OperStackWho ChatGPT recommends · October 2026
Who ChatGPT recommends: web design agencies in 10 US cities
- 144different businesses namedin 60 usable answers across 10 US cities
- 15named in every answernamed in all 6 answers for their city
- 68%named again in run 2of the businesses ChatGPT named in the first run
- 59 of 60answers cited clutch.cothe source ChatGPT cited most
How we measured: 3 buyer questions in each of 10 US cities, asked in ChatGPT on chatgpt.com with web search on, the way a person asks it, through an automated browser session (Bright Data), 2 runs, 3 October 2026. All 60 answers were usable.
What the data shows
- 9 of 10
In 9 of 10 cities at least one business was named in all 6 answers; in the rest no business made every answer.
City counts where some business appears in every one of the 6 answers (3 questions × 2 runs); cities with fewer than 6 usable answers are not counted. - 51 of 144
51 of 144 named web design agencies were mentioned without any link to their own website.
A business counts as linked if its own website appears in a map card, in a link next to its name, or among the cited sources.
City by city
New York, NY
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| RJP.design | 6 of 6 | 2 |
| IL Webdesign | 5 of 6 | 1 |
| ThinKASA | 5 of 6 | 0 |
| MAXBURST, Inc | 4 of 6 | 3 |
| Sleek Web Designs | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Griffon Webstudios | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| ny7designs | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Bop Design | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| Brand Vision | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| DD.NYC® | 1 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 5 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), designrush.com (1)
Chicago, IL
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| Brand Vision Marketing | 6 of 6 | 3 |
| Flamingo Agency | 4 of 6 | 1 |
| Windy City Web Solutions | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Alpha Efficiency | 3 of 6 | 0 |
| Orbit Media Studios | 2 of 6 | 2 |
| Marcel Digital | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| RedShark SEO | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| YourPortal | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Americaneagle.com, Inc | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Website Design SEO Company | 1 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 6 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), designrush.com (2), chicagowebsitedesignseocompany.com (1), chrisdepa.com (1), flamingoagency.com (1), orbitmedia.com (1), soliddigital.com (1)
Los Angeles, CA
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| Strive Enterprise | 6 of 6 | 2 |
| Coalition | 6 of 6 | 1 |
| Just Digital Inc | 6 of 6 | 0 |
| LA Web Design Experts | 4 of 6 | 2 |
| Sunlight Media LLC | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Mojo Media | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Storm Brain | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Webstract Marketing & Web Design | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| SPINX Digital | 1 of 6 | 1 |
| Big Drop Inc Web Design | 1 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 4 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), designrush.com (1), huemor.rocks (1), spinxdigital.com (1)
Houston, TX
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| Strive Enterprise | 6 of 6 | 4 |
| Ascendly Marketing and Website Design | 6 of 6 | 0 |
| Hyperlinks Media | 5 of 6 | 2 |
| Webnhubs | 5 of 6 | 0 |
| INFINI Marketing | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Connective Web Design | 3 of 6 | 0 |
| True Digital Marketing Inc | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| ASTOUNDZ SEO | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| EWR Digital | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| FullerSphere | 1 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 8 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (5), designrush.com (1), fullersphere.com (1), muthucreatives.com (1), striveenterprise.com (1), vasquezwebstudio.com (1)
Dallas, TX
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| Done & Company | 6 of 6 | 0 |
| Bless Web Designs | 5 of 6 | 1 |
| Red Spot Design | 4 of 6 | 4 |
| Dallas Web Studios | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Spire Agency | 3 of 6 | 0 |
| Click Wise Design | 2 of 6 | 1 |
| Agency Partner Interactive | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Ascendly Marketing and Website Design | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Hooked On Code | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| ioVista | 2 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 9 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), northtexas-webdesign.com (1), redspotdesign.com (1), surfstudios.co (1)
Atlanta, GA
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| M16 Marketing | 6 of 6 | 6 |
| Trajectory Web Design | 6 of 6 | 0 |
