The state of agency websites in United States
Dr Urls research · the United States edition of our live study · figures computed live, newest audit 21 October 2026
We ran the audit Dr Urls runs for its customers on the home pages of 382 web agencies, studios and freelancers in United States. These are the results, recomputed every time this page loads.
Key findings
- The median agency home page in United States scores 56/100, 1 points below the median across all 20 countries we audited (57).
- 91% score below 70, a C+ or worse on the scale we grade every site with (88% overall).
- Only 2 of 382 (under 1%) reach an A (85 or more).
- The median home page has 35 issues our audit flags.
How the grades fall
- A+0% · 0
- A1% · 2
- B+1% · 4
- B8% · 29
- C+28% · 107
- C36% · 138
- D21% · 80
- F6% · 22
By speciality in United States
By what each business says it does on its own site; only groups of at least 40. One business can count in several rows.
| Group | Sites | Median score | Below 70 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEO agencies | 63 | 60 | 89% |
| WordPress agencies | 90 | 56 | 84% |
| E-commerce agencies | 47 | 55 | 83% |
The best-scored agency websites in United States
By the score of their own home page, from our audit. A score measures the site, not the quality of the agency's work for clients.
- 1DBL SEOSan Francisco89
- 2Startercode - AI Automation | Web Design & DevelopmentSan Francisco86
- 3CallSphere IncSan Francisco81
- 4AumcoreNew York78
- 5Razorfrog Web DesignSan Francisco78
- 6StackmatixSan Francisco78
- 7Kegan Quimby Web Design & DevelopmentSan Francisco77
- 8Neuron - UX/UI Design Agency New YorkNew York77
- 9Project6 Design, Inc.Berkeley77
- 10GeekbearsSan Francisco76
The most common problems
Being collected for United States: the list appears once at least 300 audits here record which problems they found (112 so far). Until then, see the full study. We would rather show nothing than extrapolate from a few.
How we measured
The same method as the main study: one home page per business, fetched once by our crawler and run through the audit Dr Urls runs for customers. This edition keeps only the agencies located in United States. Audits taken between 3 September 2026 and 21 October 2026.