Local SEO for sheet metal fabricators
SEO for sheet metal fabricators, so the people nearby find you.
Local search is mostly groundwork. Google needs to understand what you do, where you do it, and that other people vouch for you. Your site also has to be fast enough to be worth ranking.
For sheet metal fabricators
What it means in your trade.
Engineers search by process, material and sometimes place: laser cutting stainless steel, sheet metal folding, CNC punching, aluminium enclosures, subcontract fabrication, powder coated brackets. Some add thickness or a part type. The groundwork is a page for each process and common material, a capability table with real figures, and a parts gallery that search engines can read, plus a Google Business Profile showing location, hours and photos.
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Structured capability information also helps AI tools describe what you make accurately. The realistic aim is that an engineer searching for your process and material finds a page with the facts they need.
What is included
Exactly what you get.
Technical foundations: speed, mobile, crawlable structure, proper headings
Schema markup so your services, area and reviews are machine-readable
Google Business Profile set up and matched to the site
Pages for the places you actually cover
Titles and descriptions written for the person searching
Not included: paid links, ranking promises or impression-count reports. We report on enquiries.
Built for sheet metal fabricators
Made for your trade.
Every trade asks something different of its website. For a sheet metal fabricator, these are the parts built in.
- A capability table with sheet sizes, thicknesses by material, bending capacity, tolerances and finishes, using your real figures.
- Pages for each process, such as laser cutting, folding, punching, welding and assembly, and each common material.
- An RFQ form that accepts several CAD files and asks for quantity, material, finish and delivery date.
- A quality page covering inspection, traceability and any certification you hold.
- A parts gallery organised by process and sector, with client names only where agreed.
- Your Google Business Profile with accurate hours, location and photos of parts and machines.
What it costs
Included in the rebuild.
There is no separate SEO invoice. The groundwork is part of the £1,400 rebuild, one-off, in about 14 working days.
The free Growth Audit comes first either way, so you find out what is actually wrong before you spend anything.
In our clients’ words
What our clients say.
Questions
The ones that come up.
How long before SEO does anything?
The technical work lands immediately; rankings move over weeks to months. Be wary of any promise of page one within a month.
Do you do SEO as a monthly retainer?
The groundwork is part of the rebuild. Ongoing care at £149 a month keeps it maintained. There is no separate SEO retainer.
Can the website show our quote turnaround and lead times?
Yes, as typical ranges that you can meet, with a note on what affects them. Buyers under pressure want to know whether a quote comes back the same day or next week. If turnaround changes with workload, it can be updated quickly through Growth Care.
Is a website really how engineers find a subcontractor?
It is often part of it. Buyers find suppliers through referrals, trade directories, procurement portals and search, and in almost every case they look at the website before sending a drawing. A site that states capability clearly makes the shortlist easier; one that hides it behind a contact form makes it harder.
We also do one-off jobs for local customers. Should that be on the site?
If you want that work, yes, on its own page. Explain the kinds of one-off jobs you take, such as replacement panels, brackets or small runs, how to send a sketch or measurements, and any minimum order. Keeping it separate stops it cluttering the industrial pages while still bringing in useful local work.
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Find out what your website is costing you.
A free Growth Audit, done by hand: a written, prioritised audit of your website, with the three fixes worth making first. It is yours to keep.
We take on a limited number of builds at once, so there is usually a short wait before a new one starts. Once yours starts, it is about 14 working days from agreed direction to launch.