A Copley-headquartered performance marketing agency founded in 2004 with 300+ U.S.-based in-house specialists, combining enterprise and ecommerce SEO with paid media, CRO, analytics, email and web development.
SEO companies in Ohio
9 SEO companies are in Ohio and scored on public evidence. One listed company publishes a comparable monthly SEO entry price of $1.8k/mo; the others remain Not published.
Demand concentrates in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Akron. The most common in-house disciplines here are Analytics, Content Marketing, Paid Media, and the verticals with the deepest local bench are Healthcare, Manufacturing & B2B, Ecommerce.
Profiles listed
9
In Ohio
Published retainer floor
$1.8k/mo
Only published floor
Median disclosed tenure
0 yrs
Oldest founded 2002
Hub Score range
45–77
Median 52 of 100
Ranked directory profiles in Ohio
Ordered by Hub Score. Entity type and missing commercial facts are labeled explicitly; nothing is sponsored.
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.
A Northeast Ohio-headquartered agency founded in Columbus in 2010, with current Westlake, Cleveland and Columbus offices and a 21-person public team spanning SEO, PPC, content, web and account delivery.
A Cuyahoga Falls Nettl studio offering SEO packages, keyword and backlink work, content, web design, hosting, social media, print and campaign support for small businesses.
A Copley-area local marketing practice using Google Business Profile work, authority websites, content, citations, backlinks, paid media and conversion tracking to generate local demand.
A Westlake website-management company offering search optimization, blog writing, paid search, social media, hosting, maintenance and reporting for Northeast Ohio organizations.
A Copley B2B lead-generation agency operating since 2002, combining SEO and AI visibility with content, paid media, web, analytics, CRM and sales-development systems.
A Cuyahoga Falls full-service agency combining search and AI visibility, content, websites, media activation, creative strategy and measurement for regional organizations.
A Westlake B2B agency focused on manufacturing, logistics and professional services, combining SEO strategy, content, websites, paid media, HubSpot and revenue measurement.
Side-by-side comparison
All 9 Ohio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OuterBox | Copley | 2004 | 250-500 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 77 |
| K6 Digital Marketing | Cuyahoga Falls | Not published | 2-10 | $1.8k/mo | Monthly retainer | No public estimate | 73 |
| Sixth City Marketing | Westlake | 2010 | 20-50 | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 70 |
| JMedia / Nettl of Cuyahoga Falls | Cuyahoga Falls | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 52 |
| You Got This Marketing | Copley | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 52 |
| Website Solutions Ohio | Westlake | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 49 |
| Concept | Copley | 2002 | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 48 |
| TRIAD Advertising & Marketing | Cuyahoga Falls | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 47 |
| SyncShow | Westlake | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No public estimate | 45 |
What retainers actually start at in Ohio
Only one listed company publishes a comparable monthly entry retainer: $1.8k/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 Ohio
Picked mechanically from the data on this page, so you can start a shortlist without reading every profile.
Longest-running
Concept · 48Trading since 2002.
Lowest entry retainer
K6 Digital Marketing · 73Starts at $1.8k/mo.
Boutique team
Sixth City Marketing · 7020-50 people — senior time on the account.
Largest bench
OuterBox · 77250-500 people across disciplines.
Services available in Ohio
Share of listed companies that deliver each discipline in-house. Anything missing here is work you would brief to a second vendor.
- Analytics9 · 100%
- Content Marketing9 · 100%
- Paid Media9 · 100%
- Web Development9 · 100%
- Technical SEO8 · 89%
- Local SEO6 · 67%
- Conversion Optimization5 · 56%
- Link Building5 · 56%
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.
- Healthcare7 · 78%
- Manufacturing & B2B6 · 67%
- Ecommerce4 · 44%
- Home Services4 · 44%
- Legal4 · 44%
- Nonprofit3 · 33%
- SaaS & Technology3 · 33%
- Education2 · 22%
How to read this state shortlist
Ohio listings with published headcount span 2-10 (1), 20-50 (1), 250-500 (1). Another 6 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. 1 of the 3 with published headcount is 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 $1.8k/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 3 listings with a sourced founding year, median tenure is 0 years; the longest-running listing, Concept, has traded since 2002. 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 Ohio: common questions
- How many SEO companies are listed in Ohio?
- Every company on this page has a verified operating presence in Ohio 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 Ohio?
- 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.