Are you looking to recruit a competent developer in New York for your top-level domain? In our rankings list, you can find the top web development companies in New York for your unique project, all sorted by portfolio quality, cost of services, satisfied clients, industry reputation, and more.
We have compared over 600 web development companies in New York in terms of technology expertise, portfolios, client testimonials, industry experience, pricing, and relevant awards. Learn more about our ranking criteria and how we identify the top players in the New York web development industry below.
The Number 1 Web Development Company in New York as Selected by DesignRush Is:
Located in New York, web development company Lounge Lizard custom-builds websites using Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) web design, WordPress, Shopify, Magento, Laravel, and other web-based technologies. Its development process is based on a bespoke 7-Second Rule methodology that has helped Lounge Lizard sign and secure Fortune 500 companies as returning clients.
Silvercast Media needed a website redesign to match its hi-res digital display portfolio in Times Square. Using WordPress and PHP, Lounge Lizard designed website navigation that was both unconventional and more engaging for visitors.
The new website saw a 74% increase in sales leads, an 82% increase in time spent on the website, and over 20 keywords ranking on the first page of Google.
The Bureau Of Small Projects specializes in building websites for nonprofits and small businesses, drawing on experience with Fortune 500 brands. The team emphasizes messaging as much as design, ensuring each site is both attractive and effective. Its work spans planning, development, and optimization, with a focus on usability and memorable presence.
B-SPAN, a government agency in charge of improving the United States’ preparedness and response to biological threats, hired The Bureau Of Small Projects to design and develop a new web application. The agency provided a new home page and inner site pages, improving the design and enhancing the user experience. The updated pages drove more website traffic and sales leads to the B-SPAN site.
Notable clients: YMCA of the North, Spooky Nook Sports, Montana NSF EPSCoR
Five Jars won several Top New York Drupal Developers Awards, reinforcing its expertise in this content management system (CMS) technology. This web development company has been sharing its knowledge at international conferences like DrupalCamp and DrupalCon since 2011.
The Warner School of Education had an outdated CMS that required HTML programming skills to manage content, causing bottlenecks in content production. Due to poor website structure, visitors also had trouble locating some essential pages, like Admissions and Campus Life.
Five Jars suggested migrating the website to Drupal 9, turning 90% of the content dynamic, and automating features like deadline management for student enrollment. The website saw an increase of 235% in submitted inquiry forms and a 42% increase in session time duration.
Notable clients: AffordLine, Foundational Home Care, United One Home Care, David Bruno
ThinKASA provides web development services in New York using Laravel, React, WordPress, and Drupal technologies. This company has a portfolio of successful eCommerce projects for small businesses in the healthcare, dental, legal, finance, restaurants, construction, and real estate industries.
HardGraft is one such company that needed an eCommerce website for lifestyle accessories, featuring products like bags, footwear, and watches. ThinKASA developed a website that allowed users to search for a specific product, browse accessories from nine different categories, and order gift cards. The shop accepted three types of quick payments (i.e., Shop Pay, PayPal, and GPay), improving the checkout process and providing a better user experience.
Notable clients: Long Island University, Cassone, Best Auto Accessories, Janey Construction
Awarded as a DesignRush Best Website Design Agency, Top Notch Dezigns is a one-stop-shop for all web-based services, from design and development to support and hosting. The company helps develop eCommerce websites, responsive websites, and content management systems.
With Pride is a heating and cooling business that had zero online presence, which made it difficult for potential customers to discover and contact them. The company reached out to Top Notch Dezigns to develop a website from scratch using WordPress.
The new website features a mobile-optimized gallery of work, which helped With Pride showcase its past successes. It also hosts a variety of resource pages and contact information to help prospects learn more about the company. By adding a quick-fill footer form, Top Notch Dezigns made it simple for potential customers to contact With Pride and the company to track website leads.
Notable clients: ConductLaw, Pegasus Imagery, COCO Tile, Gump Training
Azuro Digital is a New York web development agency that caters to the needs of clients in legal, healthcare, technology, and finance. The company offers WordPress development and maintenance, custom web design and branding, conversion rate optimization (CRO), search engine optimization (SEO), and supporting services.
