Local SEO Agencies in New Zealand
Local SEO is how a business shows up in Google Maps, the local pack and other results that depend on location. The work usually includes the Google Business Profile, pages for the areas being targeted, and consistent name, address and phone details. Agencies here publish local SEO or Google Business Profile among their services. Compare that scope, then ask how they handle a service-area business versus a storefront.
This page compares 46 agencies with a New Zealand location.
A1 Websites
A1 Websites is a Nelson web design, SEO and Google Ads practice run by Marcus, who has worked professionally online since 1998 and deals with clients directly from the first conversation through implementation and ongoing improvement, with no account-manager layers in between. Its SEO work starts with mapping important searches to the right pages so each page has a clear job and pages do not compete for the same phrase. Technical foundations cover crawl and indexation checks, status codes, canonicals, sitemap coverage and noindex rules, page weight, layout stability and mobile usability, plus headings, metadata and structured data. It also plans content and internal linking, and protects rankings during website migrations by inventorying indexable URLs, mapping redirects and checking the release. Alongside search it builds and redesigns sites on WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, Squarespace and Wix, and manages Google Ads and Shopping. Published work includes ongoing SEO and Google Ads for Nelson manufacturer O2B Healthy, Google Ads across Marsden Hotels and Resorts properties, and sites for Ironline Steel Detailing and Cycle Nelson. A1 does not guarantee rankings. Contact is marcus@a1websites.co.nz or 022 391 3500.
Addigital
Addigital is an Auckland digital marketing agency based in Blockhouse Bay that focuses on local SEO and Google Business Profile management for small and medium-sized businesses. It operates as a digital marketing service of Anymedia Limited and draws on more than 15 years of experience through that parent brand supporting local companies and business brokers across New Zealand. Its SEO and online visibility service follows a three-step process: a site check for ranking blocks and missed opportunities, then fixing and optimising pages, improving content and strengthening local signals, then tracking ranking changes with monthly updates. The work also targets visibility in AI-powered search results. Google Business Profile management keeps contact details, hours, photos, posts, offers and reviews up to date, with suburb-level targeting for areas such as Blockhouse Bay, Mount Roskill, Albany and Manukau. Alongside search, Addigital provides social media management, video marketing, and branding and creative content such as blogs and newsletters. It has a dedicated offering for physiotherapy clinics. Pricing is flexible and set around each client's budget and goals, explained in plain language without jargon, and new clients start with a free SEO and Google Business Profile audit followed by a short call about next steps.
Adhesion
Adhesion is an Auckland digital marketing agency based at 110 Mt Eden Road in Mount Eden. Founded in 2007, it runs a 100 percent in-house Kiwi team and has delivered search and paid media work for New Zealand businesses for more than 18 years. Its SEO offering is built around clear programmes rather than opaque retainers: a three-month foundation sprint covering a technical audit, keyword strategy, on-page work and local search foundations from $1,199 plus GST, a six-month growth programme that adds content and link building from $1,999 plus GST, and ongoing monthly management with keyword and content updates, technical monitoring and Google Business Profile work. The agency also runs Google Ads, Meta ads, Bing and LinkedIn advertising, email automation, Shopify and custom websites, and copywriting, and it holds Google Partner, Meta Partner, Microsoft Advertising Partner, Shopify Partner and Klaviyo Partner status. Clients span ecommerce, automotive, education, hospitality, tourism and professional services across Auckland and the rest of New Zealand, with international work as well. Contact is via info@adhesion.co.nz or 0800 234 374.
Bay Web Co
Bay Web Co is a two-person web design and SEO studio based at 40a Waitui Grove, Mount Maunganui, operating since 2018 and formerly known as DM Web Design. It builds custom WordPress websites for Bay of Plenty businesses and runs ongoing SEO for clients in Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Papamoa and the wider region, while also taking on work across New Zealand. Its monthly SEO plans include keyword research, technical work, content and local authority building, with local keyword targeting, citation building, NZ-specific schema markup and Google Business Profile, review and map pack work done by hand. Plans start at $650 plus GST a month, with Accelerated and Authority tiers above that, and run alongside the studio's Hosting and Care service on NZ servers to keep sites fast and secure. The team also offers AI search optimisation, Google Ads management, website overhauls and WordPress migrations, with fixed quotes and no lock-in contracts. Published work includes a six-fold rise in organic traffic in five months for Tauranga builder Belco Homes, page-one rankings for Club Mount Maunganui and fencing company TBGF, and sites for Spring Vets Papamoa and Mount Roofing.
