The 10 ranked SEO companies in California hold 974 Google reviews between them, with an average rating of 4.67. Two cities have two or more ranked agencies: Los Angeles (3) and Ahmedabad (2).
974Google reviewsacross the 10 agencies above
4.67average Google ratingout of 5
$25–300/hrhourly rate range32 agencies
0 of 67offer white-label SEOon this list
How the Rankyfy Score ranks SEO companies in California
The Rankyfy Score rates an agency from 0 to 100 on five things clients can check themselves: client reviews, measured visibility, portfolio, responsiveness and credentials. Measured visibility is the component that separates agencies on this list today, because most profiles are new and carry similar review data.
Rankyfy Score components and how each is calculated
Component
Points
How it is calculated
Client reviews
40
Adjusted average rating, review count on a log scale, recency (the last 24 months weigh most), and the share verified by call or LinkedIn.
Proof of skill
25
For SEO: the agency's own organic and AI-search visibility trend, authority growth and site health. For design and development: site speed and a verified portfolio.
Portfolio and experience
15
Case studies with verified metrics, years in business from the registry, confirmed clients.
Responsiveness and transparency
10
Median time to first reply on briefs, response rate, published pricing, profile completeness.
Credentials and presence
10
Verified partner badges, third-party awards, speaking and publications.
Rankyfy Score
100
All components added and rounded. Agencies with the same Rankyfy Score are listed by measured search visibility, highest first. Sponsored slots sit outside the numbering and never change a score.
To be ranked, an agency must also:
Be an established SEO company with an office in California, with a verified location, a description and its services listed on Rankyfy.
Have at least one proof point: verified client reviews, measured visibility or a case study.
Score 20 or higher. Every agency on this list clears that mark.
We recalculate every score on the 1st of each month from reviews, measurements and profile data on Rankyfy. 67 agencies were evaluated for this edition.
Disclosure: Rankyfy Agencies is run by Rankyfy. Agencies connected to Rankyfy or its staff are labelled on their listing, score on exactly the same five components as every other agency, and are not eligible for awards. Sponsored slots never change rank. Disclosures · Full methodology
Generative and answer engine optimisation sit next to conventional SEO at Elsner Technologies, an Ahmedabad technology company established in 2006, with a presence in the United States. SEO is one of seven evenly weighted services, with ecommerce SEO, local SEO, link building, content marketing, web design and Shopify. Search is a smaller part of a large technical practice: stores on Magento (Adobe Commerce), Shopify, WooCommerce and Shopware, enterprise and SaaS software, AI and data work, and ERP and CRM projects on Odoo, Salesforce and Zoho. That suits ecommerce and B2B businesses wanting platform work, integration and SEO from one team. Listed industries include dentists, real estate, B2B and ecommerce. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 6,170 to 11,230 visits over 12 months, and its score of 57.3 rests on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $5,000, hourly under $25.
Ecommerce brands are the focus of Brenton Way's SEO, which covers keyword research, on page optimisation and link building, with ecommerce SEO, local SEO and content writing also on the profile. The Los Angeles growth marketing agency, founded in 2017, gives search the same weight as ten other services, so SEO is one part of a performance mix rather than the lead offer. Its team works in English, Spanish, German and Arabic, useful for stores optimising for more than one market. Content production spans blogs, videos, infographics and user generated content, and conversion optimisation through user behaviour analysis and A/B testing supports what search brings in. Ecommerce is the listed industry. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 22,690 to 34,030 visits over 12 months, and its score of 57.1 rests on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $1,000.
Ethical SEO has been the theme at Bruce Clay, Inc. since 1996, when, according to its listing, its founder wrote an SEO Code of Ethics now available in 18 languages. SEO is the largest share of its declared work, ahead of PPC and social media marketing, and the description adds content strategy and development, white hat SEO training courses and the SEOToolSet software suite. The founder is named as an author of two Wiley books on SEO and content marketing, and since 2008 the company has run the official SEO workshop at the SMX conferences. That makes it relevant to companies wanting long experience and the option of training in house staff. Offices are listed in Gurugram, India and the United States, and no industries are given. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 18,650 to 27,050 visits over 12 months, giving a score of 56.1 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 10 to 49.