ConductLaw is a business law firm that was not satisfied with the performance of its website, which was outdated and didn’t bring in the desired number of leads. The company then hired Azuro Digital to design and develop a new WordPress-based website. After launching the new website, ConductLaw attracted more visitors, growing its website conversion rate by 60%.
Notable clients: Mitsubishi Fuso, Kulite, National Ramp, Fuji Film
Previously listed among the Top New York Website Development Agencies by DesignRush, Lform specializes in custom B2B web development for content resource management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), automated marketing tools, and SaaS platforms. Lform developers are experts in PHP, Sass, CSS3, HTML5, and TypeScript.
L&R Ultrasonics wanted a redesign of its website to catch up with a competitive marketplace and attract more customers. One of the company’s main goals was to optimize the website for search engine rankings.
Lform built the new website in Ada, a Laravel-based CMS, which expanded L&R Ultrasonics’s site from a product catalog to eCommerce. Lform also built a custom product filtering system that simplified search by industry. With a new FAQ page, website glossary, and custom landing pages, the client’s website is now search-engine-optimized.
Notable clients: Canon, Garage Tek, JetBlue, Stony Brook University
MAXBURST is a New York web development agency that specializes in projects for Shopify and other eCommerce platforms. The company’s developers are proficient in Linux-Apache-MySql-PHP (AMP) architecture, CSS, and Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) technologies.
BANDED is a growing eCommerce business that needed a new Shopify Plus website for its 600+ outdoor and hunting gear products. Some of the issues of its old website include limited payment options, lack of website accessibility compliance, and inadequate customer support.
MAXBURST migrated the existing WordPress site to Shopify Plus, adding third-party integrations to resolve performance challenges. The company integrated AccessiBe to ensure accessibility, ZenDesk for customer support, and Quivers and Sage 100 to better manage inventory, orders, and accounting.
Vention is a New York web development company with a large portfolio of fintech, edtech, healthtech, game development, real estate, eCommerce, and marketing projects. Its teams offer expertise in UI/UX design, frontend and backend development, integration services, quality assurance, and legacy software upgrades.
Fintech company DealCloud needed a streamlined platform to replace its outdated SharePoint-based CRM. Vention worked on DealCloud’s new large-scale platform, accelerating the digital transformation by engaging specialists across web development, DevOps, and QA within seven agile sub-teams.
Through custom web and mobile CRM apps, DealCloud’s users could connect with any third-party data provider and execute financial deals. The project grew into a firm management solution called OnePlace, which is powered by AI and cloud technologies. This new solution enabled DealCloud to double its client base, which now totals more than 25,000 principal investors and advisors.
Merixstudio offers cloud-driven development for fintech, education, hospitality, eCommerce, media, and other verticals. This New York web development company provides software modernization as well as full-development services, ranging from proof-of-concept and prototyping to web app engineering.
A blockchain-based income management platform had trouble scaling as the user base and demand grew. Merixstudio conducted a UX/UI audit to identify points for improvement and refactored both the front-end and back-end code.
The new React-based front end reduced the number of API requests, which made the platform more stable and improved dashboard performance. Users experience 89% fewer bugs and enjoy new features, such as templates that allow users to quickly generate custom emails.
How We Picked the Best New York Web Development Agencies
We evaluate customer testimonials, case studies, industry reputation, team expertise, notable clients, and management to choose the top New York web development companies. Our team of agency experts developed a scoring system to measure their overall performance based on several important factors:
Reviews: Client satisfaction scores, level of trustworthiness, quality of work
Portfolio: Relevant examples of successfully delivered projects
Awards and press: Industry reputation, thought leadership, and innovation
Team bios: The agency’s qualifications, certifications, and team structure
Top services: Core competencies and areas of expertise
10 Most Popular Web Development Companies in New York Compared
Agency name
Hourly rate
Size
Best for
Lounge Lizard
Inquire
50 - 99
Overall
The Bureau Of Small Projects
$150
Under 49
Informational websites
Five Jars
$100
Under 49
Drupal development
ThinKASA
Inquire
Under 49
Small businesses
Top Notch Dezigns
$150
50 - 99
WordPress development
Azuro Digital
$150
Under 49
Law firm web design
Lform
$185
Under 49
B2B web development
MAXBURST
$100
Under 49
eCommerce projects
Vention
$50
1,000 & Up
Enterprise development
Merixstudio
$60
100 - 249
Blockchain projects
Best New York Website Development Agency Rankings
8 Companies-Rankings updated: September 05, 2026
Each agency undergoes DesignRush evaluation for professional expertise and genuine client satisfaction to assist your search. Some featured placements are paid.
