A Carmel marketing and web agency founded in 2004 with 11 named strategists and specialists, offering content-centered SEO, paid campaigns, analytics and custom website delivery.
SEO companies in Indiana
6 SEO companies are in Indiana and scored on public evidence. None publishes a comparable monthly SEO entry price, so pricing remains Not published until sourced.
Demand concentrates in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne. The most common in-house disciplines here are Analytics, Content Marketing, Paid Media, and the verticals with the deepest local bench are Home Services, Manufacturing & B2B, Healthcare.
Profiles listed
6
In Indiana
Median retainer floor
Not published
No comparable public floor
Median disclosed tenure
0 yrs
Oldest founded 1999
Hub Score range
43–67
Median 63 of 100
Ranked directory profiles in Indiana
Ordered by Hub Score. Entity type and missing commercial facts are labeled explicitly; nothing is sponsored.
An Indianapolis-headquartered performance agency founded in 2017 with 38 named team members and a current focus on measurable search and lead systems for contractors.
An Indianapolis-rooted agency operating since 2009 with five named team members, custom local and national SEO programs and click-to-call lead tracking.
An Indianapolis small-business agency with five named human team members, combining local and technical SEO with content, links, paid media and custom websites.
A Carmel lead-generation firm founded in 1999, offering industrial and B2B SEO, web development, analytics, content, outbound prospecting and broader marketing strategy.
A Carmel local-search practice focused on Indiana service businesses, Google Business Profile visibility, reviews, lead generation and Google Ads.
Side-by-side comparison
All 6 Indiana listings compared on the four facts buyers screen first: age, headcount, entry price and pricing model.
| Company | City | Founded | Team | Retainer from | Pricing | Website visits | Hub Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBH Creative | Carmel | 2004 | 10-20 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 67 |
| Valve+Meter | Indianapolis | 2017 | 20-50 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 66 |
| Local Blitz | Indianapolis | 2009 | 2-10 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 65 |
| Collective Alternative | Indianapolis | Not published | 2-10 | Not published | Custom engagements | No public estimate | 60 |
| MarketWise Solutions | Carmel | 1999 | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 48 |
| Bloomrank | Carmel | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 43 |
What retainers actually start at in Indiana
None of the listed companies publishes a comparable monthly SEO entry price. Request line-item proposals and compare deliverables, contract term, implementation allowance and reporting rather than treating a missing price as a zero-dollar floor.
Pricing remains Not published until a company discloses a verifiable entry floor.
Fast shortlist for Indiana
Picked mechanically from the data on this page, so you can start a shortlist without reading every profile.
Longest-running
MarketWise Solutions · 48Trading since 1999.
Boutique team
TBH Creative · 6710-20 people — senior time on the account.
Services available in Indiana
Share of listed companies that deliver each discipline in-house. Anything missing here is work you would brief to a second vendor.
- Analytics6 · 100%
- Content Marketing6 · 100%
- Paid Media6 · 100%
- Conversion Optimization5 · 83%
- Local SEO5 · 83%
- Technical SEO5 · 83%
- Web Development5 · 83%
- Link Building3 · 50%
Industries with local depth
Verticals the listed companies document experience in. Deep local bench means you can compare two or three shops that already know your SERP.
- Home Services5 · 83%
- Manufacturing & B2B5 · 83%
- Healthcare3 · 50%
- Real Estate2 · 33%
- Small Business2 · 33%
- Automotive1 · 17%
- Ecommerce1 · 17%
- Education1 · 17%
How to read this state shortlist
Indiana listings with published headcount span 2-10 (2), 10-20 (1), 20-50 (1). Another 2 listings leave headcount Not published. Not published is the most common published commercial model, which helps frame a normal engagement before a sales call.
Match scale to your problem. 2 of the 4 with published headcount are under 50 people, where the people who win the pitch usually do the work. None of the companies with published headcount operates at 150+; verify bench depth directly for multi-market programmes.
Compare scope before price. No listed company publishes a comparable monthly SEO entry floor. Ask each one for the same line-item scope — hours, content output, technical implementation, reporting and contract term — before comparing proposals.
Verify tenure independently. Among the 4 listings with a sourced founding year, median tenure is 0 years; the longest-running listing, MarketWise Solutions, has traded since 1999. Founding dates can be checked against company registers and archived versions of the site.
How the Hub Score on this page is calculated
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.
- 15 ptsOperating resilience — 3 points under 3 years; 6 at 3-5; 9 at 6-10; 11 at 11-15; 13 at 16-20; 15 at 21+ years. Tenure is useful evidence of continuity, but diminishing bands prevent age from dominating the score.
- 25 ptsDelivery capability — A monotonic diminishing-return curve: 1 service = 6, 2 = 10, 3 = 14, 4 = 17, 5 = 20, 6 = 22, 7+ = 25. Additional documented capability can reduce hand-offs, while diminishing returns limit incentives to pad service lists.
- 25 ptsSector evidence — Industry coverage contributes 10, 14, 16 or 18 points; 1, 2 or 3+ source-linked case studies add 3, 5 or 7 points. Industry coverage establishes relevance; substantive case studies add depth. Diminishing returns stop a long tag or case list from overwhelming the score, while overall source coverage remains a separate confidence measure.
- 20 ptsCommercial clarity — 4 for a live site + 6 for a disclosed entry floor + 5 for a stated pricing model + 5 for a specific best-fit client statement. The model rewards buyer-facing commercial clarity, not higher prices or a preference for retainers over projects. Source depth is tracked separately in Evidence Confidence.
- 15 ptsDelivery capacity — Team bands map monotonically: 10-20 = 5, 20-50 = 8, 50-150 = 11, 150-250 = 13, 250-500 or 500+ = 15. Headcount is treated as capacity, not quality. Larger teams are no longer penalised through an unvalidated ideal-size curve.
SEO companies in Indiana: common questions
- How many SEO companies are listed in Indiana?
- Every company on this page has a verified operating presence in Indiana and is scored with the same published Hub Score model. We only list agencies whose regional presence we can verify, so the count grows as research is completed rather than being padded with unsupported local claims.
- What should an SEO retainer cost in Indiana?
- None of the listed companies currently publishes a comparable monthly SEO entry price. Ask each company for the same line-item scope, contract term and reporting cadence, then compare the proposals like for like.
- Is a local SEO company better than a remote one?
- Locality matters when the work depends on local knowledge — map pack visibility, regional press and language nuance. For national or international programmes, discipline depth matters more than distance. We tie every listing to its real base so you can decide deliberately instead of guessing.
- Can a company pay to rank higher on this page?
- No. Ordering is the Hub Score v2, computed from operating resilience, documented delivery capability, sector evidence, commercial clarity and capacity. Evidence Confidence is published separately. There is no paid placement, sponsored row or commission on introductions.