Online stores are a natural fit for the SEO offered by Coalition Technologies, a Los Angeles web design and digital marketing firm founded in 2009 that splits its declared work almost equally between SEO, PPC and web design. Rather than treating search and site builds as separate engagements, it combines marketing with design and development, and adds social media, email and content marketing. It describes membership of partner programmes including Google Premier, Microsoft Advertising, Meta, BigCommerce, Shopify Plus and Klaviyo, relevant for ecommerce brands on those platforms. Beyond ecommerce, it targets local lead generation and national campaigns for B2B and B2C clients, with work mentioned from the Los Angeles area out to the UK and Singapore. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 5,630 to 9,580 visits over 12 months, giving a score of 55.1 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Typical projects $1,000 to $2,500, hourly from $50.
Sustainable growth across connected channels, rather than disconnected tactics, is the frame Boost Media Group puts around its SEO. Based in Folsom, California since 2011, the agency gives search the same weight as eleven other services, with local SEO, ecommerce SEO, link building and content writing on the organic side, so buyers get SEO as part of a roadmap rather than a standalone search specialist. Discovery comes first, reviewing goals, audience, offers, past performance and existing systems, and each later decision is tied to business outcomes. The agency's stated strengths are paid media, email and lifecycle automation, funnel and conversion optimisation, and integrated content campaigns, which can turn organic visitors into leads. Listed industries are real estate and B2B. Rankyfy recorded organic traffic growth from 12,940 to 20,960 visits over 12 months, scoring 54.8 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 10 to 49, projects from $1,000.
Jives Media frames SEO as one part of a full funnel growth system rather than a standalone service. The San Francisco performance marketing agency, founded in 2012, divides its declared work between SEO, PPC and social media marketing, adding conversion strategy, analytics and AI search visibility. Its stated priority is business outcomes such as revenue and lead quality, and it says it avoids reporting on vanity metrics, aiming instead to build systems that capture existing demand and turn prospects into customers. That makes it a candidate for companies wanting organic search, paid media and social coordinated by one team, with measurement tied to sales. Sectors it lists include healthcare, education, automotive, ecommerce and financial services. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 32,630 to 50,900 visits over 12 months, and its score of 54.8 rests on reviews at 28 of 40 and visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $1,000, hourly $100 to $149.
Profit rather than impressions is how Flying V Group says its SEO and wider marketing should be judged, linking the work to clients' monthly recurring net income. SEO is the largest part of the Newport Beach agency's declared work, followed by PPC, social media, content marketing, digital marketing and web design. It states that it uses retrieval and large language model technologies alongside creative strategy, treats return on ad spend as a financial measure, and aims to build marketing systems that keep improving rather than isolated campaigns. Its three founders are described as entrepreneurs and growth operators. Named clients span consumer brands, finance and healthcare, including John Hancock Investments, Lendsure Mortgage, Amerifirst Credit Union and Sauz. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 44,550 to 76,190 visits over 12 months, with a score of 54.5 resting on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 23 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $5,000, hourly $200 to $300.
Analytics, personalisation and commerce platforms are what SEO at Krish TechnoLabs comes tied to, not run as a standalone campaign. Working from Ahmedabad since 2003, with a further office in the United States, the company now calls itself an AI led digital experience agency. SEO takes the largest declared share, followed by digital marketing, Shopify, link building, local SEO and content marketing. Around it sit GA4 audits and implementation, CRO and A/B testing, marketing automation, and CRM and CDP activation, plus commerce builds on Adobe Commerce, Shopify Plus, BigCommerce and Magento. It says it is an Adobe Gold Partner, and lists Panasonic, Nestlé and The Body Shop among clients. Healthcare, ecommerce and education are the listed industries. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 35,690 to 48,180 visits over 12 months, and a score of 54.1 from reviews at 28 of 40 and visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $25,000, hourly $100 to $149.