Boost Online
Boost Online is a local SEO business based in Palmerston North that helps New Zealand businesses get found on Google Search and Maps. Its work connects a company's Google Business Profile with its website, so the details, services and reviews customers see tell the same story and lead to a call, booking or enquiry. Services include Google Business Profile setup and ongoing management, local SEO website support, and work on business details, citations and local signals. Website support covers service content written over time, headings, schema and internal links, and a clearer enquiry path, with tracking that keeps enquiries, website activity and search visibility separate so results are not overstated. Boost Online explains its work in plain language, agrees scope and costs before any paid work begins, and does not promise top-three rankings. Clients keep ownership of their Google profile and never need to share passwords. New prospects can start with a free public check of their profile and website. The team publishes local SEO guides for builders, electricians, plumbers, roofers, mechanics, concrete contractors and HVAC firms, and can scope new WordPress sites through its sister service, Boost Website Design.
Boost Website Design
Boost Website Design is a Palmerston North studio that builds practical WordPress websites for service businesses and supports them with local search and light automation. Contact and homepage copy state the business is based in Palmerston North and works with clients throughout New Zealand by phone, email or video. Core offers are website design with clear service pages and calls to action, Local SEO covering page titles, headings, internal links, technical foundations, service and location content, and Google Business Profile category and description reviews, plus AI marketing and automation for enquiry follow-up and review requests. Local SEO is presented as a one-off foundation project, an ongoing programme or a targeted project, and the site notes that no provider can responsibly guarantee rankings. The studio focuses on trades and professional services where customers usually want a nearby provider. Schema and contact pages publish Palmerston North as the location, phone 020 477 5435, and info@boostwebsitedesign.co.nz (Cloudflare-protected on the contact page).
Bwd Media
Bwd Media is a Hamilton digital marketing studio with its headquarters at Level 2, Commerce Street in the Hamilton CBD and a videography studio at 37 Alison Street, Hamilton 3204. It works with a small number of New Zealand manufacturers, startups, trades and clinics across the Waikato and Auckland Golden Triangle, and is a Chamber member with NZBN 9429047031937. Search work sits in its Local Visibility Package from $750 plus GST a month, covering Google Business Profile management, Google Maps and map-pack tracking, LocalBusiness and FAQ schema, suburb landing pages, review workflows and monthly checks in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, with no lock-in after the first three months. Alongside that it builds high-converting websites from $3,200 plus GST, runs Google and Meta ads on a flat management fee with no ad-spend markup from $850 plus GST a month, and offers a Growth Partner package at $2,400 plus GST with monthly field shoots and short-form video. Case studies cite a 105 percent sales uplift for an Auckland clinic and 2.5 times average ROAS on trade campaigns. Email is info@bwdmedia.co.nz.
Digital Influence
Digital Influence is a Christchurch digital marketing agency based at 336 Durham Street in the central city. The team acts as a collaborative growth partner rather than a remote vendor, combining search engine optimisation, local SEO, Google Ads, Meta advertising and social content so local and national brands get found and convert. Case studies on the site include helping The Loft sell out a sports bar event, modernising Letton Kerb and Channel through social, Google Ads and website work, and lifting Novus Glass bookings dramatically with a campaign-led approach. Clients such as Saint Row credit the agency with stronger organic visibility and more efficient Ads management, while law firm and trade reviews praise long-running partnership and practical strategy. Services listed include local SEO so businesses appear when nearby customers search, Facebook and Instagram advertising, Google Ads, and social media content marketing, supported by website work and high-performance marketing reviews. Transparent communication, regular recommendations and hands-on account leads are part of how they run accounts from their Christchurch office.
