Buyer segment
Small businesses need an agency whose minimum engagement fits reality and whose team can execute local, technical and website work without three extra vendors.
Eligibility is mechanical: a US company must publish an entry retainer of $3,000 per month or less and offer Local SEO in-house. Inclusion does not mean the cheapest company is automatically the best fit.
Reviewed 23 August 2026 · 38 eligible companies
Companies compared
38
US-based and evidence-filtered
Median retainer floor
$1k/mo
$297/mo–$3k/mo
Median tenure
0 yrs
Oldest founded 1996
Hub Score range
40–88
Median 73
Ordered by the published Hub Score. Placement and inclusion cannot be bought.
A Harrisburg-headquartered, full-service agency whose official history traces operations to 1996, with 750 experts on staff and current SEO plans starting at $3,000 per month.
A Downers Grove digital agency whose roots date to 1997, with current SEO and GEO retainers starting at $1,500 per month and a roster of more than 50 named specialists.
A Guilford-headquartered agency led by founder Frank DePino since 2002, with a published 21-person roster and a hospitality-focused SEO and content offer starting at $1,950 per month.
A Gulfport-headquartered remote marketing provider founded in 2018, with public cross-channel packages and company-authored local-business result cards.
A Traverse City agency operating since 1996 with a 26-person public roster and deep technical, local, enterprise and content-led SEO delivery.
A Bozeman web and digital-marketing company operating since 1997, with 13 named human team members and ongoing SEO plans starting at $579 per month.
A New Orleans-headquartered creative digital agency launched in 2012, combining technical and local SEO, content, digital PR, paid media and web execution.
A six-specialist Denver search firm founded in 2009, offering technical, on-page, content, link, local and AI-search work with public monthly packages starting at $1,500 on a twelve-month agreement.
An Ann Arbor search and paid-media consultancy founded in 2005, with a compact named team and data-led SEO, local search, content and AI-visibility programs.
A Boise agency serving Idaho since 2012 with six named team members, local SEO retainers from $1,500 per month and integrated technical, content, local-profile and paid-search delivery.
A Meriden-based SEO and generative-discovery agency with a current 14-person U.S. roster, local-to-global search programs and public month-to-month SEO bundles beginning at $1,000.
A Seattle-founded agency with in-house SEO, GEO, paid media and web delivery, month-to-month terms and a published $1,299 SEO entry price.
A Cuyahoga Falls-based boutique agency with eight current core team members, a founder active in digital marketing since 1996, and public month-to-month plans combining SEO, content and paid-search support.
An Atlanta-headquartered, founder-led agency established in 2013 with current local, growth and enterprise SEO tiers starting at $2,400, $4,800 and $10,000 per month.
An Ocean Springs operator-led local SEO business with public monthly plans and Mississippi cases tied to calls, rankings, leads and company-attributed revenue.
A three-person Kailua-Kona SEO, paid-search and WordPress team publishing local SEO from $550 per month and full end-to-end SEO from $1,100 per month plus setup.
A Sheridan-based search and paid-media agency operating since 2019 with flat-fee technical, local, content and advertising programs.
A Fargo-founded marketing agency operating since 2015, with current North Dakota and Colorado offices and a published SEO menu covering audits, technical work, local search, content, schema and measurement.
A family-owned Washougal agency publishing Washington-focused local SEO, web, paid-search and AI-search programs with competition-based monthly pricing.
A two-person Williamsburg web and SEO firm founded in 2014 with no subcontractors, Iowa-only positioning and a published $300-$800 monthly SEO range.
An Arlington-headquartered agency founded in 2005, combining local, technical, ecommerce, franchise and AI-search work with content, paid media, web and conversion support.
An Albuquerque agency focused on growth systems for HVAC, plumbing and other local-service businesses, with current local SEO, Google Business Profile, review, advertising and web capabilities.
A Sioux Falls organic-search specialist founded in 2009, with four named staff members, a published SEO and AI-optimization retainer, and local SEO case material.
A Dover-based full-service digital agency with public no-lock-in SEO plans from $1,100 per month and current case material across ecommerce, construction, manufacturing and local search.
A Houston-rooted integrated agency with more than four decades in Texas, offering SEO, content, paid media, branding, design and web development from Houston, Austin and DFW offices.
A Memphis full-service agency with a current eleven-person roster and published SEO plans covering technical, local, content, authority and AI-search work.