Revenue attribution drives HawkSEM's search work through ConversionIQ, a three step system that looks at what actually produces revenue rather than traffic or form fills. The Los Angeles agency, founded in 2006, divides its declared work between SEO, PPC and social media marketing, and paid search is a major part of its list. Organic services include SEO, AI and generative engine optimisation, content marketing and landing page optimisation, set next to Google Ads and Microsoft Ads management, ChatGPT ads, paid social on Meta, LinkedIn, Reddit, Pinterest and TikTok, programmatic, remarketing and shopping feed management. That breadth suits businesses wanting SEO coordinated with substantial paid budgets, including ecommerce brands relying on shopping campaigns. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 19,120 to 29,250 visits over 12 months, and its score of 54 comes from reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $1,000, hourly $100 to $149.
Established online stores are where Coderapper's search work points, with SEO strategy and implementation sitting inside a wider ecommerce growth programme. The digital commerce agency, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Fredericton, New Brunswick, with offices in Bengaluru and the United States, declares SEO, web design and Shopify in near equal shares, SEO marginally ahead. Growth work also covers marketing audits, conversion rate optimisation, email, loyalty and referral programmes, and paid campaigns on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Google. On the build side it handles Shopify and Adobe Commerce stores, headless commerce, platform migrations, data and ERP migrations and Tapcart apps, which puts SEO and replatforming with the same team. Ecommerce is the listed industry. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 36,830 to 40,880 visits over 12 months, giving a score of 53.3 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $25,000, hourly $50 to $99.
Local search for contractors and trade businesses is where BaaDigi says its experience runs deepest. The Huntington Beach, California agency, founded in 2024, calls itself an AI visibility and search agency, aiming for clients to appear in Google and in AI generated answers so that the phone rings. Its declared work is split evenly between SEO, local SEO, link building, AI SEO and GEO, and web design, and its tagline describes the offer as “The Predictable Work Engine™ for contractors”, a system meant to bring in steady jobs rather than one off traffic spikes. Beyond trades it works with restaurants, IT firms and professional services. Home services and restaurants are the listed industries. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 27,710 to 39,630 visits over 12 months, giving a score of 52.8 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 1 to 9. Project budgets from $0 to $5,000.
Automotive SEO is what IOI Solutions sells, combining technical and local SEO, content strategy and conversion focused site improvements for dealerships, collision repair shops, detailing and wrap shops, aftermarket brands and automotive SaaS firms. Founded in Los Angeles in 2018, with offices it says in Santa Monica and Dallas Fort Worth, the agency spreads its declared work evenly over eight services, including AI SEO and GEO, PPC, local and ecommerce SEO, social media and web design. Its GEO, AEO and LLM optimisation targets Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Gemini, and it states plainly that no agency can guarantee inclusion in AI answers. Listed industries are home services, B2B and ecommerce. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 26,590 to 37,220 visits over 12 months, and its score of 52.8 rests on reviews at 28 of 40 and visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $2,500.
Search is the backbone of AdLift's service list, with SEO delivered across on page, technical and off page work. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an office in India, the agency has since been acquired by Liqvd Asia and pairs performance marketing with creative storytelling for brands growing internationally. Around core SEO it has built answer engine optimisation for AI driven and zero click search, and generative engine optimisation for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. SEO is one of ten equally weighted services, with PPC, content marketing in blogs, videos and articles, link building, local and ecommerce SEO, Amazon marketing and content writing alongside, plus analytics and reporting. B2B and ecommerce are the listed industries. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 9,030 to 12,000 visits over 12 months, and its score of 52.7 comes from reviews at 29 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 50 to 249, projects of any budget.
Franchise and multi location brands are the main audience for SEO at Ignite Visibility, a San Diego agency founded in 2013. SEO is one of four evenly split services, with PPC, social media marketing and web design, and sits in the first of four stages it calls Visibility, covering technical work, local SEO across many locations and AI search optimisation. Later stages add digital PR and reputation management, CRO and websites, and analytics including RevIntel, which links CRM outcomes to paid media bidding. Its proprietary Rallio AI platform handles multi location social scheduling, review management, AI microsites and brand governance. It mentions offices in Irvine, New York and Orlando, flexible contracts, and sectors such as franchising, insurance, healthcare and legal. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 23,030 to 32,940 visits over 12 months, giving a score of 52.4 on reviews at 28 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 250+. Projects from $1,000, hourly $100 to $149.