We are a Full Service Digital Marketing Agency! Our team is technically and professionally equipped to make every brand a success story...
Top Services:
Web Development
Software Development
eCommerce Development
SEO
Mobile App Development
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Location
New York City, New York
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$30/hr
Minimal Budget
$1,000 - $10,000
Portfolios Count
16 Projects Listed
The MediaGale Services
Web Development
Software Development
eCommerce Development
SEO
Mobile App Development
PPC
Social Media Marketing
eCommerce
Graphic Design
Branding
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
Harvest Selection
Richmond Staffing
Rour Label
Stravatek
Kinimo Cosmetics
Express Courier Link
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile
The MediaGale Reviews & Testimonials
Parker Thornburg
Review from Google
5.0★
Parker Thornburg's Review Sourced from Google
We have worked with TMG for a couple months and the experience has been outstanding. Ahmed has a strong team with a deep bench and they are always prepared. They are performing SEO and content development tasks for our website and they follow our process for communication and even work with a different VA on our team. Communication has been great and deadlines have always been on time. We look forward to continuing to work with TMG. The value has been wonderful.
Valeria Custom Jewelry
Review from Google
5.0★
Valeria Custom Jewelry's Review Sourced from Google
I have been using these guys for over a year for various website issues. I will continue to use them as well. They have fixed everything quickly and for good price.
American Epoxy Floors
Review from Google
5.0★
American Epoxy Floors's Review Sourced from Google
They were easy to work with and brought some very good success to our B2B marketing via social media ads.
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LIPA is where founders turn ideas into stunning, high-converting digital experiences. We blend founder-first thinking with bold design to launch faster, sharper, and smarter...
Top Services:
Web Development
VR/AR
Blockchain
Location
New York City, New York
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$35/hr
Minimal Budget
$1,000 - $10,000
LIPA Services
Web Development
VR/AR
Blockchain
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
United of Web a premier web design/development and search engine optimization agency.
United Of Web stands as a foremost website development agency located in New York City, renowned for its exceptional services. Our team specializes in crafting custom CRM solutions, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Logo Design, and Wrapping services with expertise and precision...
Top Services:
Video Production
CRM Consulting
SEO
Web Development
Digital Services
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Location
New York City, New York
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$50/hr
Minimal Budget
$1,000 - $10,000
Portfolios Count
1 Project Listed
United of Web Design & Develop NYC Services
Video Production
CRM Consulting
SEO
Web Development
Digital Services
Web Design
Digital Strategy
Print Design
Design Services
Logo Design
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
At our company, we specialize in providing solutions to creative challenges and developing brand foundations for startups in their early stages, as well as growing businesses. Our team is proud to offer a unique combination of strategic thinking, business knowledge, and stunning visual design...
Top Services:
Logo Design
Web Design
Web Development
Graphic Design
Branding
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Location
New York City, New York
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$199/hr
Minimal Budget
$1,000 - $10,000
Thompson & Prince Services
Logo Design
Web Design
Web Development
Graphic Design
Branding
Creative Services
Design Services
Package Design
Print Design
WordPress Website Design
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
NYCEDC
PetWell Partners
Talty Bar
Selene
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile
Thompson & Prince Reviews & Testimonials
Jennifer Power
Review from Google
5.0★
Jennifer Power's Review Sourced from Google
Thompson & Prince delivers impeccable quality of bespoke content.
I'm the CEO of a startup biotech company and Thompson & Prince worked with me to create the level of branding that is appropriate for my company's stage and budget. They built a strong foundation that we can build upon as the company advances.
The team also helped me develop a corporate deck, partnering with outside consultants to support specific scientific needs that I had for the deck content. The final product of this challenging assignment is exactly what I had in mind.
I look forward to working with Thompson & Prince for years to come.
