Hire top startups SEO companies to boost search visibility for your new business. Explore our list of verified service providers and compare their client reviews, pricing, case studies, size and more to find the right one for your business needs.
After assessing over 4,900 agency portfolios, awards, and client reviews, we have curated a list of leading startup SEO companies that have helped businesses like yours achieve profitable growth. Learn more about these agencies and their specialties below.
The Number 1 Startup SEO Company as Selected by DesignRush Is:
Notable clients: Warner Brothers, eBay, HotWorx, Allied Van Lines
HigherVisibility aims to drive measurable, profitable growth for startups through data-driven, customized strategies and precise audience targeting. Its expertise includes local SEO, eCommerce SEO, franchise SEO, link building, and web design. It also offers technical SEO, on-page SEO, keyword strategy, content marketing, digital public relations, and ongoing optimization. As a testament to its expertise, HigherVisibility has been recognized as the Best SEO Agency for five consecutive years by Search Engine Land.
HigherVisibility Success Story
Challenge: A business struggled with low online visibility and leads due to its low-quality content, spammy links, and damaged site trust. As such, it quickly fell behind the competition.
Solution: HigherVisibility studied visitor data and previous PPC campaigns to identify conversion-driven keywords and customer behavior. It also conducted on-page and technical optimization, recaptured lost links, engaged in link outreach, and produced content that aligned with user intent.
Results: HigherVisibility’s holistic SEO strategy increased the client’s organic traffic by 2.6%, monthly leads by 800%, and organic conversions by 9.4%.
Notable clients: Classic Audi, Rolls-Royce, Rakuten, Air Duct Brothers
With its team of 100 experts, SmartSites has helped thousands of clients double their organic traffic and generate over $100 million in cumulative revenue. Its services include SEO analysis, technical SEO audit, SEO consulting, copywriting and blogging, digital PR, link building, and mobile migration. It’s also proficient in local, national, eCommerce, technical, franchise, and mobile SEO. As a top startup SEO company, SmartSites aims to propel the digital growth of small businesses through custom, data-driven SEO strategies.
SmartSites Success Story
Challenge: Originally named “First Aid Service,” the airduct cleaning and repair company was attracting the wrong audience and traffic. Additionally, its outdated website resulted in high bounce rates and client distrust.
Solution: SmartSites rebranded the client’s company to “Air Duct Brothers” to clearly communicate its services and brand. It also converted the single-page site into a full website with a navigation structure, added content pages and blog posts, and conducted an aggressive link-building campaign. At the same time, it implemented local SEO tactics, targeting the tri-state area.
Results: Air Duct Brothers increased leads by 375% and organic search traffic by 244%, strengthening its online presence and expanding its market share.
Searchbloom combines its 10-year proven methodologies, data, and AI to craft SEO strategies that deliver tangible results. With a focus on eCommerce SEO, the SEO agency for startups offers Shopify SEO, WooCommerce SEO, local and national SEO, franchise SEO, Google Business Profile optimization, technical SEO, and SEO consulting. It also provides SEO analytics and testing, link acquisition campaigns, keyword research and strategy, and search engine ranking reporting. Through its unique approach, Searchbloom has been recognized as one of the top SEO agencies by Backlinko, Search Engine Land, and Forbes.
Searchbloom Success Story
Challenge: An artisan coffee business experienced a decline in visibility and sales due to increased online competition and shifting customer behavior brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeking to recover from this setback, it partnered with Searchbloom.
Solution: Searchbloom acquired high-quality backlinks from reputable industry sources and produced SEO-optimized content that aligned with customer interests. It also revamped the website structure to improve user experience, site speed, mobile responsiveness, and search engine indexing.
Results: Searchbloom’s tailored strategy increased the client’s year-over-year online traffic by 16% and grew annual online sales by $287,676.60 (8%).
Big Leap is a leading SEO agency for startups that seeks to turn visibility into measurable success through brand-led SEO. Its offerings encompass research an analysis, technical SEO, local SEO, link building, digital PR, AI SEO, and GEO. It also conducts an 180-point site audit to identify and resolve critical issues and uncover growth opportunities. With over 17 years of expertise, Big Leap has helped various clients increase new leads to over 100,000, organic reach by 8,912%, and revenue by $27,000.
Big Leap Success Story
Challenge: IT software and consulting company Latest Solutions had no online presence and relied on word of mouth, limiting its reach and growth. Wanting to improve brand awareness and online conversions, it partnered with Searchbloom.
Solution: Big Leap performed a 180-point audit, evaluating the site’s content, indexability, metadata, crawl directives, and keyword diversity and volume. Using this information, it defined the client’s brand voice and target audiences and crafted a custom keyword and content strategy. Additionally, the startup SEO company developed 7 new pages, 4 blog posts, and optimized the entire website.
Results: Within 6 months, Latest Solutions increased its Google Ranking positions to 1,624, ranked for 121 new keywords, and boosted organic traffic by 1,900%.
