We are a marketing agency publishing a list of marketing agencies, and we are on it. That is a conflict of interest and no disclosure removes it — it only lets you price it in. Every figure below that we did not verify ourselves is labelled as reported rather than confirmed. Nobody paid to be here and no link on this page earns us anything.
How this list was built
What we searched, and when
On 26 July 2026 we ran the head query for this page and read every organic result on page one. The list below is drawn from the agencies that appeared repeatedly across those results, not from a directory export and not from anyone's affiliate programme.
What qualified an agency for inclusion
Appearing on two or more independent page-one lists, having a live site describing work in this trade, and being a real operating agency we could identify by location and founding year. That is a low bar and we are saying so: this is a starting set for your own research rather than a shortlist of the best.
What we could not verify
Most of these agencies do not publish pricing. Where a figure appears below it is the figure a third-party list reported, not one we confirmed on the agency's own site, and it is labelled that way. We have not worked alongside these agencies, have not seen their reporting, and have not spoken to their clients. Anyone claiming otherwise on a page like this is guessing.
Why we are on our own list
Because leaving ourselves off would be a different kind of dishonesty. We are a marketing agency publishing a list of marketing agencies, and pretending to be a neutral observer of a market we compete in would be the most misleading thing on the page. Our own entry is marked, and our placement is explained rather than asserted.
No payments, no affiliate links
Nobody paid to appear here and no link on this page earns us anything. If that changes, this section changes with it.
The comparison-column tell
Every list on page one for this query is published by an agency that appears on it. Almost all of them put themselves first. That is the structure of the format rather than a scandal, and it does mean a buyer should read these pages as marketing rather than research, including this one.
The mechanism is worth knowing because it is easy to spot once you have seen it. Look at the comparison columns. A list will build a table of criteria, and one column will be the thing only the publishing agency satisfies. On one of the roofing lists we read, the columns include “Has a Dedicated Measurement Team?”, and exactly one agency in the table answers yes to it. That agency published the list.
So when you read a comparison table, ask which column was chosen because the author wins it. Then ask what column is missing that you would have chosen. Applied to this page: our column is published methodology, and we win it because we picked it. The honest counter is that method transparency is not the same as results, and an agency with an undisclosed process and excellent outcomes would beat us on the thing you actually care about.
The agencies, and who each one is actually for
Ordered roughly by how often they appeared across the page-one lists we read — not by quality, which we are not in a position to rank. Read the “best for” line rather than the number.
Scorpion
PE-backed and the name that appears on virtually every HVAC list we read. Enterprise-oriented: proprietary software, paid search at scale, franchise and multi-location programmes. Clutch 4.1 as reported. Pricing not published.
Best for: Large contractors and multi-location operators who want technology and media under one roof.
Thrive Internet Marketing Agency
Full-funnel generalist working across many verticals, with an AI SEO service line. Clutch 4.6 as reported. Publishes budget bands from $2,500 to $50,000+ per month, and one third-party plumbing list reports a starting point as low as $500/mo, a spread wide enough that you should ask what sits at each end.
Best for: Established regional contractors wanting one partner across SEO, PPC, web and social.
RYNO Strategic Solutions (incl. Blue Corona)
A home-services specialist running integrated SEO, PPC and web across multiple trades, following the Blue Corona merger. Strong multi-trade coordination; less trade-specific proprietary tooling than the single-trade specialists. Pricing not published; one list reports Blue Corona from $2,500/mo.
Best for: Contractors running HVAC alongside plumbing, electrical or roofing who want one coordinated programme.
iMarket Solutions
Employee-owned and works on an exclusivity basis within HVAC, plumbing and electrical, meaning it limits how many competing contractors it takes in a market. That is a real structural commitment and rarer than it sounds. Pricing not published.
Best for: Contractors who want territorial exclusivity as a condition of the engagement.
Hook Agency
Design-led and unusually public, a large YouTube presence and a lot of method shared free, which is checkable before you buy. Notably, on its own agency list it places itself last rather than first. Reported from $1,500/mo.
Best for: Contractors who want strong visual branding alongside organic search work.
KGG Consulting
Analytics-led positioning. One of the few on this list with a published price: $3,000/mo as reported.
Best for: Contractors who want a data-and-reporting-first relationship at a mid-market price.
Townsquare Interactive
The genuine budget end, reported at $300 to $1,000 per month. At that price the programme is necessarily templated, and that is the trade being made rather than a criticism.
Best for: Small contractors in mid-sized markets where the alternative is doing nothing.
Mindflow Marketing
One staffed office, a six-layer audit, three reported numbers and a Work Ledger. The X/12 measurement protocol is published in full, question selection, personalisation controls, the exact calculation, repeat-run handling and known limitations. From $3,500/mo, published, most at $5,500. Two clients whose results we are permitted to publish.
Best for: Established contractors who have been burned by a report they could not check, and want measurement they can audit.
This is us. We are including ourselves because omitting ourselves from a list we publish would be more misleading, not less. We have not ranked ourselves first and we are not claiming to be the best agency on this page: we have two publishable clients and most of the agencies here have hundreds. What we can claim is that our measurement protocol is published in full and can be checked, which none of the others publish, and that the two client results we show carry written permission. Those are narrow claims, and they are the only ones we are making.
We are the most expensive option on this page
Our floor is $3,500 a month, published, and most engagements sit at $5,500. Every agency on this list with a published starting price sits below it, several well below. If price is the deciding factor, we are the wrong answer and one of them is the right one.
What the difference buys is measurement you can audit and a published protocol, which matters if you have been burned by a report you could not check. It does not buy more hours, a bigger team, or faster results, and we would rather you knew that before a call than after one.
Who should not hire us
Businesses under roughly $1M in revenue, where the retainer is a disproportionate share of the marketing budget. Anyone who needs leads this month, because this is a two-to-three-quarter programme and paid media is a better answer for immediate volume. Anyone who wants a guarantee on rankings or AI citations, because we will not give one.
Also: anyone who wants to hand it over and not look at it. The whole model depends on a client who reads the monthly report.
Fair questions
Is this list ranked by quality?
No. It is ordered by how often each agency appeared across the page-one lists we read. We have not worked alongside these agencies and cannot rank their results, so we do not.
Why should I trust a list you wrote about yourself?
You shouldn't, entirely. What you can do is check the method, which is why it's published above. Read our entry as marketing and the methodology as the part you can test.
Are the prices accurate?
They are the prices third-party lists reported on 26 July 2026. We verified only our own. Treat the rest as a starting point for a question, not a quote.
Will you update this?
When the SERP changes materially. The sourcing date is at the top of the page so you can judge how stale it is rather than having to guess.
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