Web design & SEO for Ames businesses.
We’re an online-first engineering team. We don’t have a storefront in Ames — we build for Ames businesses remotely and fast: the website your customers find, the AI that answers the phone, and the SEO that puts you in front of local searches and AI answers.
Ames is an Iowa State University research town anchored by the university's engineering and agricultural science, the USDA National Animal Disease Center, and Ames National Laboratory — a highly technical, research-driven small city.
The Ames business landscape
Ames is home to about 69,026 residents in Story County, one of several nearby markets we build for. Here’s what the local business picture looks like.
CBP reports at county level; figures are for Story County, not the city alone. There are 2,162 business establishments here — about 21.1 per 1,000 residents. In a market that size, the businesses that show up first on Google and in AI search win the calls.
Biggest local sectors
- Retail Trade269
- Accommodation and Food Services263
- Other Services (except Public Administration)238
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services237
- Health Care and Social Assistance233
Source: U.S. Census County Business Patterns (county-level). Population: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (SUB-EST2024), 2024.
Locally, Ames’s economy leans on higher education & research (Iowa State University), agricultural & veterinary science (USDA labs), engineering & technology — anchored around Iowa State University and the Ames National Laboratory. The businesses that most need to be found here are research-adjacent firms, ag-science suppliers, and service businesses serving a technical university market.
What we build for Ames businesses
a research-minded, digitally native university market vets vendors online, so Ames businesses are discovered through search and credibility signals.