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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Growth Saloon is a small team, sized between one and ten people, working with businesses seeking to grow website traffic…
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Chicago, United States
Operating out of Chicago and Cincinnati since 2003, Gulo is a small agency working with direct-to-consumer brands, B2B organizations, and association…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago, Illinois, HelpBot is a small team (1-10 people) focused specifically on WordPress support, development and maintenance rather than…
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Chicago, United States
HoneyBadger Solutions is a small digital marketing agency headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, operating with specialist teams across Australia, the U…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago at 130 East Randolph Street, Hubbard Chicago is a media company built around a group of local radio stations — WTMX 101.9 The MIX, W…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Ice Nine Online works with B2B companies on website development, paid advertising, and search visibility, and has been in…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago's May Street area, Idea Booth describes itself as a creative think tank focused on building brands. It works with a mix of clients a…
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Chicago, United States
Innovative Creative Agency is a small studio based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Chicago, Illinois, working with local service businesses such as HVAC co…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago, Innovaxis Marketing is a B2B marketing consulting agency founded in 2007, working with a small team of 1-10 people. It serves priva…
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Based out of a Chicago office, Intuico Digital works with small businesses across a range of industries, including sectors such as restaurants, denta…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago, this agency positions itself as an infrastructure provider for organizations moving artificial intelligence from pilot projects int…
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Chicago, United States
Small businesses in Chicago make up the client base of Keyvelopers Web Design Agency, a small team offering web design, SEO and UX/UI design services…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago, Illinois, King SEO Services operates as an independent growth partner for brands pursuing expansion across local, regional, and nat…
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Chicago, United States
A small creative agency based in Chicago, Illinois, Kingdom Branding operates with a team of one to ten people and organizes its client work around s…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, Leadtooth Inc. is a small web design, development, SEO, graphic design, and marketing consulting compan…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Lift Digital Marketing works with a small team focused on service-based businesses, including accountants and CPA firms,…
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Chicago, United States
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Linx Media is a small team offering design, web marketing and AI-focused services to businesses across a range of industr…
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Chicago, United States
Little Jack Marketing works from Chicago, Illinois, with a team of fewer than ten people, and concentrates on solo and small law firm owners across t…
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Logan Square Dental Group is a Chicago-based dental practice specialized in providing comprehensive dental care tailored to meet the diverse needs of…
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Chicago, United States
Founded in 2006 in Chicago's Ukrainian Village by Chris O'Neill, Logical Media Group is a small digital marketing agency, with a team of 1-10 people,…
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The complete migration playbook: what to freeze before launch, how to build a redirect map that actually holds, what to test on the staging site, and how to read the first eight weeks after go-live.
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182 agencies are listed in Chicago, 1% of the 13,527 recorded in United States — the country's 8th city by agency count. 167 publish a direct contact.
In Chicago: SEO (98%), SEA/PPC (55%), Social Media (53%), Web Design (52%), Content Marketing (43%). An agency that ticks every box is rarely good at all of them: look at what it puts first.
Proximity genuinely matters in two cases: local SEO — Google Business profile, reviews, "near me" queries — and needing to meet in person. For an e-commerce or SaaS site targeting the whole country, an agency in Chicago holds no structural advantage over one elsewhere in United States. The useful criterion stays experience with your type of site.
| Team size | Chicago | Typically |
|---|---|---|
| 1-10 | 132 (73%) | Solo consultant or small studio. Direct access, limited capacity. |
| 11-50 | 31 (17%) | Separate roles: technical, content, link building. |
| 51-200 | 1 (1%) | Structured accounts, process, formal reporting. |
| 200+ | 1 (1%) | International group, enterprise accounts. |
The 182 agencies on this page are ordered by how complete their listing is, never by payment: no position is for sale here. The information is collected from each agency's own website, checked as live. An agency can claim its listing to correct it, complete it, or connect its Search Console data.
What does SEO cost in Chicago? Stated engagement floors here start at $1,000+. That figure says what size of engagement the agency takes on, not what yours will cost: the quote depends on the state of the site, the competition and the volume of content to produce.
Small local agency or large firm? 73% of agencies in Chicago have fewer than ten people. At that size you talk directly to whoever does the work — the main advantage, and the main limit the day the engagement grows.
How do you check an agency before signing? Ask for a measured case on a site comparable to yours, with before and after figures. Check who will actually do the work. And get it in writing what stays yours when the contract ends: content, access, accounts.
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