Amazon SEO, not Google rankings, is what search means at Amazon Growth Lab, an Amazon only marketing agency in Culver City, California. Its declared work splits almost equally between SEO, PPC and digital marketing, all applied to Seller Central, Vendor Central and hybrid accounts. On the search side that covers listing optimisation, Amazon SEO and AI search, storefront design and catalog management, worked alongside PPC and DSP management by a dedicated pod of account manager, PPC specialist, catalog specialist, project manager and designer. Decisions are judged by contribution margin, total Amazon revenue and TACoS. It is not a fit for buyers wanting website SEO. Brands in its case studies include Ray-Ban, Skechers and Brooklinen. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 13,560 to 19,800 visits over 12 months, giving a score of 52.3 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $10,000, hourly $100 to $149.
Large, complex websites are where Blue Media Marketing concentrates its SEO, and organic search is the only service it declares. The San Diego firm calls itself a conversion agency, avoids standardised packages and says its team has managed sites with more than a million pages, with programmatic SEO, technical optimisation and geo targeted search at the centre of the work. CEO Dr. William Sen also teaches SEO as an associate professor at TH Cologne, and shareholder Connor Bringas oversees the team of SEO managers and specialists. Paid search, social media, content marketing, web development and software can be added around that core, for clients the agency describes as spread across the United States, Europe and Australia. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 44,650 to 68,750 visits, giving a score of 50.8 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $1,000, hourly $50 to $99.
Local, national and technical SEO campaigns are a central part of Kova Team's offer, covering keyword strategy, content optimisation, link building and site audits. Founded in Sacramento in 2023, the young agency works with businesses across the United States as an in house team. SEO, local SEO, link building, web design and social media each carry 16 per cent of declared focus, with digital marketing the largest share at 20 per cent. Its own text adds paid campaigns on Google, Bing and social platforms, and custom websites built with search in mind. Reporting is included from strategy onwards. Real estate is the listed industry. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 42,840 to 61,690 visits over 12 months, and its score of 50.6 rests on reviews at 28 of 40 and visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 1 to 9. Projects from $5,000.
Traffic, leads and conversions are the targets Itzfizz Digital sets for its SEO, planned with data around each client's goals. Founded in 2020 and working from Bengaluru and Los Angeles, the agency gives SEO equal weight with web design, digital marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, local SEO and link building, and adds UI and UX design, web development and branding. That mix suits consumer brands and startups that want the brand, the website and its search visibility built by one team. Clients it names include Tipplr, Wildleaf, The Craftsman, Pear Health and Furnix Studios, spanning delivery, fashion, groceries, women's healthcare and furniture. Healthcare, real estate, B2B and ecommerce are the listed industries. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 37,880 to 43,940 visits over 12 months, and its score of 50.3 rests on reviews at 28 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $1,000, hourly $25 to $49.
Buyers should know that SEO at LiveHelpIndia is part of an outsourcing business rather than a dedicated marketing agency. Owned as a trademark by Cyber Infrastructure (P) Limited and based in Bengaluru since 2006, it splits its marketing listing roughly evenly between SEO, PPC and social media marketing, with email marketing, copywriting, design and editing in the wider catalogue. Clients shape their own team under a model it calls Talent as a Service, so search work is delivered by offshore staff who can sit alongside customer support, help desk, research or software development teams from the same provider. Further offices are listed in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, San Jose and the United Kingdom. Healthcare, B2B and ecommerce are the listed industries. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 31,060 to 53,420 visits over 12 months; its score of 28.5 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 against visibility at 23 of 25. Team of 250+. Projects from $1,000, hourly under $25.
With offices in Hyderabad and Los Angeles, LAD Solutions has worked in search and paid media since 2009 and presents itself as a Los Angeles agency and Google Partner. SEO is one of eight equally weighted services, with local SEO, link building and content marketing around it and PPC, social media, web design and Amazon marketing beside it. Its description goes further on search: ecommerce SEO, Google Business Profile optimisation, reputation management, conversion optimisation, and answer engine and generative engine optimisation aimed at Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. Clients are mainly US professional service firms, small businesses, ecommerce companies and national brands. Law firms, real estate and B2B are the listed industries. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 39,990 to 72,380 visits over 12 months, though the score of 27.7 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 alongside visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $1,000, hourly $50 to $99.
