Web design & SEO for Brookings businesses.
We’re an online-first engineering team. We don’t have a storefront in Brookings — we build for Brookings 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.
Brookings is a university town built around South Dakota State University, the state's largest university, giving it an agricultural-research, education, and manufacturing (Daktronics, the big scoreboard maker, is headquartered here) identity. It's small, educated, and research-driven.
The Brookings business landscape
Brookings is home to about 24,555 residents in Brookings 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 Brookings County, not the city alone. There are 958 business establishments here — about 26.3 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
- Construction123
- Retail Trade109
- Other Services (except Public Administration)109
- Health Care and Social Assistance105
- Accommodation and Food Services96
Source: U.S. Census County Business Patterns (county-level). Population: US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (SUB-EST2024), 2024.
Locally, Brookings’s economy leans on higher education & agricultural research (SDSU), manufacturing (Daktronics, Larson), food & agribusiness — anchored around South Dakota State University & Daktronics headquarters. The businesses that most need to be found here are student-facing, manufacturing, and professional businesses in a university-and-research town.
What we build for Brookings businesses
A transient student population and research-connected workforce find local providers through online search first.