Spokane local-SEO audit · prepared for

Sturm Heating & Air Conditioning

sturmheating.com·HVAC·Spokane, WA

Sturm ranks #2 for "HVAC contractor Spokane." That's a real position. A Reddit thread and Yelp page sit above them — neither is a direct competitor, which means the top organic slot for an actual HVAC business is open. 756 reviews at 4.7 stars. The authority is there. The gap is technical. LocalBusiness schema is incomplete, so Google can't confirm the structured signals it needs to rank a local service business with confidence. Thirteen of 18 images have no alt text — that's indexable context left on the table. Mobile performance is slow, and most Spokane searches happen on a phone. The localization foundation is solid — title, meta, and contact details all anchor the site to Spokane correctly. This report shows where fixing the schema, the image tags, and the mobile load time closes the distance to that #1 slot.

1Where You Actually Rank in Spokane

3 cached queries
Primary commercial query · May 25, 2026
Sturm Heating & Air Conditioning ranks #2 organic
for HVAC contractor spokane

Top-3 organic on this query — strong. The local pack typically sits above organic in mobile results, so the next jump is appearing in the 3-pack.

What the Top 3 Do That Sturm Heating & Air Conditioning Doesn't

Organic top 3 · “HVAC contractor spokane
#1
reddit.com· directory
HVAC Repair Recommendations : r/Spokane
A national directory in your top 3 means Google can't find enough strong local sites to fill the SERP. That's an opening — your audit-grade site can outrank it with the right local signals.
#2
sturmheating.comYou
HVAC and Plumbing Services in Spokane, WA | Sturm
score72/100
PSI mobile
28/100
Reviews
756
Rating
4.7/5
Schema
Partial
#3
yelp.com· directory
THE BEST 10 HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING/HVAC IN ...
A national directory in your top 3 means Google can't find enough strong local sites to fill the SERP. That's an opening — your audit-grade site can outrank it with the right local signals.

Audited values come from our Spokane dataset of > 40 local sites. Where a competitor is a national directory (Yelp, Reddit, etc.) we mark it as such — the signal is that those showed up in your local SERP at all, which is its own diagnosis.

Other Queries in Your Vertical
best HVAC contractor spokane
Organic #6
Top: reddit.com · yelp.com · randrheating.com
HVAC contractor near me spokane
Organic #8
Top: yelp.com · reddit.com · randrheating.com
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2Your Spokane Signal

Local-anchor audit
Spokane localization signal
Localized — room to tighten
75/100

Strong Spokane signal — title, meta, and contact details all anchor the site locally.

"Spokane" in page title
Title: "HVAC and Plumbing Services in Spokane, WA | Sturm"
"Spokane" in meta description
Meta: "When you need HVAC and plumbing services in Spokane, WA, turn to a lo…"
Local cities / neighborhoods mentioned
No Spokane neighborhoods, Spokane Valley, or surrounding cities mentioned.
509 area code present
No 509 phone number in title/meta — moving it onsite gives Google a structured local cue.

3How the Audit Scores It

Composite — supporting signal
72
Score · 100 point composite
Behind the curve
Across PageSpeed Insights mobile + desktop, on-page hygiene, structured-data adoption, Google Business Profile completeness, and local-pack visibility. Measured May 25, 2026.

4Diagnosis & Prescription

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Material
LocalBusiness schema is incomplete
Address or phone is missing from the LocalBusiness schema — both are required for the local pack signal.
Fix:
Material
Most images missing alt text (13/18)
Image alt coverage is below 70%.
Fix:
Material
Slow mobile performance
Mobile performance score is 28/100. Google uses mobile speed as a ranking factor.
Fix:
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5Among the Spokane Sites We've Audited

1 above you

A separate lens from the SERP positioning above. This ranks hvac by composite audit score, across the 4 sites we've measured in this vertical.

Among Spokane HVACwe've audited
Rank 2 of 4
#1
Cougar Heating and Air Conditioning
cougarmechanical.com
Does what you don't: Has complete NAP in schema
76
/ 100
#2
You
Sturm Heating & Air Conditioning
sturmheating.com
Gap to #1: +4 points
72
/ 100

6Raw Signals

Supporting measurements
PageSpeed (mobile)
Performance28 /100
SEO92 /100
Accessibility81 /100
Best practices73 /100
Google Business Profile
Profile existsyes
Rating4.7 / 5
Reviews756
Hours publishedyes
Structured data
JSON-LD presentyes
LocalBusiness schemayes
NAP complete in schemano
On-page & discovery
Title tag49 chars
Meta description152 chars
H1 count1
Images / missing alt18 / 13
robots.txtyes
sitemap.xmlyes

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Audit prepared by spokaneseo.app — a project of August SEO LLC, Spokane, WA
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