Where your competition is in Texas
The largest concentrations of drywall companies in our Texas data are in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving and El Paso. 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 Houston.
The map pack in Texas
In Texas, 62.7% of drywall 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 San Antonio searches are not in that group. They are near 46 reviews and they ask every customer.
The website gap in Texas
Website presence in Texas: 55.6% of drywall companies link one, 44.4% do not. The national figure is 49.4% without. Google and the AI answer engines both use the site to confirm what you do and where, so a missing site costs more than the leads it would have produced on its own.
How Texas compares
Of the 49 states in our data, Texas ranks 3rd for the number of drywall companies, 2nd for median review count, and 40th for the share with no website, so a website alone will not set you apart here. The review bar is higher than in most of the country, so plan on a steady review habit rather than a one-time push.
What to do first in Texas
- Put up a real website if you are in the 44.4% without one. Service pages, city pages for Houston, San Antonio, Austin, tap-to-call on every screen.
- Set a review velocity. One review per job day, asked at the door, moves a 5-review shop past the Texas 75th percentile (18) 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 Texas 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 5 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.