Chronotize Manager
Review from Google
5.0★
Chronotize Manager's Review Sourced from Google
Thompson & Prince could not receive a higher recommendation from us! They are not only very talented in what they do, but also professional, responsive and 100% reliable. If you are looking to put a pitch deck together or enhance your current version, I would not hesitate to use this team!
Wholely Admin
Review from Google
5.0★
Wholely Admin's Review Sourced from Google
I would highly recommend working with Thompson & Prince! I worked with the team to redo our (eye sore of a) pitch deck and they were absolutely phenomenal. It was clear that they understood what investors wanted to see and the health & wellness space more broadly. They worked within our brand guidelines to present different options for the look and feel of the deck. Once I selected an option, they iterated on the slides and quickly incorporated any feedback I had to create the final version. They were very communicative and speedy while delivering high quality work. They finished all of this in less than two weeks and would have finished sooner if I had given them feedback faster. They go above and beyond to make sure that their client loves the final product and to support your business as a founder. I thoroughly enjoyed working with them and they really surpassed my expectations. I would definitely work with them again!
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Blood & Treasure provides consulting and technical support services in all areas of software development and team management. 20+ platforms developed. Over $80m raised from our MVPs. 10+ years in business serving enterprises (Citrix, Gap, Nike) and start-ups (Thnks, Altru, Dollaride)...
Top Services:
Product Design
Graphic Design
Web Design
UI/UX Design
Web Development
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Location
New York City, New York
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$90/hr
Minimal Budget
$1,000 - $10,000
Blood & Treasure, LLC Services
Product Design
Graphic Design
Web Design
UI/UX Design
Web Development
AI Development
Mobile App Development
Software Development
Cloud Consulting
DevOps Consulting
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
The Demski Group is a full-stack mobile and web development firm that creates beautiful, engaging, state-of-the-art applications and designs to help businesses grow and succeed...
Top Services:
Mobile App Development
Software Development
IoT
AI Development
VR/AR
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Location
Olean, New York
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$80/hr
Minimal Budget
$1,000 - $10,000
The Demski Group Services
Mobile App Development
Software Development
IoT
AI Development
VR/AR
Web Development
UI/UX Design
Software Testing
Staff Augmentation
Cloud Consulting
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
SEEN Dating
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The Demski Group Reviews & Testimonials
Jonathan Adam Tucker
Review from Google
5.0★
Jonathan Adam Tucker's Review Sourced from Google
I have been working with The Demski Group for the last two years. The Demski Group recently completed a comprehensive upgrade to a client website. This upgrade involved multiple apps and custom code to accomplish. The Demski Group has the expertise and open communication required to execute a business owners or marketers vision for a website.
Laurel Barnes
Review from Google
5.0★
Laurel Barnes's Review Sourced from Google
I had a great experience working with Andrew on a client project involving an Angular website. He jumped in to make some important updates and got the contact form up and running smoothly. Andrew was extremely responsive, knowledgeable, and easy to work with throughout the entire process. Highly recommend!
Mickey Rowe
Review from Google
5.0★
Mickey Rowe's Review Sourced from Google
We spoke to a few different companies as we set out to find someone to create a website/database application to augment our desktop software. We chose The Demski Group in part because we found them very easy to talk to in our interview. That first impression stuck as we have a great relationship with them now. We are currently planning to farm out another project and are not even considering looking for anyone else to take it on.
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Web design agency driven by creativity and technology.
Leading web design agency based in New York, we craft secure, interactive, engaging & bespoke website designs for healthcare, luxury retail, fashion, jewelry, and lifestyle brands...
Top Services:
Graphic Design
Branding
Logo Design
Design Services
Package Design
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Location
New York City, New York
Number of Employees
Under 49
Average Hourly Rate
$25/hr
Minimal Budget
$1,000 - $10,000
Potential Digital Services
Graphic Design
Branding
Logo Design
Design Services
Package Design
eCommerce Development
Web Development
WordPress Website Design
Software Development
Mobile App Development
Data sourced from the agency's DesignRush profile, its website, and other relevant accounts
What's the clearest red flag when vetting a web development agency in New York?
The clearest red flag is an agency that hands you a fixed, all-in price before doing any paid discovery or scoping work. A 2012 study by McKinsey & Company and the University of Oxford, which tracked more than 5,400 large IT projects, found that large IT projects run 45% over budget on average, and that poor stakeholder management combined with weak technical scoping drives roughly half of all cost overruns, more than the technical build itself.
