1
JH SEO Agency
Los Angeles, CA, USA · team 2-9
HQ in Los Angeles · From $2,500/month 2 documented
…building, local optimization, on-page optimization, and SEO consulting. (verified client review)
82/100
Moderate confidence
Verified Sep 2026
Best SEO Consulting Agencies in Los Angeles (2026)
Vendar ranks 10 of 46 SEO agencies serving Los Angeles for SEO consulting: the ones with documented SEO consulting work on file, verified through September 2026. The top three by evidence-weighted score are JH SEO Agency (82/100), Coalition Technologies (66) and Bliss Drive (64). 1 of them has documented SEO consulting work for clients in Los Angeles itself. No paid placements; every position below cites its sources. 36 more Los Angeles SEO agencies have no SEO consulting claim on file yet and are listed unranked.
10 ranked36 unranked10 verified10 of 10 backed by an outside documentpricing disclosed for 1010 documented examples of SEO consulting workupdated September 2026no paid placementsHow we rank
What counts as evidence here
Ranked agencies have at least one claim from an outside source that names advisory work: consulting for a client's own team, training or workshops, fractional SEO leadership, or a roadmap the client carried out; official case studies and third-party reviews weigh most, profile tags least. Full rubric 2026.09 and the scoring model: How we rank.
Which agency fits your business(3 groups)
Grouped by the clients named in documented SEO consulting work: client reviews and case studies, not the agencies' own positioning. The number is the place in the ranking below.
Clients in Los Angeles
- #5 Avidon Marketing Group · verified client review: “Los Angeles”
Shops, restaurants and retail
- #2 Coalition Technologies · verified client review: “retailer”
- #4 Wiideman · verified client review: “restaurant”
- #8 Brenton Way · verified client review: “retailer”
Smaller budgets
- #10 Storm Brain · disclosed monthly minimum: from $1,000/month
- #2 Coalition Technologies · disclosed monthly minimum: from $1,800/month
- #9 LAv1 · disclosed monthly minimum: from $1,800/month
Which agency fits your business
Grouped by the clients named in documented SEO consulting work: client reviews and case studies, not the agencies' own positioning. The number is the place in the ranking below.
Clients in Los Angeles
- #5 Avidon Marketing Group · verified client review: “Los Angeles”
Shops, restaurants and retail
- #2 Coalition Technologies · verified client review: “retailer”
- #4 Wiideman · verified client review: “restaurant”
- #8 Brenton Way · verified client review: “retailer”
Smaller budgets
- #10 Storm Brain · disclosed monthly minimum: from $1,000/month
- #2 Coalition Technologies · disclosed monthly minimum: from $1,800/month
- #9 LAv1 · disclosed monthly minimum: from $1,800/month
Ranking: 10 Los Angeles agencies with documented SEO consulting work
Compare the top 3“Independent” means a third-party source names SEO consulting work. Each profile holds the claims with their sources; the points per criterion behind every position are in the machine-readable feed.
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Coalition Technologies
Los Angeles, CA, USA · team 51-200 · since 2009
HQ in Los Angeles · From $1,800/month 1 documented
CEO of a clothing retailer in San Dimas, California: …"hired Coalition Technologies for their SEO consulting services" and received a detailed review of its site with recommendations. The review was not… (verified client review)
66/100
High confidence
Verified Sep 2026
3
Bliss Drive
Los Angeles, CA, USA · team 10-49 · since 2007
HQ in Los Angeles · From $2,000/month 1 documented
Kristina Fernandez, marketing account manager at Guaranteed Rate in Chicago: …tactics while "training our staff how to better our SEO", SEO training for the client's own staff alongside delivery. The client says progress was visible… (verified client review)
64/100
High confidence
Verified Sep 2026
4
Wiideman
La Mirada, CA, USA · team 10-49 · since 2012
serves Los Angeles from La Mirada · From $5,000/month 1 documented
IHOP restaurant-chain SEO consulting review (verified client review)
63/100
High confidence
Verified Sep 2026
5
Avidon Marketing Group
Los Angeles, CA, USA · team 10-49
HQ in Los Angeles · From $3,000/month 1 documented
Steve Banning, director of marketing at Villaway: …consulting services to improve organic search rankings", SEO consulting alongside paid search, reaching top-ten rankings for targeted location phrases. (verified client review)
61/100
High confidence
Verified Sep 2026
6
Icepop
Los Angeles, CA, USA · team 10-49
HQ in Los Angeles · From $5,500/month 1 documented
Property manager of a real-estate company: …a comprehensive SEO audit, keyword research and an SEO roadmap, "a roadmap outlining specific steps to improve rankings" with prioritised recommendations… (verified client review)
60/100
High confidence
Verified Jun 2026
7
Directive
Irvine, CA, USA · team 10-49 · since 2014
serves Los Angeles from Irvine · From $6,000/month 1 documented
VP of an insurance provider in New York: …high-level strategy", advisory work with the client's in-house team alongside PPC, which is credited for the paid lead-generation results. (verified client review)
58/100
High confidence
Verified Sep 2026
8
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Brenton Way
Los Angeles, CA, USA · team 10-49 · since 2017
HQ in Los Angeles · Projects from $5,000 1 documented
Stephen Chang, CEO of Moissanite International: …"into our SEO roadmap". The client reports organic impressions up 45%; the rise in return on ad spend from 2.1x to 3.4x belongs to the paid work. The… (verified client review)
Profile below decision-ready status
56/100
Confidence not disclosed
Verified Sep 2026
9
LAv1
Los Angeles, CA, USA · since 1995
HQ in Los Angeles · From $1,800/month 1 documented
Stephanie Eltz, CEO and co-founder of Doctify: …"followed by the development of a refined SEO roadmap" for organic search across six markets, and also managed Google Ads and content. The client reports… (verified client review)
55/100
High confidence
Verified Sep 2026
10
Storm Brain
Santa Monica, CA, USA · since 2007
serves Los Angeles from Santa Monica · From $1,000/month 1 documented
CMO of a B2B SaaS company selling enterprise software in San Francisco: …discovery call, delivered keyword data and then held an SEO workshop with the client to assess each keyword, compiling the list for its SEO program; Storm… (verified client review)
50/100
High confidence
Verified Jun 2026
Also serving Los Angeles: 36 SEO agencies with no documented SEO consulting work on file
On the Los Angeles SEO list, but nothing on file names SEO consulting work. One sourced claim moves an agency into the ranking.