| Blueprint Digital | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Webstuffguy | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| RedBrick Web Solutions | 3 of 6 | 0 |
| SolutionBuilt | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| UPQODE | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Ajroni | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| Brand Vision | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| Edgar Allan | 1 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 4 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), designrush.com (1)
Miami, FL
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| Web Design Miami Company | 6 of 6 | 4 |
| Web Miami | 6 of 6 | 0 |
| Duogeeks Web Design Miami | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| iCreate Your Site | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Rocket Marketing and Design | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Storm Brain | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Absolute Web | 3 of 6 | 2 |
| Altech Web Design Inc | 3 of 6 | 0 |
| Brand Vision | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| UPQODE | 2 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 1 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), designrush.com (2), miamiwebsitedesign.com (1), themanifest.com (1)
Philadelphia, PA
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| 1DIGITAL AGENCY | 6 of 6 | 1 |
| POP THE PIXEL | 6 of 6 | 1 |
| Kelly Website Design | 5 of 6 | 2 |
| Spacious | 5 of 6 | 0 |
| The 215 Guys | 4 of 6 | 2 |
| Bop Design | 4 of 6 | 0 |
| Blue Square Web | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Web Design Company | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Biondo Creative | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| Neff | 1 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 2 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), expertise.com (3), biondocreative.com (1), webdesignphiladelphia.com (1)
Phoenix, AZ
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| Strive Enterprise | 5 of 6 | 4 |
| Digitaleer SEO & Web Design | 5 of 6 | 0 |
| Accodelades | 4 of 6 | 2 |
| Webgrowth | 3 of 6 | 0 |
| Link Helpers SEO & Web Design | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Ragsdale Design Group | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| UPQODE | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Crushing Cones | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| Einsel | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| GoMaxPro | 1 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 3 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), einsel.com (1), expertise.com (1)
San Diego, CA
| Business | Named | First |
|---|---|---|
| Bop Design | 6 of 6 | 0 |
| TinyFrog Technologies | 5 of 6 | 0 |
| WISE Digital Partners | 4 of 6 | 3 |
| Storm Brain | 4 of 6 | 2 |
| Beehive Web Solutions | 3 of 6 | 0 |
| San Diego Web Design Experts | 2 of 6 | 1 |
| Envisager Studio | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Hang 10 Digital | 2 of 6 | 0 |
| Alpha Webworks | 1 of 6 | 0 |
| GLIDE® | 1 of 6 | 0 |
Plus 2 more named less often.
Sources cited: clutch.co (6), designrush.com (2)
"Named" is how many of the city's answers mentioned the business, "First" how often it came first. Up to the 10 most named per city.
Where ChatGPT gets its picks
- clutch.co 59 of 60
- designrush.com 10 of 60
- expertise.com 4 of 60
- biondocreative.com 1 of 60
- chicagowebsitedesignseocompany.com 1 of 60
How stable are the answers
Across all 10 US cities, 68% of the web design agencies ChatGPT named in the first run were named again in run 2. 15 of 144 were named in every answer in their city.
- Miami 100%
- Dallas 76%
- Chicago 73%
- Philadelphia 70%
- Phoenix 70%
- Atlanta 64%
- San Diego 64%
- New York 63%
- Houston 58%
- Los Angeles 45%
Method and limitations
- Questions, word for word.
- What are the best web design agencies in [city]?
- Can you recommend a good web design agency in [city]? I need a new website for my business.
- Which web design agency in [city] has the best reviews?
- Where and when. 10 US cities: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego. Asked from the US, 3 October 2026.
- How the questions were asked. Asked in ChatGPT on chatgpt.com with web search on, the way a person asks it, through an automated browser session (Bright Data).
- 2 runs. Every question was asked 2 times in every city. Every figure on this page counts from the 60 usable answers.
- Answers change. ChatGPT can answer the same question differently from one run to the next. This is a snapshot of 3 October 2026, not a fixed ranking.
- A sample of cities. 10 US cities, not the whole country.
- Not a quality rating. The lists show whom ChatGPT named, not how good a business is. OperStack does not rate or endorse any business here.
How to cite
Source: OperStack, Who ChatGPT recommends: web design agencies, October 2026, https://oper-stack.com/who-ai-recommends/web-design-agencies/