SEO at Top Notch Dezigns comes attached to the websites and apps the agency builds, each described as custom, responsive and aimed at more leads or sales. Founded in 2004, it lists Los Angeles as its base and says it grew from Brooklyn to Long Island, Los Angeles and London. Search work covers SEO, local SEO, link building and technical SEO, with conversion rate optimisation and content writing alongside. All nine declared services carry equal weight, including PPC, social media and web design, so buyers get search as part of a build and marketing package rather than from a specialist. It says its process is simple and transparent. B2B, restaurants and ecommerce are listed. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 9,580 to 16,090 visits over 12 months, and its score of 27.4 rests on reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $1,000 to $2,500.
Optimisation for Google and for AI answer engines is treated as one job at Web Tonic, which tracks how often ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews mention a brand. It also runs programmatic SEO, producing human edited city, service and industry pages. Founded in 2018, the agency argues that search, paid media and the website should be run by one team, and SEO is one of five equal services alongside PPC, social media marketing, web design and wider digital marketing. It says it suits established, bilingual and multiple location brands, and is not a fit for companies without revenue or anyone expecting SEO results within a month. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 12,610 to 21,680 visits over 12 months, with a score of 27 from visibility at 22 of 25 and reviews at 0 of 40. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $5,000, hourly $100 to $149.
Dental practices make up most of the client base at Siva Solutions, and SEO is the service it lists first. Founded in 2004 in Bengaluru with an office in the United States, the company combines marketing with software for the dental market, including Siva Forms and Expert Advice, and says it aims to connect these products to make practice management simpler. SEO takes the largest declared share, with content marketing, PPC, social media marketing, web design and local SEO splitting the rest. For a clinic, the appeal is local search, a practice website and patient facing software from one supplier that knows how dental offices operate. Dentists, healthcare and B2B are the listed industries. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 16,720 to 26,080 visits over 12 months; its score of 26.8 rests on reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Pricing not disclosed.
SEO is one strand of The Darl's Halo Effect, its idea that credibility earned in one channel should carry over to the rest. The Calabasas, California creative growth agency, founded in 2017, works with beauty, wellness, medical aesthetics, fashion and lifestyle brands that have typically passed $5M in sales. Search sits beside AI visibility and web strategy, and the profile gives SEO and ecommerce SEO 16 per cent of declared focus each, level with Amazon marketing, social media and content. Much of the offer lies elsewhere: brand positioning and voice, paid media, CRM with email and SMS lifecycle programmes, TikTok Shop and Amazon commerce, influencer seeding and retail readiness. Strategist Lara Schmoisman leads the team. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 38,960 to 61,560 visits over 12 months, and its score of 26.8 rests on reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Any budget accepted.
Schema markup and content optimisation are part of the SEO that The Spectrum Group Online runs, but analytics is what sets the San Jose agency apart. Founded in 2011 and known as Spectrum, it builds conversion tracking and live dashboards so clients can make decisions across channels from data, in line with its tagline “Make Marketing Decisions Driven by Data.” Search engine marketing on Google, Bing and social platforms, content strategy and WordPress development complete its core, and SEO is one of nine equally weighted services alongside link building, local SEO, content writing and social media. It names Google Partner, Bing Partner and WP Engine Preferred Partner status and works in English, Spanish, French and Italian. B2B is the listed industry. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 41,140 to 74,870 visits over 12 months, and its score of 26.8 rests on reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 1 to 9. Projects from $1,000.
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How we ranked these 67 agencies
We evaluated 67 agencies in California offering SEO.
Each got a Rankyfy Score out of 100 from five factors: measured visibility 25, client reviews 40, portfolio 15, credentials 10, responsiveness 10.
Agencies are listed by score alone; ties go to more verified reviews. Sponsored slots sit outside the numbering.
An editor checked the top entries against their profiles, contracts and sample reports.
Data
Reviews collected and verified on Rankyfy; search visibility measured by Rankyfy; prices from agency packages; reply times from briefs sent through Rankyfy. Snapshot as of Nov 3, 2026.
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