92Hub score
A broad SMB-to-mid-market agency with a strong multi-location and franchise practice across the Sun Belt.
Local SEOTechnical SEOEcommerce SEOPaid Media
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SEO companies in Texas
4 companies are headquartered in Texas and scored on this page, ranked by Hub Score. Entry retainers run $2k/mo to $10k/mo, with a median of $3.8k/mo.
Demand concentrates in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio. The most common in-house disciplines here are Technical SEO, Local SEO, Content Marketing, and the verticals with the deepest local bench are Ecommerce, Home Services, Automotive.
Companies listed
4
In Texas
Median retainer floor
$3.8k/mo
$2k/mo – $10k/mo range
Median tenure
22 yrs
Oldest founded 1982
Hub Score range
78–92
Median 83 of 100
Ranked SEO companies in Texas
Ordered by Hub Score. Every figure below comes from the company's own published information; nothing is sponsored.
84Hub score
A long-established Texas agency serving regional service businesses with combined branding, web and local search work.
Local SEOTechnical SEOWeb DevelopmentContent Marketing
82Hub score
A Dallas-area agency with a strong technical audit practice, often brought in to diagnose traffic losses other teams cannot explain.
Technical SEOLocal SEOEcommerce SEOAnalytics
78Hub score
A content-and-links agency whose model is earning coverage through original research and design-led assets rather than outreach volume.
Content MarketingDigital PRLink BuildingTechnical SEO
Side-by-side comparison
All 4 Texas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive Internet Marketing Agency | Arlington | 2005 | 150-250 | $2k/mo | Monthly retainer | 92 |
| MARION Integrated Marketing | Houston | 1982 | 20-50 | $2.5k/mo | Monthly retainer | 84 |
| Vizion Interactive | Irving | 2004 | 20-50 | $5k/mo | Retainer or project | 82 |
| Siege Media | Austin | 2012 | 150-250 | $10k/mo | Monthly retainer | 78 |
What retainers actually start at in Texas
Median entry retainer is $3.8k/mo, with the range running $2k/mo to $10k/mo. These are floors, not averages of what clients spend — scope, competitiveness and content volume move the real number well above them.
$1.5k–$5k/mo2 companies · 50%
$5k–$10k/mo1 company · 25%
$10k–$20k/mo1 company · 25%
Floors shown in USD, as published or disclosed by each company.
Fast shortlist for Texas
Picked mechanically from the data on this page, so you can start a shortlist without reading every profile.
Longest-running
MARION Integrated Marketing · 84Trading since 1982.
Lowest entry retainer
Thrive Internet Marketing Agency · 92Starts at $2k/mo.
Boutique team
MARION Integrated Marketing · 8420-50 people — senior time on the account.
Largest bench
Thrive Internet Marketing Agency · 92150-250 people across disciplines.
Services available in Texas
Share of listed companies that deliver each discipline in-house. Anything missing here is work you would brief to a second vendor.
- Technical SEO4 · 100%
- Local SEO3 · 75%
- Content Marketing2 · 50%
- Ecommerce SEO2 · 50%
- Paid Media2 · 50%
- Web Development2 · 50%
- Analytics1 · 25%
- Digital PR1 · 25%
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.
- Ecommerce3 · 75%
- Home Services3 · 75%
- Automotive2 · 50%
- Legal2 · 50%
- Manufacturing & B2B2 · 50%
- Real Estate2 · 50%
- Financial Services1 · 25%
- Healthcare1 · 25%
How to read this state shortlist
Texas listings cluster around 20-50 (2), 150-250 (2) 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 4 listed shops are under 50 people, where the people who win the pitch usually do the work. 2 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 $2k/mo floor and a $10k/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 Texas is 22 years; the longest-running listing, MARION Integrated Marketing, has traded since 1982. 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 Texas: common questions
- How many SEO companies are listed in Texas?
- Every company on this page is headquartered in Texas 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 Texas?
- 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.