92Hub score
An enterprise-only owned-asset marketing firm that works almost exclusively with Fortune 500 brands on large content and authority programmes.
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SEO companies in New York
5 companies are headquartered in New York and scored on this page, ranked by Hub Score. Entry retainers run $5k/mo to $25k/mo, with a median of $15k/mo.
Demand concentrates in New York City, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Syracuse. The most common in-house disciplines here are Content Marketing, Enterprise SEO, Technical SEO, and the verticals with the deepest local bench are Financial Services, Ecommerce, Hospitality & Travel.
Companies listed
5
In New York
Median retainer floor
$15k/mo
$5k/mo – $25k/mo range
Median tenure
16 yrs
Oldest founded 2001
Hub Score range
69–92
Median 87 of 100
Ranked SEO companies in New York
Ordered by Hub Score. Every figure below comes from the company's own published information; nothing is sponsored.
87Hub score
A performance marketing firm with a large regulated-industries practice, strong in healthcare and financial compliance constraints.
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87Hub score
One of the largest independent performance agencies in the US, with marketplace and retail media depth alongside organic search.
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69Hub score
A technical consultancy at the front edge of machine learning and generative search, known for research the rest of the industry cites.
Technical SEOEnterprise SEOAnalyticsContent Marketing
69Hub score
A remote-first SEO agency with a heavy link acquisition practice and a strong emphasis on strategy documentation up front.
Technical SEOLink BuildingContent MarketingDigital PR
Side-by-side comparison
All 5 New York listings on the four facts buyers screen on first: age, headcount, entry price and pricing model.
| Company | City | Founded | Team | Retainer from | Pricing | Hub Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terakeet | Syracuse | 2001 | 150-250 | $25k/mo | Monthly retainer | 92 |
| Amsive | New York City | 2010 | 250-500 | $15k/mo | Monthly retainer | 87 |
| Tinuiti | New York City | 2004 | 500+ | $20k/mo | Monthly retainer | 87 |
| iPullRank | New York City | 2014 | 20-50 | $15k/mo | Retainer or project | 69 |
| Sure Oak | Brooklyn | 2016 | 20-50 | $5k/mo | Monthly retainer | 69 |
What retainers actually start at in New York
Median entry retainer is $15k/mo, with the range running $5k/mo to $25k/mo. These are floors, not averages of what clients spend — scope, competitiveness and content volume move the real number well above them.
$5k–$10k/mo1 company · 20%
$10k–$20k/mo2 companies · 40%
$20k+/mo2 companies · 40%
$20k+/mo2 companies · 40%
Floors shown in USD, as published or disclosed by each company.
Fast shortlist for New York
Picked mechanically from the data on this page, so you can start a shortlist without reading every profile.
Longest-running
Terakeet · 92Trading since 2001.
Lowest entry retainer
Sure Oak · 69Starts at $5k/mo.
Boutique team
iPullRank · 6920-50 people — senior time on the account.
Largest bench
Terakeet · 92150-250 people across disciplines.
Services available in New York
Share of listed companies that deliver each discipline in-house. Anything missing here is work you would brief to a second vendor.
- Content Marketing4 · 80%
- Enterprise SEO4 · 80%
- Technical SEO4 · 80%
- Analytics3 · 60%
- International SEO3 · 60%
- Digital PR2 · 40%
- Paid Media2 · 40%
- Conversion Optimization1 · 20%
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.
- Financial Services5 · 100%
- Ecommerce4 · 80%
- Hospitality & Travel3 · 60%
- Healthcare2 · 40%
- SaaS & Technology2 · 40%
- Education1 · 20%
- Nonprofit1 · 20%
- Real Estate1 · 20%
How to read this state shortlist
New York listings cluster around 20-50 (2), 150-250 (1), 250-500 (1), 500+ (1) on headcount, and monthly retainer is the dominant commercial model. That combination tells you what a normal engagement looks like here before you take a single sales call.
Match scale to your problem. 2 of the 5 listed shops are under 50 people, where the people who win the pitch usually do the work. 3 operate at 150+, which buys bench depth for multi-market or multi-location programmes but adds account-management layers.
Treat the retainer floor as a scope signal. A $5k/mo floor and a $25k/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. Median tenure in New York is 16 years; the longest-running listing, Terakeet, has traded since 2001. 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.
- 25 ptsTenure — round(years trading ÷ 25 × 25), capped at 25. 25+ years = full marks. Surviving multiple algorithm eras and at least one recession is the most reliable public signal that delivery is repeatable rather than lucky.
- 20 ptsService breadth — 3 points per in-house discipline, capped at 20 (7+ services = full marks). Each discipline you have to buy elsewhere adds a hand-off. Breadth is not automatically better, but it is a fact buyers price in.
- 20 ptsVertical depth — 4 points per industry served, plus an 8-point focus bonus when the company serves 2 or fewer. Capped at 20. A clear position scores well at both ends: deep specialists know a vertical's SERP, broad shops carry pattern library across many. Vague middle ground scores lowest.
- 20 ptsPricing transparency — 8 points for a monthly-retainer model (6 for other models) + 7 for a stated retainer floor + 5 for a live public site. Agencies that will not name a number until the third call cost buyers weeks of qualification time.
- 17 ptsDelivery scale — Team size mapped to a curve: 10-20 → 8, 20-50 → 11, 50-150 → 14, 150-250 → 16, 250-500 → 17, 500+ → 15. The curve peaks in the mid-hundreds: enough bench depth to survive staff churn, small enough that senior people still touch the account. Very large shops lose a point for delivery distance.
SEO companies in New York: common questions
- How many SEO companies are listed in New York?
- Every company on this page is headquartered in New York and scored with the same published Hub Score model. We only list agencies whose operating base we can verify, so the count grows as research is completed rather than being padded with national firms claiming a local address.
- What should an SEO retainer cost in New York?
- 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, computed from tenure, in-house service breadth, vertical depth, pricing transparency and delivery scale. There is no paid placement, no sponsored row and no commission on introductions.