pages read offer neither a chat nor online booking. Method and limits Google Maps search "<trade> in <city>" through Google's Places API on 30 October 2026, the first 40 results per trade and city, operating businesses only, each counted once. Hours are each business's regular listed hours in its own local time; holiday hours are not included. Google's top results are not a random sample and lean towards businesses with more reviews. A figure for a group with fewer than 20 businesses should be read with care; the study pages show only figures with 20 or more. Listed hours are not calls answered. No business was called. A chat or booking tool not visible in the home page's code counts as missing. The column guide is in README.md and columns.md.