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Lakewood, CO · Mid-size city

SEO & growth in Lakewood, CO.

Lakewood is the 5th-largest of the 21 Colorado cities we cover — about 147,214 residents, roughly 4.9% of the state's covered-city population — set in the Mountain West on Mountain time. It's part of the Denver metro area — about 5 miles from downtown Denver. We run SEO, paid, content and development for Lakewood businesses as a senior, remote-first team — no local storefront, just the specialists who move the numbers.

A senior team scoped to Lakewood's 147,214 residents, not a metro package you will not use.

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Lakewood, CO pinned on the map of the United States Lakewood, CO
147,214
Lakewood population
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State
Colorado (CO)
Population
147,214
In-state rank
#5 of 21
Market
Denver metro area
Time zone
Mountain
Nearest metro
Denver · 5 mi
Region
West

Source: US Census population estimates for Colorado

Is Lakewood its own search market?

Partly. Lakewood shares a metro with Denver but not its buyers. The pages that win here are the ones that treat it as a market, not a suburb.

Multi-location SEO
The live SERP

What page one looks like in Lakewood.

We ran "seo agency Lakewood Colorado" and counted 7 distinct domains on page one — 14% directories or listicles, and 2 are agencies actually based here.

14%Of page one is directories
7Distinct domains ranking
2Agencies actually based here
ConcentratedCompetitive shape

SERP for "seo agency Lakewood Colorado" sampled 6 Sep 2026

Who we serve

The Lakewood businesses we grow.

Nine verticals we run for clients across the US, each with its own playbook rather than one template stretched to fit.

iGamingCasino, betting & slots SEOLegalLaw firms, attorneys & mediatorsHealth & MedicalClinics, dentists & med spasHome ServicesPlumbers, HVAC & tradesReal EstateRealtors, brokers & PM firmsHospitalityHotels, restaurants & venuesMSPs & IT ServicesManaged IT, security & cloud providersConstructionGCs, remodelers & commercialHome BuildersCustom, luxury & production builders

Not listed? We work across most local and service-based industries — see every vertical or tell us what you do.

On the map

Right where Lakewood is searching.

One programme covers Lakewood and the markets around it — so a customer searching two towns over still finds you.

Lakewood, CO
Serving Lakewood, CO and the surrounding area

We cover the whole Colorado area — not just a single postcode.

Nearby markets we also cover
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Where Lakewood’s customers search

Get found when someone asks "who's the best near me?"

Answered twice now: in the results, and by an AI that names a few names. We work both.

Search engines

Google logoGoogle
Microsoft Bing logo
Perplexity AI logo
DuckDuckGo logoDuckDuckGo
Brave Search logo
Ecosia logo

AI answer engines

  • ChatGPTNames businesses directly
  • Google AI Overviews logoGoogle AI OverviewsAnswers above the results
  • Perplexity logoPerplexityCites its sources
  • Claude logoClaudeShortlists providers
  • Microsoft Copilot logoMicrosoft CopilotRuns on Bing
What we fix

What is actually costing you customers in Lakewood.

Invisible in the Lakewood map packLocal SEOPages Google will not indexTechnical SEOTraffic that never callsCROContent that moves nothingContentOutranked on every termSEO auditAd costs climbing monthlyPaid mediaLocations competing with each otherMulti-locationFixes stuck with your developerDevelopment
The honest version

What it actually takes to rank in Lakewood

About 30% of local visibility sits on your site — profile, local pages, citations, schema — and we run all of it. The other 70% is earned off it: reviews, consistent details, real relevance to Lakewood. No agency can invent that half; we make earning it systematic.

We ran the numbers on Lakewood: 14% of page one is directories and 7 distinct domains share the rest. That is the gap — directories rank because nobody local has earned the position, and a complete profile plus real local pages takes it.

The work itself is the same five levers everywhere — local SEO, technical SEO, content, paid media and conversion work. What changes is the weighting, and in Lakewood that means local signals carry the most weight, because Denver results bleed into Lakewood searches and a clearly local profile is what keeps you from being read as part of that metro.

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Local coverage

How we cover Lakewood

Market analysis by Rao Usama, MSc, Data Science · Co-Founder & Product Officer, Head of AI / Data. Business-mix figures from US Census County Business Patterns 2022.

Lakewood is in the Denver metro area, 5 miles from downtown Denver, in the eastern part of Colorado. The Colorado state capital, Denver, is 5 miles to the northeast of Lakewood. Beyond Denver, the next major market is Aurora at 13 miles to the east. Among nearby covered cities such as Denver and Arvada, Lakewood is one of the larger markets.

Lakewood has a population of 147,214, ranking 5th of 21 covered Colorado cities and accounting for about 4.9% of their total population. Lakewood is in the eastern part of Colorado (the Mountain West). Businesses in Lakewood compete for both Lakewood-specific searches — where Lakewood proximity and a complete local profile give them a direct advantage — and for the broader Denver-area queries where a strong Lakewood presence can still convert metro-area customers.

Lakewood (147,214) sits among covered cities like Denver (649,495), Arvada (111,707), Littleton (44,275). The Denver–Aurora corridor (5 mi to 13 mi from Lakewood) represents the competitive metro backdrop that shapes what Lakewood businesses need to rank for.

