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Google Ads for Paving Contractors in San Jose, CA
Search campaigns for asphalt paving, sealcoating and repair contractors in San Jose, built around a 15-mile starting radius and San Jose's year-round season.
Market snapshot
- Population
- 1.0M
- County
- Santa Clara County
- Paving season
- Year-round
- Campaigns
- Year-round
- 10K+ places ≤25 mi
- 24
- Nearest large metro
- San Jose (itself)
Google Ads radius and targets for San Jose
GeoNames counts 24 places of 10,000+ residents within 25 miles of San Jose (about 2.6 million people), a dense metro market. We start at 15 miles because so much population sits close in that a wider radius would buy clicks from drive times your crews won't want. That radius holds 9 such places and about 1.7 million residents.
| Community | Distance | Direction from city | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 8 mi | west | 152K |
| Santa Clara, CA | 3 mi | west | 126K |
| Mountain View, CA | 11 mi | west | 80K |
| Milpitas, CA | 6 mi | north | 78K |
| Cupertino, CA | 8 mi | west | 61K |
| Campbell, CA | 5 mi | southwest | 41K |
| Saratoga, CA | 9 mi | southwest | 31K |
| Los Gatos, CA | 9 mi | southwest | 31K |
| Los Altos, CA | 12 mi | west | 31K |
Just outside 15 miles: Fremont (15 mi N), Palo Alto (15 mi NW), Stanford (16 mi W), East Palo Alto (16 mi NW), Menlo Park (18 mi NW) and Union City (19 mi N). Add these as a separate lower-bid campaign only if crews will travel that far.
Schedule and budget in San Jose
San Jose runs on Pacific time, so ad schedules and call-only hours follow Pacific business hours. San Jose's season is year-round: budgets stay on and shift toward repair and maintenance searches in slow months. Residential terms like "driveway paving San Jose" and commercial terms like "parking lot paving San Jose" get separate campaigns and landing pages.
How San Jose compares with nearby markets
| Market | Distance | Pop. ≤25 mi | Season | Live by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | — | 2.6M | Year-round | Year-round |
| Fremont, CA | 15 mi | 3.9M | Year-round | Year-round |
| Oakland, CA | 38 mi | 4.0M | Year-round | Year-round |
| San Francisco, CA | 42 mi | 3.4M | Year-round | Year-round |
| Modesto, CA | 53 mi | 647K | March–November | January |
| Stockton, CA | 54 mi | 755K | March–November | January |
FAQ
Google Ads in San Jose: common questions
How wide should a Google Ads radius be for San Jose?
Start at 15 miles. About 2.6 million people live in the 24 places of 10,000+ within 25 miles of San Jose; 15 miles includes 9 of them, led by Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Mountain View.
When should San Jose paving contractors turn on Google Ads?
Any time; San Jose's season is year-round, so campaigns run continuously with monthly budget changes on Pacific time.