Notable clients: Adobe, KPMG, Diesel Power Gear, Funding Company
Disruptive Advertising guarantees results within 90 days through its decade-long expertise, goal-aligned strategies, and unmatched client dedication, exclusively working with 10 new clients monthly. As an SEO agency for startups, it provides a comprehensive SEO audit, content development, backlinking, keyword research, and continuous optimization and testing. It supplements these services with conversion rate optimization (CRO), data analysis, lifecycle marketing, paid search and social, and lead generation campaigns. To date, Disruptive Advertising has conducted over 10,000 audits and managed over $1 billion in annual ad spend for clients.
Disruptive Advertising Success Story
Challenge: Funding Company, a small business loan provider, faced low online visibility and poor organic traffic, as its competitors ranked higher on relevant search engine results pages.
Solution: After a thorough audit, Disruptive Advertising resolved technical issues and optimized on-page elements. It also deployed link-building campaigns to showcase credibility in its niche while increasing referring domains. Moreover, the startup SEO agency produced topical, helpful, and authoritative content targeting relevant keywords and audience interest.
Results: Funding Company ranked for 3,861 keywords, tripled its organic leads, and reduced customer acquisition costs, enabling it to invest in additional marketing initiatives.
We selected the top startup SEO agencies by meticulously reviewing their testimonials, case studies, industry reputation, team expertise, client roster, and executive management. Our team of agency experts developed a scoring system to measure their overall performance based on several important factors:
Reviews: Quality of work, client satisfaction, and level of trustworthiness
Portfolio: Ability to deliver real-world business results
Awards and press: Industry reputation and recognition
Team bios: The agency’s qualifications and team dynamics
Startup SEO expertise: Proven record of driving organic online growth through strategies tailored to startups
Organic rankings are determined by five factors: top services, reviews, portfolio, awards/press, and team expertise. Sponsored listings pay for a placement that appears above organic positions. Sponsorship does not affect star ratings or review content - read more on our methodology page.
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Digital Marketing That Drives Results® - WebFX®
SEO agency WebFX frames AI search optimization as preparing content for how AI systems interpret, summarize, and surface brand information across tools like Google AI Overviews and generative engines. It extends traditional SEO into machine-readable visibility beyond standard rankings...
Top Services:
Digital Marketing
SEO
Social Media Marketing
Content Marketing
Direct Marketing
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Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Number of Employees
500 - 999
Average Hourly Rate
$150/hr
Minimal Budget
$25,000 - $50,000
Portfolios Count
10 Projects Listed
WebFX Services
Digital Marketing
SEO
Social Media Marketing
Content Marketing
Direct Marketing
Email Marketing
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
Verizon
FujiFilm
Buffalo Wild Wings
Subway
YMCA
Giant
Penn National Gaming
Armstrong
Coldwell Banker
Jiffy Lube
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile
WebFX Reviews & Testimonials
Kate Auchenbach Marketing Manager at Kreamer Feed
5.0★
eCommerce Development Review from Kate Auchenbach
Over the past few years, we have been working with WebFX on various ongoing projects surrounding our websites. They have taken our SEO from non-existent to one of the best websites throughout our time working together. They provide easy-to-understand, solutions-oriented objectives for us and can work cohesively with us to achieve those goals. I like their ability to work hand-in-hand with you and keep you informed in such an organized manner with progress reports.
Joshua Fetterolf Sales Manager at Koser Jewelers
5.0★
SEO Review from Joshua Fetterolf
I have enlisted WebFX to revamp and run my digital presence. I was in way over my head in regards to SEO and Google Ads. WebFX has really helped us turn the corner and I've seen our visibility go way up.
Wendy W COO at Select Insurance Group
5.0★
Digital Services Review from Wendy W
The WebFX team has been committed to our success in generating leads for our specialty insurance business. Our account manager has always been responsive and has provided great resources and advice during our partnership. She celebrates our wins with us and puts in extra hours when we need assistance.
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Alliance is an award winning digital marketing agency, SE0, web design and website maintenance services. Since 2003, our team specializes in helping brands generate growth that matters. The team has extensive background in working with B2B's, service firms, nonprofits and many more...
Top Services:
Web Design
WordPress Website Design
Web Development
eCommerce Development
UI/UX Design
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Location
Washington DC, Washington DC
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$150/hr
Minimal Budget
$25,000 - $50,000
Portfolios Count
3 Projects Listed
Alliance Interactive Services
Web Design
WordPress Website Design
Web Development
eCommerce Development
UI/UX Design
Digital Marketing
SEO
Content Marketing
Email Marketing
PPC
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
World Bank
George Mason University
Aurality
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile
Alliance Interactive Reviews & Testimonials
Sarah McKinley Review from Google
5.0★
Sarah McKinley's Review Sourced from Google
For the past 20 years, our company has been honored to help some of the world's best firms restructure sales and marketing divisions.We had engaged Alliance Interactive to redesign a 200-page website with functionality improvements; the scope of work was massive.At the time, our website ranked well and with sufficient conversion rates, but it needed to be modernized.However, it was imperative that conversion rate, branding and search engine results be maintained.Therefore, we began looking for digital marketing companies to assist with a complete redesign.For context, we budgeted about $35,000 for the website redesign and overhaul project. Therefore, we had many digital marketing firms to choose from.After interviewing about a dozen, we ended up choosing Alliance Interactive. They blew away expectations.Our project manager was extremely smart and innovative. He learned our business advantages very quickly and made great suggestions. Alliance Interactive made our site look very creative, yet kept it user-friendly.The visual layout was artistic, yet professional. We could not have been happier. Very smart investment on our part and thank you to the Alliance Interactive team.
