August 8, 2026 · 6 min read

How Much Does SEO Cost in Denver? Real Numbers

Almost nobody publishes SEO pricing, which is exactly why owners assume they are being overcharged. So here are real numbers for the Denver market, including ours.

The honest range

Local SEO for a single-location Denver business runs roughly $700 to $2,500 a month. Below $500 you are usually buying a report generated by software and nothing else. Above $3,000 you should be getting content production, digital PR and a dedicated strategist, not just profile maintenance.

Our local SEO is $899 a month, our Authority package is $1,750, and our Dominance package is $2,500. Websites start at $499. That is the whole price list.

What $700–$1,000 a month buys

Google Business Profile management, citation cleanup, on-page fixes, a few content pages, review strategy and monthly reporting. This is the right tier for one location competing inside Denver or one suburb.

What $1,500–$2,000 buys

Everything above plus multi-city pages, ongoing content, conversion work on the site and A/B testing. This is the tier for businesses covering the whole front range or fighting in a genuinely competitive trade.

What $2,500+ buys

Aggressive content velocity, link building, landing pages per service and city, conversion rate optimization and a person you can call directly. Worth it when a single job is worth thousands and the market is crowded.

Why per-hour pricing rarely works

SEO is not a stack of hours; it is a compounding project. Hourly billing pushes agencies to do visible, cheap work instead of the slow structural work that actually moves rankings. Flat monthly pricing keeps the incentives straight.

Red flags in a proposal

Guaranteed number one rankings. Twelve-month contracts with a cancellation fee. Ad spend bundled into the management fee so you can't see the split. Reports made of impressions and 'keyword rankings' for terms nobody searches. Accounts held in the agency's name rather than yours.

Any one of those is a reason to keep interviewing.

How to judge the return

Work backwards from your job value. If your average job is $8,000 and SEO costs $899 a month, one extra job a quarter already pays for it. If your average ticket is $60, you need volume, and paid ads or a better website may beat SEO as a first move.

A decent agency will tell you when SEO is the wrong first move. That conversation is free.

Call Ralph Simpson at 720-676-5646 for a realistic number for your category — and an honest answer about whether SEO is where your money should go first.

Call 720-676-5646

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