The 10 ranked SEO companies in Illinois hold 397 Google reviews between them, with an average rating of 4.87. One city has two or more ranked agencies: Chicago (4).
397Google reviewsacross the 10 agencies above
4.87average Google ratingout of 5
$25–200/hrhourly rate range20 agencies
0 of 27offer white-label SEOon this list
How the Rankyfy Score ranks SEO companies in Illinois
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 Illinois, 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. 27 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
Organic search at AgencyPPC is a secondary discipline: the Northbrook, Illinois agency comes from paid search and still treats PPC as its anchor, with SEO, social media marketing and web design each taking an equal quarter of declared work. Founded in 2014 and serving clients across the United States, it pairs SEO with conversion rate optimisation and with websites and landing pages built to convert, so search traffic lands on pages designed to produce leads. Its most distinctive work is advisory: according to its description, companies and other agencies bring it in to resolve complex analytics problems or campaign issues that earlier providers could not fix. B2B is the listed industry. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 5,310 to 9,120 visits over 12 months, and its score of 54.6 comes from reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 1 to 9. Projects from $1,000, hourly $150 to $199.
Search rankings, leads and conversions are what IndiWork says its work is meant to improve, and SEO heads a family of search services there that includes local SEO, ecommerce SEO, link building and AI search. Running since 2004, the company is headquartered in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali), India, with a presence in Chicago and in Canada. SEO carries a share similar to each of its other declared services, among them content marketing, PPC, Amazon marketing, Shopify and web design, so sites can be designed, built and optimised by the same team. Industries listed include dentists, law firms, healthcare, real estate, ecommerce and B2B. Rankyfy recorded its organic traffic rising from 10,540 to 18,450 visits in a year, and a score of 54.4 from reviews at 28 of 40 and visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 10 to 49, projects from $1,000, hourly $25 to $49.
Brand Vision treats SEO as one half of a brand and website practice, with its declared work split equally between search and web design. The Chicago agency serves consumer, B2B, institutional and product brands in the United States and Canada. Its SEO programmes aim to grow qualified organic traffic from Google and to build the citations that help a brand get referenced in AI generated answers, and it offers independent audits of brand, site structure, search and conversion. Around that sit brand strategy and identity work, UI and UX design, and marketing sites, product sites and stores on Webflow, WordPress or Shopify. It suits companies wanting identity, site and search handled in one engagement. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 7,810 to 11,870 visits over 12 months, giving a score of 53.8 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $10,000, hourly $100 to $149.
Keeping contractors' schedules full through the year is the goal Comrade Digital Marketing Agency sets for its SEO. Founded in 2008 in Chicago, it works with HVAC companies, roofers, plumbers, electricians and remodelling contractors across the United States, and splits its declared work evenly across SEO, PPC, web design and general digital marketing. Search sits inside a bundle it calls the Revenue Engine, combining SEO, local SEO, AI search optimisation, PPC, conversion focused websites and reputation management, with AI used to qualify leads. Comrade rejects traffic as a goal in itself: clients own their website, data, content and leads, and track leads, call data and ROI in its Growth Portal. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 6,240 to 10,170 visits over 12 months, and its 53.7 score comes from reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $10,000, hourly $100 to $149.
Paying for outcomes rather than activity is the principle Elit-Web applies to SEO, which it extends with generative engine optimisation. Founded in 2014 and listed in Arlington Heights, Illinois, the agency splits its declared work evenly between SEO, PPC, social media marketing and wider digital marketing, so search is one of four equal strands. It says it aligns its incentives with the client's revenue growth and builds each strategy from research into the market, audience and growth potential instead of generic playbooks. It describes itself as a Google Premier Partner and a Meta Business Partner, and adapts to projects of different complexity, location and size. It suits smaller and midsize businesses wanting marketing costs tied closely to results. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 44,890 to 68,680 visits over 12 months, scoring 53.7 on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 250+. Projects from $1,000, hourly $25 to $49.
Accelerated Digital Media, known as ADM, lists SEO as one of four evenly split services, but its own description is almost entirely about paid media. The Chicago agency, which says it is an OuterBox company, manages Google and Microsoft Ads across Search, Shopping, Display, app campaigns and YouTube, plus paid social on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, X and Snapchat, and Amazon advertising including Amazon DSP. Its profile gives no detail on organic search methods, so ADM fits best where SEO is secondary to a large paid programme. Supporting work covers ad creative, tracking implementation, data validation, compliance and reporting, delivered by specialist digital media managers. It works mainly with ecommerce and healthcare clients. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 13,050 to 22,970 visits over 12 months, and its score of 52.3 comes from reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $5,000, hourly $150 to $199.
