Web design & SEO for Duluth businesses.
We’re an online-first engineering team. We don’t have a storefront in Duluth — we build for Duluth 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.
Duluth is a Lake Superior port city — the westernmost point of the Great Lakes shipping system — with an economy of maritime shipping, healthcare, outdoor tourism, and higher education.
The Duluth business landscape
Duluth is home to about 87,986 residents in St. Louis County. Here’s what the local business picture looks like.
CBP reports at county level; figures are for St. Louis County, not the city alone. There are 5,360 business establishments here — about 26.7 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 Assistance830
- Retail Trade773
- Other Services (except Public Administration)597
- Construction572
- Accommodation and Food Services550
Source: U.S. Census County Business Patterns (county-level). Population: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (SUB-EST2024), 2024.
Locally, Duluth’s economy leans on port & maritime shipping, healthcare, outdoor & Lake Superior tourism — anchored around the Aerial Lift Bridge and Canal Park on Lake Superior. The businesses that most need to be found here are tourism, healthcare, and regional-service businesses serving a port city and the wider Northland.
What we build for Duluth businesses
Heavy outdoor and lake tourism means many customers are visitors searching online for lodging, dining, and services before they arrive.