A Syracuse company launched in 2001 with 250-plus employees, now focused on enterprise reputation, organic and AI-search visibility, owned assets and narrative control.
SEO companies in New York
6 SEO companies are in New York and scored on public evidence. One listed company publishes a comparable monthly SEO entry price of $1.5k/mo; the others remain Not published.
Demand concentrates in New York City, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Syracuse. The most common in-house disciplines here are Analytics, Content Marketing, Technical SEO, and the verticals with the deepest local bench are Financial Services, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment.
Profiles listed
6
In New York
Published retainer floor
$1.5k/mo
Only published floor
Median disclosed tenure
0 yrs
Oldest founded 2001
Hub Score range
52–72
Median 59 of 100
Ranked directory profiles in New York
Ordered by Hub Score. Entity type and missing commercial facts are labeled explicitly; nothing is sponsored.
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 Manhattan-headquartered data-led growth agency with seven U.S. locations, combining SEO and performance content with media, direct marketing, creative, web technology and audience intelligence.
A New York City agency founded in 2014, combining enterprise technical SEO and content engineering with relevance engineering, generative-search strategy, measurement and authority work.
A Syracuse digital agency operating since 2018 with local SEO, content, paid media, social, email, web and AI consulting measured through monthly lead reporting.
A multi-office New York agency with a Syracuse office, offering technical and local SEO, links, content, paid media, analytics, conversion and web development.
Side-by-side comparison
All 6 New York 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terakeet | Syracuse | 2001 | 250-500 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 72 |
| SEO Image | New York City | 2002 | Not published | $1.5k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 66 |
| Amsive | New York City | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 59 |
| iPullRank | New York City | 2014 | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 59 |
| Sunstone Digital Tech | Syracuse | 2018 | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 55 |
| Scriptable Solutions | Syracuse | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 52 |
What retainers actually start at in New York
Only one listed company publishes a comparable monthly entry retainer: $1.5k/mo. Treat it as one reference point, not a market average; scope, competitiveness and content volume change the actual price.
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 · 72Trading since 2001.
Lowest entry retainer
SEO Image · 66Starts at $1.5k/mo.
Largest bench
Terakeet · 72250-500 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.
- Analytics6 · 100%
- Content Marketing6 · 100%
- Technical SEO6 · 100%
- Conversion Optimization5 · 83%
- Enterprise SEO4 · 67%
- Local SEO4 · 67%
- Paid Media4 · 67%
- 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.
- Financial Services5 · 83%
- Healthcare4 · 67%
- Media & Entertainment4 · 67%
- Ecommerce3 · 50%
- Real Estate3 · 50%
- Automotive2 · 33%
- Legal2 · 33%
- SaaS & Technology2 · 33%
How to read this state shortlist
New York listings with published headcount span 250-500 (1). Another 5 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. 0 of the 1 with published headcount are under 50 people, where the people who win the pitch usually do the work. 1 operates at 150+, which buys bench depth for multi-market or multi-location programmes but adds account-management layers.
Treat the published floor as one reference point. The only comparable public monthly entry price is $1.5k/mo. Ask every shortlisted company 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, 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.
- 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 New York: common questions
- How many SEO companies are listed in New York?
- Every company on this page has a verified operating presence in New York 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 New York?
- One listed company currently publishes a comparable monthly SEO entry price in USD. Treat that figure as one reference point rather than a market average, and ask every company for the same line-item scope before comparing proposals.
- 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.