Local keywords that bring steady organic traffic to home improvement firms and online stores are the target of DYRE Marketing's SEO. Founded in 2024 in Wheaton, Illinois, the young agency focuses on those two client groups and the problems it says they share, from low search visibility to dated websites. SEO is one of nine evenly weighted services, with local SEO, link building, content marketing and writing beside it, and Google Ads, web design and social media around them. Mobile friendly sites are built to earn homeowner trust or ease the shopping experience, and ecommerce clients also get Google Merchant Center integration and optimisation. Home services and ecommerce are listed. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 35,140 to 48,140 visits over 12 months, and its score of 50.8 rests on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 1 to 9. Projects from $1,000 to $5,000.
Flow Ninja ties its search work to the Webflow sites it builds and runs for enterprise marketing teams. The Belgrade WebOps agency splits its declared work equally between SEO and web design, so optimisation here sits inside an ongoing site relationship rather than a standalone campaign. It describes embedding with a client's team as an extension of it, with a project manager owning delivery from complex website migrations through to continuing optimisation, and calls itself Webflow native, pushing the platform's enterprise features to their limits. That makes it most relevant to larger marketing departments already on Webflow, that want search handled by the people maintaining the site. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 17,090 to 25,970 visits over 12 months, and its score of 50.7 rests on reviews at 30 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $10,000, hourly $50 to $99.
JumpFly treats organic search as a supporting service: the Hoffman Estates, Illinois agency describes itself first as a manager of paid advertising, although SEO is listed beside PPC and social media marketing in near equal shares. SEO management, conversion rate optimisation and email marketing are offered to improve performance across paid and organic search together, packaged as a full service offer it calls Smart Digital Advertising. It lists itself as a Premier Google Partner, Facebook Marketing Partner, Microsoft Elite Partner and Snapchat certified, and reports an A+ BBB rating. It suits advertisers who want SEO from the same team that runs their Google, Microsoft and social campaigns. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 6,840 to 9,090 visits over 12 months, scoring 50.2 on reviews at 28 of 40 and visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from around $5,000, hourly $50 to $99.
SEO with a supporting content strategy is one of RivalMind's main areas, paired with AI search optimisation for visibility on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google. Offering advisory and implementation from the Chicago area since 2010, with its own text placing headquarters in Saint Charles, Illinois, the agency lists nine equally weighted services, including local SEO, ecommerce SEO, link building, content marketing and PPC. Strategic website design is the other pillar, and it describes itself as a Google Ads Partner focused on lowering cost per click. What sets it apart is video: scripting, studio work, on screen talent and editing. Listed industries are broad, from dentists and home services to real estate, restaurants and ecommerce. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 7,080 to 11,680 visits over 12 months; its score of 27.3 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $2,500.
Storytelling rather than technical optimisation is the starting point at Simply Works Agency, where SEO is one of ten equally weighted services alongside local SEO, link building, PPC, Amazon marketing, content marketing, content writing, social media marketing, web design and general digital marketing. The Illinois creative and design agency, founded in 2018, focuses on turning a client's ideas into messages that connect with the intended audience, which places its search work close to content. Its profile gives no detail on SEO methods, so buyers should treat it as a broad creative partner rather than a search specialist. The team works in English and Spanish. Dentists, home services, real estate, restaurants, B2B and ecommerce are among the listed industries. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 26,440 to 44,410 visits over 12 months; its score of 26 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 with visibility at 21 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $2,500.
Speed of execution is the selling point Waivium brings to SEO, under the tagline “Outwork Average”. The veteran owned firm in Rock Falls, Illinois, founded in 2023, positions itself as a partner for established businesses frustrated with slow agencies, and handles websites, search optimisation and advertising together. Its declared work is split evenly between SEO, local SEO, PPC and web design, so a business can update its site and draw traffic from both organic and paid search with one small team. The listing points to results for a manufacturer and a family farm as examples of its work, without naming them. Home services is the listed industry. Rankyfy measured its own organic traffic rising from 7,980 to 12,450 visits over 12 months; its score of 25.5 combines reviews at 0 of 40 with visibility at 23 of 25. Team of 1 to 9. Projects from $2,500.