Digital Kiwis
Digital Kiwis is an independent SEO and AI search agency based at 65 Abel Smith Street in Te Aro, Wellington, working with organisations throughout New Zealand. It is led by Peter Mahoney, who began building websites professionally in 1996 and took his first search engine optimisation role in 1997, and it brings in specialist collaborators when a project needs them while keeping strategy senior and communication direct. Its services cover SEO strategy and growth planning, AI search optimisation for generated answers and assistants, technical SEO and structured data, expert content and authority building, local and multi-location search across Maps and organic results, and evidence-led SEO audits followed by fixes and a roadmap. Clients can engage it for a one-off search overhaul, an ongoing growth programme of monthly delivery sprints with plain-English reporting, or embedded expertise where it provides strategy, quality assurance and coaching for in-house teams and partner agencies. Its process runs through discovery, design, delivery and compounding measurement. Contact is peter@digitalkiwis.co.nz or +64 22 411 8858.
Digital Pie
Digital Pie is a Tauranga digital marketing agency with its office at 55G Grey Street in the city centre. Founded in 2014 by managing director Blair Atkinson and co-founder Shelley Atkinson, it started in a small office on Cameron Road and has grown to a team of more than 20 designers, developers, ad specialists and copywriters, with a sister company in the Philippines that works alongside the Tauranga office. The agency says it has served more than 250 Bay of Plenty businesses. Its SEO service covers technical audits that find and fix the site issues holding rankings back, content strategy built around what customers actually search, local SEO through Google Business Profile, reviews and citations, on-page optimisation of titles, structure, schema and internal links, and monthly reporting on rankings, traffic and enquiries, with answer engine and generative engine optimisation for AI search. Because the team also designs, builds and hosts websites, it can implement every recommended fix itself, and it works without lock-in contracts. Digital Pie is a Google Partner, Microsoft Advertising Partner and Authorised Zoho Partner, and also runs Google and Meta ads, custom development, copywriting, video and hosting. Each year it builds a free website for a New Zealand not-for-profit.
Digital Presence
Digital Presence is a Christchurch web design and SEO agency for small and medium-sized businesses, led by founder Simon Mullinger, a web designer and SEO specialist with more than 15 years of experience across media, advertising and digital marketing. The business is 100% locally owned and operated in Christchurch. Its best-known offer is subscription websites with no upfront cost, with plans from $95 a month that include hosting, SSL security, basic SEO and monthly edits, plus custom, ecommerce and redesign projects. Its SEO service covers local SEO and Google Maps visibility through Google Business Profile optimisation, review management and local citations, along with E-E-A-T-focused service pages and blog content, on-page optimisation and technical fixes for broken links, slow pages and mobile issues. Campaigns follow three steps: an audit and roadmap comparing the client's site with competitors, a fix-and-build stage with content and local backlinks, and monthly plain-English reporting on rankings, traffic and enquiries. Work is also optimised for AI search tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini. SEO runs month to month with no lock-in contracts, and Digital Presence also manages Google Search, Display, Remarketing and Performance Max campaigns. Clients include a Christchurch law firm, a florist and a dental practice.
Digital Stream
Digital Stream is a Hamilton-based digital marketing and web design agency that has helped New Zealand businesses grow online since 1999. Its Hamilton office sits at Level 6, 11 Garden Place, with a second studio at 300 Richmond Road in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Alongside custom websites and branding, the agency offers local SEO packages aimed at ranking higher in search without heavy spend, plus Google Ads, Facebook Ads, email marketing, live chat and digital strategy. Portfolio work spans trade services, builders and property development, professional services, and government or international organisations. Clients book a free thirty-minute growth strategy session, and the site positions the team as digital strategists, designers and marketers focused on leads and sales rather than brochure sites. Local SEO is presented as a core package for businesses that need nearby visibility, while paid search jumps the queue for immediate first-page presence. Contact runs through hello@digitalstream.co.nz and an 0800 number shared across both offices.