No SEO consulting claim on file yet.
- 405 AdsFrom $2,500/month
- AlchemyLeadsProjects from $5,000
- B2BSEO.ioProjects from $1,000
- CanestaFrom $1,500/month
- GO-SEOFrom $750/month
- GR0From $7,000/month
- Hawke MediaFrom $7,000/month
- IMPRiNTFrom $6,500/month
- IntensifyFrom $3,500/month
- Kobe DigitalFrom $3,500/month
- LAD SolutionsFrom $2,500/month
- LawRankFrom $4,000/month
- Los Angeles SEO IncFrom $3,000/month
- Melleka MarketingFrom $3,000/month
- Milyon DigitalFrom $2,500/month
- MuteSixFrom $5,000/month
- PX MediaProjects from $1,000
- Red BanyanFrom $7,500/month
- Ripe MediaFrom $5,000/month
- Search Engine ProjectsFrom $2,600/month
- SEO LAFrom $3,000/month
- SEO Marketing LAFrom $2,500/month
- SEO NobleFrom $1,800/month
- Sitrick And CompanyFrom $10,000/month
- SPINX DigitalFrom $9,000/month
- Sunlight MediaFrom $2,000/month
- Top BrosFrom $2,000/month
- Urban InsightFrom $8,500/month
- Visible FactorsProjects from $5,000
- Website DepotFrom $950/month
- WpromoteFrom $7,000/month
Only Vendar profile tags name SEO consulting; no outside source on file yet.
Sources on file say the vendor offers SEO consulting; no case study or client review documents the work yet.
How this list is ranked
Evidence-weighted ranking 2026.09.1: each agency is scored on the SEO consulting query from claims with sources. Evidence for this query 30 · Fit to this query 25 · Capability depth 15 · Reliability 10 · Transparency 10 · Reputation 5 · Market credibility 5, minus penalties; confidence is shown separately. Paid visibility never changes the order of a listing. The points, the claims and the limits behind every position are on its card above; the criteria, penalties, eligibility and ordering rules are on How we rank.
Los Angeles buyer context
When advice beats done-for-you delivery
Consulting pays off when you have a team that can execute but not decide. It fails when it becomes a slide deck nobody owns after the invoice.
Fit
- Advises and trains your team instead of taking the work away from it.
- Leaves decisions written down: what, why, and in which order.
- Can sit with developers and writers, not only with the marketing lead.
Proof
- Show a roadmap a client's own team carried out.
- How do you hand over when the engagement ends?
- What do you do when the in-house team cannot execute the plan?
Budget
- Ranked here and disclosing a monthly minimum: 9, from $1K to $6K.
- Middle of that range: about $2.5K a month.
- 1 of the 10 ranked agency does not publish a minimum; ask on the first call.
Frequently asked questions (7)
- How many Los Angeles SEO agencies have documented SEO consulting work?
- 10 of the 46 SEO agencies Vendar tracks in Los Angeles have at least one SEO consulting claim on file under the published rubric; 10 of them have an outside source naming it, and 10 have one that describes the work rather than listing the service. The other 36 are listed unranked until evidence is added.
- Which of them have worked for clients in Los Angeles?
- 1 of the 10 ranked agencies have documented SEO consulting work for a client in Los Angeles: Avidon Marketing Group (#5, Los Angeles). The others are ranked on work for clients elsewhere.
- Which Los Angeles SEO consulting agency fits my type of business?
- By the clients named in their documented SEO consulting work: Shops, restaurants and retail: Coalition Technologies (#2), Wiideman (#4) and Brenton Way (#8). This comes from client reviews and case studies on file, not from the agencies' own positioning; the number after each name is its place in the ranking.
- What does SEO consulting cost in Los Angeles?
- Among the ranked agencies that disclose a monthly floor, retainers start at $1,000/month and the median floor is $2,500/month. 10 of 10 ranked agencies disclose some pricing signal.
- Which of them are verified?
- 10 of 10 ranked agencies are verified. Verified means Vendar confirmed the company, its service and its market on official sources and stamped the profile with the date. A participation status or a partner relationship does not make a profile verified. The lowest disclosed floor among verified agencies is Storm Brain at $1,000/month.
- How is this list different from the Los Angeles SEO page?
- The Los Angeles SEO page ranks every SEO agency serving the city. This page keeps only the agencies with SEO consulting evidence on file, scores them on the SEO consulting query with the published model, and cites the claims behind every position. The model, its weights and the rubric are on the How we rank page.
- When was this list updated?
- The newest profile verification among ranked agencies is September 27, 2026. Scores are recomputed from the profiles whenever a profile changes; the ranking model is version 2026.09.1.