Building search into a website before launch, rather than adding it later, is the SEO position of Orbit Media Studios. The Chicago agency has worked since 2001, splits its declared work equally between SEO and web design, and also covers development, conversion optimisation and optimising for answer engines and generative AI search. It says AI tools help it find content gaps and check how well a site matches its intended buyer personas. Everything is done in house. Orbit is a certified B Corp and donates web design and marketing to Chicago nonprofits. With engagements starting at $50,000, it suits established organisations planning a substantial rebuild where lead generation and search visibility both matter. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 30,510 to 55,530 visits; its score of 25 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $50,000, hourly $150 to $199.
SEO at PIXAI DIGITAL is one fifth of a plan that also covers PPC, content marketing, web design and digital marketing in equal share. The Chicago agency, founded in 2019, pitches to business leaders who want results without long project conversations, and says its job is to strip marketing back to the tools that move a business forward. Work starts by aligning a client's product, brand and customers into a plan to market, then defining the ideal customer profile so messaging and search content reach the right people. It says it holds itself accountable to the client's KPIs. Its profile does not detail specific SEO techniques. Named sectors include software, manufacturing and apparel, with B2B and ecommerce listed. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 37,370 to 59,790 visits over 12 months; its score of 24.4 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Any project budget accepted.
Galactic Fed brings an engineering mindset to SEO: the Chicago agency says it was started in 2017 by people with Silicon Valley backgrounds, including from Stanford and Google. Its declared work is split evenly between SEO and PPC, and the search side includes generative engine optimisation next to full funnel marketing, paid advertising, email, web development and conversion rate optimisation. It works with companies at every stage, from early businesses to established firms opening new channels, and offers new clients a free marketing plan, built as a three month roadmap, before they commit. It notes media coverage in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and CNBC. Its rates put it toward the premium end of the market. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 19,330 to 21,460 visits, and the score of 23.9 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $5,000, hourly $200 to $300.
Generative engine optimisation now sits inside the SEO practice at Straight North, a Chicago agency working in digital marketing since 1997, aimed at visibility on AI platforms as well as traditional search engines. SEO is one of five equal services, with PPC, content marketing, social media marketing and web design making up the rest. Specialised teams run search campaigns for B2B and B2C, ecommerce, small business and enterprise clients at local or national scale, and the web team combines UX, conversion optimisation and SEO in sites meant to produce sales leads. Paid advertising on Google, Bing, Facebook and Instagram uses AI driven bid and budget management. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 2,380 to 3,520 visits over 12 months, and its 23.9 score reflects reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Typical projects $2,500 to $5,000, hourly from $100.
Personal injury and other lucrative case types are the target of Rankings.io, a legal SEO agency in Marion, Illinois, that works only with US law firms. Founded in 2013, it gives SEO the largest share of its declared work, ahead of PPC and social media marketing. The search service covers technical SEO, on page optimisation, link acquisition, AI search optimisation, local search and Local Services Ads, content strategy and digital PR on the client's own site. Clients see scheduled content in advance and review key metrics monthly. The agency is open about its limits: no projects outside law, rarely a standalone audit, and firms wanting broad full service marketing may need other partners. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 30,840 to 44,100 visits over 12 months, and the 23.8 score reflects reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 18 of 25. Team of 50 to 249. Projects from $5,000, hourly $150 to $199.
For service businesses where every lead counts, Proceed Innovative offers local, national and B2B SEO from Schaumburg, Illinois, and also mentions a Chicago office. SEO is one of four evenly weighted services, alongside PPC through Google Ads, website design and build, and wider digital marketing, with generative engine optimisation for Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT added to the search work. Engagements start with an assessment of the business's current position, then a customised plan, ongoing optimisation and reporting tied to leads and revenue rather than vanity metrics. The agency describes itself as a Google Partner and an A+ BBB accredited business. Sectors it names include law firms, home care providers, disaster restoration, contractors and B2B firms. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 33,630 to 50,450 visits over 12 months; the score of 23.7 rests on reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from around $5,000, hourly $150 to $199.
Being found is the first of three goals in Curio Digital's work, covering SEO, AEO and GEO through demand and keyword research, technical fixes, schema, internal linking and content structure. The Chicago agency, founded in 2023, works only in Webflow and serves sales led B2B companies, typically at Series A or B, so its SEO comes attached to site builds rather than sold alone. Declared work splits evenly across SEO, AI SEO and GEO, web design and digital marketing. After launch, a dedicated Growth Marketing Officer runs ongoing analytics and conversion testing on pages such as pricing and demo requests, measured in booked meetings. Curio says it is an Enterprise Partner with Webflow and Semrush. B2B is the listed industry. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 42,570 to 73,220 visits over 12 months; its score of 23.3 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $25,000.