EightySix Digital
EightySix Digital is a Christchurch digital marketing agency run by founder Stu Clark, who brings more than 15 years in the trades and over a decade running his own Christchurch business to his search work. Clients deal directly with Stu rather than a call centre or account manager, and the agency serves businesses across Christchurch and Canterbury as well as Dunedin, Queenstown, Hamilton, Tauranga, Auckland and Wellington. Its SEO service covers keyword research and strategy, on-page SEO, technical SEO including speed, mobile, indexing and schema, local SEO through Google Business Profile management, citations and map pack optimisation, content and copywriting, and link and authority building. Answer engine optimisation for Google AI Overviews, featured snippets and voice search is included in every plan, and generative engine optimisation for tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini is available as an add-on. Pricing is published: a Small Business plan from NZ$600 a month plus GST for local-focused work, and a Full SEO plan from NZ$750 a month that starts at five hours of work and scales by the hour, all with no lock-in contracts and plain-English monthly reporting. EightySix Digital also builds hand-coded, mobile-first websites and manages Google Ads, with a particular focus on plumbers, electricians, trades and construction firms, and tourism operators.
Elliott Digital
Elliott Digital is an Auckland SEO agency founded by Sonia Elliott, who works directly with clients as their SEO consultant and brings more than a decade of experience helping businesses grow sales and leads. The business is 100% New Zealand owned and operated and concentrates exclusively on search engine optimisation rather than spreading across other marketing channels, working with businesses in Auckland and across New Zealand. Its services cover local SEO for small businesses, ecommerce SEO for online stores, link building campaigns focused on quality backlinks, SEO audits, SEO copywriting and one-to-one SEO consulting, along with optimisation for AI-powered search tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Engagements follow a five-step process: client discovery, in-depth market and competitor analysis using SEO tools, a tailored strategy with transparent pricing, ongoing implementation and optimisation, and plain-language reporting, with in-person client meetings where possible. Packages are tiered for small, medium and large New Zealand businesses, from a Basic package of clear, actionable recommendations, through Full Service SEO with competitor analysis and a backlink strategy, to a Premium package. An SEO Kickstarter package starts from $500, and clients are not locked into long-term contracts.
Enquire Marketing
Enquire Marketing is a Tauranga-based digital marketing agency that works with businesses across New Zealand and internationally. It is run by director Hannah Lovatt, who has almost ten years in marketing, alongside second-in-command Gwyn Murdoch, and clients deal with one of the two of them from day one, with specialists handling technical work behind them. Every enquiry starts with a free audit of the website, search visibility and local competitors, delivered within five business days and followed by a short call before any price is discussed. Its SEO work covers keyword research based on what converts, technical fixes, on-page optimisation, local SEO and Google Business Profile management, content and blog support and plain-English monthly reports, plus an SGEO service aimed at visibility in AI answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Prices are published in NZD excluding GST: SEO setup is $799, then $750 a month for ten keywords, $1,080 for twenty and $1,425 for thirty, and bundles combine SEO with Google Ads, Meta Ads, hosting and website care. It also builds websites and runs email marketing and social media for clients in trades, manufacturing, retail, ecommerce and professional services. Contact is hannah@enquiremarketing.com or 021 061 8185.
FizzyPop
FizzyPop is a Napier digital marketing agency at 27 Tennyson Street that specialises in search engine optimisation and performance-led acquisition for New Zealand businesses. SEO is where the team started, and the service covers technical SEO audits, on-site content optimisation, white-hat link building, Google Business Profile management and local SEO for map pack and local search visibility. Work is tied to measurable outcomes such as leads and sales rather than vanity traffic, with forecasting and channel planning across organic search, paid search, display, YouTube and email. The agency is a Google Partner with accreditations in Search, Display, Video and Shopping Ads, and often pairs SEO with paid search gap analysis so organic and paid results reinforce each other. Website design, development, conversion rate optimisation and fast hosting are offered alongside search work so technical fixes that unlock rankings can be implemented in house. Clients have included industrial, agricultural, professional services, retail and tourism businesses across Hawke's Bay and further afield, with a free on-site SEO audit tool available for a first-pass health check before any engagement begins.