Christian M Review from Google
5.0★
Christian M's Review Sourced from Google
Adam and the team did a great job for Sodexo. They created great website, powerpoint and document designs. Good team. Great work. Awesome Value.
Michael McLain Review from Google
5.0★
Michael McLain's Review Sourced from Google
Our existing website was constantly breaking and had plenty of issues whenever you wanted to update it. Alliance Interactive redesigned our website, switched our hosting provider and helped optimize the speed of the site. Our operations are running much smoother.
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We solve complex problems with marketing + technology to unlock growth...
Top Services:
Design Services
SEO
PPC
Social Media Marketing
Content Marketing
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Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$195/hr
Minimal Budget
$25,000 - $50,000
Br8kthru Services
Design Services
SEO
PPC
Social Media Marketing
Content Marketing
Email Marketing
Web Design
Web Development
Digital Services
Mobile App Development
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
Waytek
Cargill
L&M Fleet Supply
Comport
Qorvo
Advanced PCB
Affinity Plus Credit Union
Polywater
One Call Concepts
Revox
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile
Br8kthru Reviews & Testimonials
Mike Jones Review from Google
5.0★
Mike Jones's Review Sourced from Google
I’ve worked with many agencies in my time as an entrepreneur, and started working with Br8kthru a year ago. It’s been the best agency experience I’ve had thus far. We started a business in March 2021 and finished the year with over $5MM in sales, thanks on part to their team taking on all of my digital marketing efforts - pushing me strategically and tactically to steadily build brand and drive acquisition. Thanks Br8kthru team!
Bill Svoboda Review from Google
5.0★
Bill Svoboda's Review Sourced from Google
It was a pleasure working with Br8thru on our web project. They helped breathe life into our existing Hubspot website, and take it to the next level. I've worked with a few web companies in the past, but their Project Manager was the best to work with - very prompt email responses and pro-active in how they approached our build... they caught our vision for the project, then went to work since they're the professionals. Signing off on their work was easy at that point. Overall, it was an excellent experience and would highly recommend them.
M L Review from Google
5.0★
M L's Review Sourced from Google
I hired Br8kthru to help refine my company's branding. Jon and his team were insightful, creative and well organized, offering thoughtful and comprehensive feedback throughout the process. In addition to their skillfulness, they were a wonderful group of people, making the whole process a joy, start to finish.
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Mysoft Heaven (BD) Ltd. is a Top Software Development Company with 15+ years of excellence. We specialize in enterprise-grade solutions like ERP, FinTech, e-Governance, and HRMS (HR Sheba). Our scalable SaaS platforms and Cyber Security solutions empower global organizations...
Top Services:
Web Development
Digital Marketing
Mobile App Development
Software Development
Staff Augmentation
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Location
Mirpur, Bangladesh
Number of Employees
250 - 499
Average Hourly Rate
$50/hr
Minimal Budget
$25,000 - $50,000
Mysoft Heaven Services
Web Development
Digital Marketing
Mobile App Development
Software Development
Staff Augmentation
BPO
HR Outsourcing
Web Design
Digital Services
SEO
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
Land Reforms Board, Ministry of Land
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation
Bangladesh Scout, Ministry of Education
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
a2i & UNDP
JICA+ NILG
Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission, Segunbagic
Alliance Group, Bangladesh
Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed
JT Enterprises
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile
Mysoft Heaven Reviews & Testimonials
Jahidul Islam Review from Google
5.0★
Jahidul Islam's Review Sourced from Google
Coordination-focused role with cross-team interactionPros:Regular interaction with developers, clients, and management helps build strong communication and coordination skills.Cons:Managing multiple stakeholders at the same time can be challenging.Advice to Management:Clearer role boundaries would help reduce dependency-related delays.
SAHED HOSHEN Review from Google
5.0★
SAHED HOSHEN's Review Sourced from Google
"Choosing Mysoft Heaven (BD) LTD was the best decision! They combined innovation with flawless execution, delivering our project on time and beyond our expectations. Amazing work!"
SM Nasim Abbas Review from Google
5.0★
SM Nasim Abbas's Review Sourced from Google
"I've been using There software for my small business, and I can't imagine going back to the old way of doing things. It has simplified so many tasks, saving me hours of work each week. Their support team is always there to help if I need anything!"
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