A Gilbert agency founded in 2019, offering consultant-led search and website programmes with a published $2,500 monthly SEO starting price.
A Little Rock agency founded in 2016 with an $850 monthly SEO starting point, a named search project manager and an ongoing local-search scope spanning content, listings, Google Business Profile work and competitor monitoring.
A New York City search agency operating since 2002 with organic, technical, local and AI-search work plus reputation, paid media and content services from a published monthly floor.
A Burley-headquartered legal marketing agency started in 2009, offering custom law-firm SEO from a stated $1,500 monthly minimum alongside content, websites and paid acquisition.
A Billings SEO and digital-marketing provider launched in 2015, with local and national plans covering technical work, content, links and reporting.
A Houston search and content agency with more than 26 years of stated experience, serving regulated B2B industries across SEO, AI visibility, PPC, web and strategy.
A founder-led Tucson SEO company for home-service businesses, publishing a $750 monthly local-search floor, generally month-to-month terms and a lead-focused scope spanning websites, map visibility, content, links and tracking.
A Mesa website and search agency with named delivery roles and a public menu of monthly SEO packages, supported by WordPress design and maintenance.
A founder-led Bozeman SEO practice providing local and technical optimization, content, web implementation and measurement.
A Basking Ridge local-search agency offering SEO, content, digital PR, paid media and web work from a published $697 monthly starting point.
A Los Angeles web and search agency with published managed SEO packages and a separate automated local-search offering.
An owner-led Fairbanks studio offering a clearly scoped $600 monthly SEO package with audits, keyword and on-page work, Google Business Profile updates, content updates and measurement.
The 15 highest-scoring eligible companies compared on location, tenure, team size, entry price and pricing model.
| Company | Based in | Founded | Team | Retainer from | Pricing | Website visits | Hub Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WebFX | Harrisburg, PA | 1996 | 500+ | $3k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 88 |
| Straight North | Downers Grove, IL | 1997 | 50-150 | $1.5k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 84 |
| Mediaboom | Guilford, CT | 2002 | 20-50 | $1.9k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 81 |
| MStoGo | Gulfport, MS | 2018 | 20-50 | $1.5k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 81 |
| Oneupweb | Traverse City, MI | 1996 | 20-50 | $800/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 81 |
| JTech Communications | Bozeman, MT | 1997 | 10-20 | $579/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 78 |
| Online Optimism | New Orleans, LA | 2012 | 10-20 | $2k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 78 |
| Firestarter SEO | Denver, CO | 2009 | 2-10 | $1.5k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 76 |
| Pure Visibility | Ann Arbor, MI | 2005 | 2-10 | $3k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 76 |
| SEO Idaho | Boise, ID | 2012 | 2-10 | $1.5k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 76 |
| Skyfield Digital | Meriden, CT | Not published | 10-20 | $1k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 75 |
| Actuate Media | Seattle, WA | 2016 | Not published | $1.3k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 73 |
| K6 Digital Marketing | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Not published | 2-10 | $1.8k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 73 |
| M16 Marketing | Atlanta, GA | 2013 | Not published | $2.4k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 73 |
| Magnolia Digital | Ocean Springs, MS | 2016 | Not published | $997/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 73 |
Median entry retainer is $1k/mo, with the range running $297/mo to $3k/mo. These are floors, not averages of what clients spend — scope, competitiveness and content volume move the real number well above them.
Floors shown in USD, as published or disclosed by each company.
Picked mechanically from the data on this page, so you can start a shortlist without reading every profile.
Longest-running
WebFX · 88Trading since 1996.
Lowest entry retainer
Oneirly Digital Marketing · 73Starts at $297/mo.
Boutique team
Mediaboom · 8120-50 people — senior time on the account.
Largest bench
WebFX · 88500+ people across disciplines.
How often each discipline appears across the eligible shortlist.
Other documented verticals across the same companies, useful when your market crosses categories.
What will exist after the first 90 days?
A small budget cannot absorb a long discovery phase with nothing shipped.
Which work is included versus referred out?
Extra vendors can double the real cost of an apparently affordable retainer.
How are calls and forms qualified?
Small businesses need booked work, not a larger spam folder.
100 points across five factors, each computed from a fact you can check yourself. Nothing here is bought, voted on or averaged from review sites.
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