Grow My Business
Grow My Business is a family-run website agency based at Level 2, 182 Vivian Street in Te Aro, central Wellington. It began in 2015 when founder Iona Elwood-Smith started her own business consultancy after more than 20 years of growing businesses, and the team has since grown into its own office while making a point of employing locally and upskilling young people. The agency designs and builds custom WordPress websites with speed, usability and search visibility built in, and also rescues broken or underperforming sites so they load faster and convert better. Its SEO service starts with SEO Foundations, a one-off package from $3,000 plus GST that makes a site technically sound, optimises it for the keywords that bring in money, prepares it for AI search and ends with a prioritised 12-month plan. Ongoing monthly retainers start from $499 plus GST and cover new content, optimising existing pages, reviews, Google Business Profile work and links. It also offers AI search optimisation so businesses can be quoted by ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews, plus care plans, managed hosting, ecommerce, accessibility and membership websites. It has dedicated services for associations, property managers, real estate and plumbers, and its clients include Wellington City Mission.
Kiwi Web Design
Kiwi Web Design is an Auckland digital marketing agency based at 147 Great North Road in Grey Lynn, founded by Charlie Chao, who worked across digital marketing and web projects in Auckland before starting the business. It works with service businesses, professional firms, tradies, restaurants, cafés, clinics and local brands, and clients deal with Charlie directly from strategy through launch rather than through account managers. Its approach combines three parts aimed at steady enquiries: a conversion-focused website, local SEO and AI SEO that build Google and Maps visibility over time, and Google Ads for buying-intent traffic while organic rankings grow. The SEO work covers Google Business Profile optimisation, local citations, map pack rankings, geo-targeted keyword research, technical fixes such as site speed, Core Web Vitals and schema markup, on-page optimisation, SEO content and link building from relevant New Zealand sources, with monthly reports tied to real enquiries. It describes itself as an AI-native studio that uses AI-assisted workflows to keep costs down; quotes are scoped to each business, contracts are month to month with no lock-in, and most websites launch within two to three weeks. It also runs Meta Ads and ChatGPT Ads and offers WordPress maintenance and ecommerce builds. Contact is hi@kiwiwebdesign.co.nz or 021 039 6580.
Lawford & Co
Lawford & Co is a Dunedin-based web design and marketing agency founded by James Higgs, who learnt SEO from the ground up across a range of marketing roles before starting the company. The business is now part of the Caddie Digital family, giving its clients a larger support team while keeping the same Dunedin-focused service. Its SEO work is split into local SEO, covering Google Business Profile optimisation, map pack rankings and reviews, and website SEO, covering content optimisation, technical performance, internal linking and keyword strategy. A structured quarter-by-quarter programme starts with an audit and strategy, sets up the fundamentals, then builds authority through earned links, expanded content and stronger local signals, with reporting that teaches clients to understand and eventually own their SEO. The team has claimed more than 400 Google Business Profile pages across Australasia. Lawford & Co also designs and builds custom, mobile-first websites and redesigns, provides hosting and maintenance, and runs certified Google Ads management across search, display, YouTube, remarketing, Shopping and Performance Max campaigns. SEO case studies include Preston Black luxury transport, Aspiring Medical and law firm Wilkinson Rodgers, and its website portfolio includes the Dunedin Gaol.
Mahi Digital
Mahi Digital is a Napier and Hawke's Bay studio founded by Reece Clements that rebuilds and hosts business websites, then keeps them climbing on Google. Meta descriptions and site copy describe it as Napier-based, serving Hastings, Havelock North and the wider region as well as clients across New Zealand. Website work starts at a fixed $499 for a new site or refresh, with monthly Host & Improve, Local Growth and Full Service plans from $99 that cover hosting, security, technical SEO basics, Google Business Profile management, local citations, backlinks and ongoing content. Search services include local SEO for Napier and Hastings map-pack queries, service and location pages matched to how locals search, and GEO work aimed at being cited in ChatGPT and AI answers. When off-the-shelf tools do not fit, the team builds custom software such as job systems, quoting tools, client portals and driver apps, including CartageCore for a Hawke's Bay transport firm with Xero connections. Case studies cite Containers Hawke's Bay reaching number one on Google with early leads after a rebuild, and AC98 Heavy Haulage growing local social reach alongside website updates. Clients deal with the person who does the work, prices are published on the site, and monthly plans are month to month with no lock-in.
