78Hub Score v2Evidence 100%
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.
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SEO companies in Montana
6 SEO companies are in Montana and scored on public evidence. Published entry retainers run $399/mo to $2k/mo, with a median of $579/mo.
Demand concentrates in Billings, Bozeman, Missoula. The most common in-house disciplines here are Analytics, Content Marketing, Local SEO, and the verticals with the deepest local bench are Healthcare, Home Services, Hospitality & Travel.
Profiles listed
6
In Montana
Median retainer floor
$579/mo
$399/mo – $2k/mo range
Median disclosed tenure
0 yrs
Oldest founded 1997
Hub Score range
52–78
Median 66 of 100
Ranked directory profiles in Montana
Ordered by Hub Score. Entity type and missing commercial facts are labeled explicitly; nothing is sponsored.
70Hub Score v2Evidence 98%
A Billings women-owned agency founded in 2007 with a stated 25-person team and named SEO cases reporting six-month organic and technical gains.
Technical SEOLocal SEOEnterprise SEOContent Marketing
67Hub Score v2Evidence 98%
A Bozeman digital agency founded in 2008 with 11 named people and detailed organic-search cases spanning local services, ecommerce and tourism.
Technical SEOLocal SEOEcommerce SEOContent Marketing
64Hub Score v2Evidence 85%
A Billings SEO and digital-marketing provider launched in 2015, with local and national plans covering technical work, content, links and reporting.
Technical SEOLocal SEOEnterprise SEOContent Marketing
60Hub Score v2Evidence 83%
A founder-led Bozeman SEO practice providing local and technical optimization, content, web implementation and measurement.
Technical SEOLocal SEOContent MarketingWeb Development
52Hub Score v2Evidence 80%
A founder-led Billings brand and marketing agency combining technical, local and content SEO with web, paid media and conversion work.
Technical SEOLocal SEOEcommerce SEOContent Marketing
Side-by-side comparison
All 6 Montana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTech Communications | Bozeman | 1997 | 10-20 | $579/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 78 |
| Kinetic Marketing & Creative | Billings | 2007 | 20-50 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 70 |
| Big Storm | Bozeman | 2008 | 10-20 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 67 |
| Billings SEO | Billings | 2015 | 2-9 | $399/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 64 |
| Bozeman SEO | Bozeman | Not published | 1 | $2k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 60 |
| Let's Canoe | Billings | Not published | 2-9 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 52 |
What retainers actually start at in Montana
Median entry retainer is $579/mo, with the range running $399/mo to $2k/mo. These are floors, not averages of what clients spend — scope, competitiveness and content volume move the real number well above them.
Under $1.5k/mo2 companies · 33%
$1.5k–$5k/mo1 company · 17%
Floors shown in USD, as published or disclosed by each company.
Fast shortlist for Montana
Picked mechanically from the data on this page, so you can start a shortlist without reading every profile.
Longest-running
JTech Communications · 78Trading since 1997.
Lowest entry retainer
Billings SEO · 64Starts at $399/mo.
Boutique team
JTech Communications · 7810-20 people — senior time on the account.
Services available in Montana
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%
- Local SEO6 · 100%
- Technical SEO6 · 100%
- Web Development6 · 100%
- Conversion Optimization5 · 83%
- Paid Media5 · 83%
- Link Building4 · 67%
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.
- Healthcare4 · 67%
- Home Services4 · 67%
- Hospitality & Travel4 · 67%
- Financial Services3 · 50%
- Ecommerce2 · 33%
- Education2 · 33%
- Manufacturing & B2B2 · 33%
- Professional Services2 · 33%
How to read this state shortlist
Montana listings with published headcount span 10-20 (2), 20-50 (1). Monthly retainer is the most common published commercial model, which helps frame a normal engagement before a sales call.
Match scale to your problem. 3 of the 6 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.
Treat the retainer floor as a scope signal. A $399/mo floor and a $2k/mo floor rarely describe the same deliverable set. Ask each shortlisted company to map its floor to hours, content output and technical work per month, then compare those, not the price.
Verify tenure independently. Among the 4 listings with a sourced founding year, median tenure is 0 years; the longest-running listing, JTech Communications, has traded since 1997. 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 Montana: common questions
- How many SEO companies are listed in Montana?
- Every company on this page has a verified operating presence in Montana 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 Montana?
- The retainer floors shown here are what each company states publicly, in USD. Floors are the starting point for a defined scope; competitive verticals, multi-location work and content production typically land above them. Compare like-for-like scope, not headline numbers.
- 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.