Solid Digital approaches search from the website outwards. The Chicago agency builds sites for B2B marketing teams meant to serve as a base for wider digital marketing, and SEO is one of four evenly weighted services with web design, PPC and digital marketing. Its offer covers website design and development, UX and UI design, and content, SEO and PPC, so this is a web partner with search attached rather than an SEO specialist. It favours SaaS and software, healthcare and professional services, and believes cultural fit predicts project success. Its ideal client is a B2B business with revenue of $5 million or more and at least one in house marketer. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 1,720 to 2,850 visits over 12 months, and its score of 23.3 rests on reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 22 of 25. Team of 1 to 9. Projects from $10,000, hourly $150 to $199.
Lead attribution is what distinguishes the SEO at iLocalHero: the Chicago agency builds custom Looker Studio dashboards backed by detailed event tracking, so clients can see where leads come from and how spend relates to return. Founded in 2020, it calls its method Growth-Mesh, starting with an analysis of the client's whole online presence to find the most valuable opportunities, then aligning strategy across channels. Content is planned for every stage of the buyer's journey, with site architecture and schema markup underneath. Digital marketing is its largest declared service at 20 per cent, with SEO, PPC, content marketing, content writing and local SEO at 16 per cent each. Home services and B2B are listed. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 42,140 to 60,680 visits over 12 months, and its score of 23 comes from reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $1,000.
Technical SEO that gets implemented rather than merely reported is the pitch of Zadro Web, a small agency in Batavia, Illinois. It splits declared work evenly between SEO and web design, and positions itself as a single technical partner that builds the platform and carries out the search fixes. SEO work covers Core Web Vitals, site speed, structured data and topical authority, plus AI search optimisation for visibility in large language models. Builds use Craft CMS, WordPress or PHP frameworks on custom architecture rather than themes, with cloud hosting and managed maintenance. It prefers established professional services firms, manufacturers and growth stage businesses. No industries are listed in its profile. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 40,240 to 73,640 visits over 12 months, though the score of 21.7 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 alongside visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 1 to 9. Projects from $10,000, hourly $150 to $199.
Marcel Digital, working with B2B organisations that need search to feed lead generation, pairs SEO with enterprise website development in Chicago. SEO is one of four equal declared services, alongside web design, PPC and wider digital marketing, and its description adds conversion rate optimisation, user experience work and analytics, so organic search sits inside a programme aimed at better conversion paths and data led decisions. Strategy and day to day execution stay with the same team, and the agency says clients get senior people across search, paid media and site builds. It states that it is a Google Premier Partner, an Umbraco Certified Platinum Partner and a HubSpot Solutions Partner. No industries are listed. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 33,910 to 56,970 visits over 12 months, though the score of 21.6 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 alongside visibility at 20 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $5,000, hourly $200 to $300.
Technical audits, keyword mapping to search intent, entity based optimisation, on page work and link acquisition make up the SEO side of VisualFizz, an independent B2B marketing and branding agency in Chicago. SEO is one of five equal declared services, with web design, digital marketing, social media marketing and PPC, and the wider offer runs from corporate rebrands and positioning to Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads and commercial video. Its clients are mid market companies, long established industrial firms and fast growing B2B technology businesses, and the agency says it employs senior marketers only, with accounts run by senior strategists and leadership. Industries it names include manufacturing, construction, architecture, logistics, B2B SaaS and professional services. Rankyfy measured its organic traffic rising from 25,980 to 41,050 visits over 12 months, and its score of 21.2 rests on reviews at 0 of 40 and visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $5,000, hourly $150 to $199.
Search optimisation at Verve Marketing Group follows brand strategy: the Oak Brook, Illinois agency first clarifies what makes a brand distinct, then carries that positioning into the website and the content that ranks. SEO, web design and social media marketing split its declared work almost evenly, and its own description adds brand strategy and identity, multi channel digital marketing and print design covering logos, sales collateral and trade show graphics. Health, education and faith organisations are a particular focus, so schools, colleges, healthcare providers and faith based groups are the clearest fit. Its listing gives little detail on technical SEO methods. No industries are listed in its profile beyond those sectors. Rankyfy measured organic traffic rising from 2,000 to 3,080 visits over 12 months, and its score of 20.8 reflects reviews at 0 of 40 with visibility at 19 of 25. Team of 10 to 49. Projects from $5,000, hourly $100 to $149.
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Red flags
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How we ranked these 27 agencies
We evaluated 27 agencies in Illinois 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 10, 2026.
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