We checked page one for "seo agency Lakewood Colorado" on 2026-09-06. Only 7 distinct sites hold the whole first page, so Lakewood is a concentrated market — fewer competitors, but each one entrenched. There is no local pack on this query, so organic results carry the whole click.

Nearby markets we cover:Colorado SEODenver, COArvada, COLittleton, COWestminster, COCommerce City, CO

More of Colorado

Other Colorado cities we cover.

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Nearby

We also cover near Lakewood.

Denver pinned on the map of ColoradoDenver, CO649,495 peopleArvada pinned on the map of ColoradoArvada, CO111,707 peopleLittleton pinned on the map of ColoradoLittleton, CO44,275 peopleWestminster pinned on the map of ColoradoWestminster, CO110,945 peopleCommerce City pinned on the map of ColoradoCommerce City, CO49,799 people
How it runs

Working on Lakewood, not the whole metro

A Lakewood engagement is deliberately narrower than a Denver one. With 147,214 residents in reach, we would rather own the local slice than rent a share of the region. Remote delivery has no bearing on that.

What happens at each stage
  1. Weeks 1–2Research and baseline
  2. Weeks 2–3Gap analysis
  3. Weeks 3–5Competitor reverse-engineering
  4. Weeks 4–6Keyword and intent clusters
  5. Months 2–3Technical foundations
  6. Months 2–5Content build
  7. Months 3–7Local signals and off-page
  8. OngoingMeasure, report, adjust
Free consultation

SEO budgets that make sense in Lakewood

Serving 147,214 residents does not require a metro budget. $2,500 a month buys a programme aimed at Lakewood rather than at the metro it sits in.

A free 30-minute call: we look at your site, your profile and who ranks in Lakewood today, then email you a scoped quote.

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Brands across the industries we serve

PfizerOracleBlackstoneMedtronicWeWorkWalgreensKeller WilliamsITVNovo NordiskSwiss LifeGE AerospaceEmaarPfizerOracleBlackstoneMedtronicWeWorkWalgreensKeller WilliamsITVNovo NordiskSwiss LifeGE AerospaceEmaar
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Lakewood questions

Working with a remote team in Lakewood

Straight answers on local search and remote delivery.

Should a Lakewood business also target Denver?
Often yes — Lakewood sits 5 miles from downtown Denver, in the eastern part of Colorado. Many Lakewood customers use Denver-wide search terms, so we build campaigns that win the Lakewood-specific queries first while staying competitive for the metro-wide searches that bleed over. Denver is 5 miles away; the next major market, Aurora, is 13 miles to the east.
Does being near Denver hurt Lakewood businesses in local search?
No — Google localises results by the searcher's location. A business with a strong Lakewood Google Business Profile and well-built local landing pages competes against other Lakewood results, not downtown Denver ones. At 147,214 residents, Lakewood generates its own localised demand.
Can a smaller Lakewood business outrank larger Denver brands?
Yes, consistently, on geo-modified and "near me" queries. Lakewood is among the larger of the nearby covered cities. Proximity and relevance in Lakewood outweigh a competitor's raw domain authority on localised searches — which is where most of the conversion-ready traffic lives.
Do you run campaigns across the full Denver metro or just Lakewood?
Both options are available. We scope tightly to Lakewood first — where Lakewood's 147,214 residents are highest-intent — then expand to wider metro queries where the data shows profitable bleed-over from Denver.
How does Lakewood's position in Colorado affect its search market?
Lakewood is in the eastern part of Colorado. The state capital, Denver, is about 5 miles to the northeast. Ranking #5 of 21 covered Colorado cities, Lakewood sits in a competitive but navigable position — large enough to have real local search demand, defined enough to win it cleanly.
What types of businesses do you work with in Lakewood?
Service businesses, multi-location retailers, professional practices and local brands — the typical mix in a Denver-adjacent community of 147,214 people. We scope from single-location shops up to multi-site brands.
Do I need a local agency in Lakewood to rank locally?
No. Local rankings depend on your Google Business Profile, citations and on-page signals — none of which require physical presence in Colorado. We have served Lakewood businesses (147,214 residents, the Mountain West) remotely with the same process we apply everywhere.
How long until a Lakewood business sees results?
Most Lakewood-area sites see early ranking movement in 8–12 weeks and compounding gains after, depending on how competitive your niche is in a market of 147,214 people ranked #5 of 21 covered Colorado cities.
How much does SEO cost in Lakewood?
A one-off audit is $1,000 and a growth retainer is $2,500 a month; multi-market programmes start at $5,000 a month. Pricing is by scoped phase, not by city — a Lakewood project costs the same as anywhere, with a fixed deliverable per phase and no open hourly meter. Lakewood is the #5-largest of 21 covered Colorado markets, so there is no size-based price premium.
Do you need an office in Lakewood to rank my business locally?
No. The listing that ranks in the Lakewood map pack is yours — your address, your profile, your reviews. We optimise those, plus your local pages and citations. Our address is not a ranking factor for your business; how complete your profile is against the rest of this 147,214-resident market is.

Client results

What clients say about our local SEO work

Reviews from our Upwork, Fiverr and direct client engagements. Each card shows where the review was left.

  1. Lisa Haddow
  2. Lydia Fox
  3. Mason Carter

5 avg. client review · 60+ engagements