Melia Marketing
Melia Marketing and Design is a Christchurch digital marketing agency led by director Gareth Melia, with an in-house team of copywriters, pay-per-click and SEO specialists, web developers, graphic designers and a project manager. Its local SEO service targets Google rankings for the searches customers make near them, covering keyword research, organic traffic growth, backlink strategy and keyword-led website content, and it treats web design and SEO as one job because page structure affects how a site ranks. Google Ads campaigns cover search advertising, pay-per-click strategy, retargeting and monthly performance reporting. The agency also builds websites, designs brands, writes copy, produces video and photography, and sets up AI chatbots and marketing automation. It says it has onboarded more than 130 clients, and its about page reports 38 million impressions, 521,000 clicks and 312,000 leads generated across advertising platforms in a year. Testimonials on the site come from clients including The Old Vicarage and Formance, and recent projects include websites for Elite Built, Silver Wave and Get Leaf. Contact is enquiries@meliamarketing.com or 03 365 0468.
MOGGED
MOGGED is a small, New Zealand owned web design and SEO studio based at 262 Thorndon Quay in Thorndon, Wellington. It builds websites, runs SEO and manages ads for small businesses that have no marketing department, and keeps all design, writing and code in New Zealand rather than sending work offshore. About a third of its clients are outside the capital and are served by phone, video and screen-share, and the studio says it has worked with more than 100 New Zealand businesses. Its local SEO plan is a fixed monthly fee, month to month after the first three months, covering Google Business Profile setup and optimisation, local landing pages and on-site fixes, reviews and citations, readiness for AI search and a one-page monthly report. A Growth SEO plan for multi-location, national and online stores adds a content programme of guides and service pages, authority and link building, conversion and call tracking and a monthly strategy call. Technical work covers speed, structure, page titles, schema markup and internal links. The team also offers combined website and SEO builds, with a free homepage preview before any payment. Clients include Pulse Health, Frosty Boy, Koru Kids Early Learning Centre, Matthew Palmer Construction and Kickflip Pizza.
Muritai Group
Muritai Group is a Christchurch digital marketing company based at Unit 1, 21 Humphreys Drive, Ferrymead, working with businesses in Canterbury and across New Zealand and Australia. Its core offer is Muritai SEO, a set of monthly SEO packages with transparent pricing and ongoing support, sized for businesses from sole traders to larger firms. On-page work fine-tunes keywords, messaging, code structure and site errors so Google understands what a business does. Off-page work builds backlinks every month to grow site authority, while local search optimisation covers Google Business Profile, consistent business details across the web and positive reviews, so nearby customers find the business first. The team also optimises sites for AI-driven search results. Alongside SEO, Muritai offers online marketing strategy, website design, social media marketing, email marketing and digital advertising, so a business can run its search, site and campaigns through one provider. Prospective clients can request a free SEO report with keyword research before committing, and the company can be reached by phone on 03 376 6061 or through its Christchurch office.
Nelson Web Design
Nelson Web Design is a Nelson and Tasman web design practice run by Mike and Mariska of Blueflowers Web Design, who have been building websites for New Zealand businesses since 2002. Alongside new sites and redesigns, the team offers practical SEO focused on helping search engines understand what a business does, where it operates and which searches matter. The SEO service covers on-page foundations such as titles, headings, internal links and mobile usability, technical reviews including sitemaps, redirects, broken links and Google Search Console, and local SEO for Nelson and Tasman businesses through location-focused content, Google Business Profile work and consistency across the wider online presence. Content work prioritises useful service pages, project examples and FAQs over keyword-only pages, and ongoing optimisation is recommended only where competition warrants it. Clients deal directly with the designers doing the work, with hosting, email and support available after launch. Portfolio examples in the region include Parnwell Painting and Whetūrangi, both built with website design and SEO in mind for Nelson and Tasman audiences.
What to ask a Local SEO agency
- How do you handle the Google Business Profile, including categories, posts and reviews?
- Which locations or service areas will have their own pages?
- How do you check citations and NAP consistency?
- What local reporting will we see beyond national keyword charts?
- Who responds to profile issues when they arise?
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