An agency that quotes the work before mapping it is only guessing the price. If an agency offering web development services in New York skips a structured discovery phase or can't explain who will be doing the work versus who will be managing the account, treat that as a warning sign worth pressing on before you sign anything.
How much do New York website development companies in New York charge for their services?
New York web development firms typically charge $10,000 to $100,000 for custom website development, depending on the complexity and features required.
Below is a general breakdown of web development costs in New York:
Standard websites (advanced functionalities): $20,000-$50,000
Complex websites (custom designs, features, integrations): Starts at $75,000
Additional cost factors:
Web design: $1,000-$50,000
Website maintenance: $3,000-$40,000
Website marketing: $100-$5,000
Is it normal for a New York agency to ask for full payment before they start any work?
No, industry-standard practice ties payment to delivered milestones. A website development company in New York that asks for 100% upfront is asking you to absorb all the project risk while they carry none.
The typical structure is a deposit in the 25-50% range to begin work, with the remainder released at defined checkpoints, including design approval, development completion, and final launch.
A request for full payment before any work begins removes every point of leverage a client has if the project stalls, the scope shifts, or the relationship breaks down entirely. A full upfront payment to a young or thinly capitalized agency is a meaningful financial exposure if that agency closes or loses its key personnel before the project is finished.
A staged-payment structure tied to deliverables is exactly the protection a buyer has against that scenario, because money not yet paid remains leverage.
Who owns the code after an agency finishes my site?
By default, the agency that builds your site owns the copyright to it, not you, unless your contract contains an explicit written assignment clause. Under U.S. Copyright Office Circular 9, custom software and website code don't fall into any of the nine narrow categories eligible for "work made for hire" status. Therefore, simply paying an independent web development agency in New York to build a site does not automatically transfer ownership the way it would for work done by your own employee.
Confirm at the contract stage that the agreement assigns all IP, including the underlying code repository and any custom assets, to your business by name.
Is a written contract legally required when I hire one of these agencies?
It is only required if you're hiring a solo freelancer, not a multi-person firm. New York's Freelance Isn't Free Act, in effect statewide since August 28, 2024, requires a written contract for any engagement worth $800 or more. Still, it specifically covers individuals or one-person businesses, not web development services providers with multiple staff.
Some "agencies" you'll find in directories are one- or two-person operations, so it's worth asking directly how many people are on the account before assuming the law protects you. If you're contracting with an actual multi-person firm that the law doesn't cover, you need to write the same protections in yourself: defined deliverables, a payment schedule, and a default payment deadline if a milestone date isn't hit.
How long should a website build take before delays become a red flag?
Most straightforward marketing or small-business site builds should reach launch withintwo to three months of kickoff, and custom web applications with integrations typically run longer. Either way, a delay should come with a specific, named cause, not a vague update.
The most common cause of drift isn't developer workload, but unmanaged scope creep, such as new features or pages added mid-build without renegotiating the timeline or the price. Therefore, ask shortlisted web development companies in New York for a written change-order process at the start, rather than discovering the gap once you're already behind schedule
Should I worry about an agency outsourcing my project overseas?
Where the code gets written matters less than whether your contract makes the agency responsible for it, because your business stays liable for how any subcontractor handles New York residents' data.
New York's SHIELD Act requires any business holding that data to select vendors capable of maintaining appropriate safeguards and to require those safeguards by contract, regardless of where the vendor is physically located.
Ask the web development company in New York whether subcontractors will touch customer data, and if so, get the same security commitments in writing that you'd expect from the prime agency itself — the law won't let you point to a subcontractor afterward.
What ongoing costs come after a web development agency in New York launches my site?
Expect a recurring maintenance retainer on top of the build price, covering hosting, security patches, and renewals for any third-party licenses, plugins, or APIs the site depends on. Many proposals quote the build cost in isolation and treat maintenance as a later conversation.
Ask shortlisted web development companies in New York upfront for a year-two cost estimate and get the hourly rate for off-retainer work written down before you sign. That's the number you'll need the first time something breaks outside business hours.
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