Web design & SEO for Manhattan businesses.
We’re an online-first engineering team. We don’t have a storefront in Manhattan — we build for Manhattan 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.
Manhattan, Kansas ('the Little Apple') is a Kansas State University college town adjacent to Fort Riley, with an economy anchored by the university, the military base, and biosecurity research (the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility).
The Manhattan business landscape
Manhattan is home to about 54,700 residents in Riley 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 Riley County, not the city alone. There are 1,620 business establishments here — about 22.3 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
- Health Care and Social Assistance233
- Retail Trade219
- Other Services (except Public Administration)193
- Accommodation and Food Services180
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services159
Source: U.S. Census County Business Patterns (county-level). Population: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (SUB-EST2024), 2024.
Locally, Manhattan’s economy leans on higher education (Kansas State University), military & defense (Fort Riley), biosecurity & agricultural research (NBAF) — anchored around Kansas State University and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. The businesses that most need to be found here are university-adjacent, defense, and research businesses plus services for a student and military population.
What we build for Manhattan businesses
a rotating student and military population with no local roots finds Manhattan businesses online, so search visibility is how they get chosen.