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Original research

We checked 62 contractor marketing agencies. 22 publish a price.

Three questions, asked identically of every one of them, answered only from what they publish themselves: do they tell you the price, do they tell you the contract terms, and do they tell you who owns the advertising account when you leave. Every answer below carries the sentence it came from and a link to the page it was read on.

62 agencies read in raw HTML Every answer quoted and linked Checked 18 September 2026 Free to reuse with credit
What the data says

Three numbers, and the third is the expensive one

22 / 62publish a price

A real figure for their own services. The rest ask you to book a call first, and several of the ones that do publish are pricing a website, a system install or consulting rather than managing ads.

28 / 62state contract terms

Length, minimum or notice period, written down somewhere a buyer can find it before the sales call. Answers range from no contract at all to a twelve-month minimum.

8 / 62name the ad account

17 say something about ownership, but most of those cover the website, the creatives, the leads or the reports. Only 8 say the advertising account itself is yours.

That last gap is the one that costs money. The ad account holds the conversion history that makes bidding work, so an agency that keeps it hands you a fresh start every time you switch. It is also the cheapest thing in the world to put in writing, which is why so little is said about it.

The method in one screen

Three questions, and what does not count as a yes

1. Is there a price?

A figure on the agency's own site for its own services, with what it buys made clear.

Not a yes: a budget dropdown in a contact form, market commentary about what SEO typically costs, or a client revenue band used to sort you into a tier.
2. Are the terms stated?

Contract length, minimum commitment or notice period, published rather than discussed on a call.

Not a yes: a terms-of-service page about using the website, or a vague promise that they earn your business every month with no term attached.
3. Who owns it on exit?

A statement about what leaves with you. We record separately whether it names the advertising account.

Not a yes on the account: owning "everything we build", the website, the creatives or the reports, when the ad account is never mentioned.
The data

All 62 agencies

Search it, or filter to the ones that answer each question. Agency names link to the exact page the answer was read on. Hover text under each answer is the sentence itself.

AgencyFocusPublishes a priceContract termsOwnership on exit
Ajile MediaMulti-industry localNo Not publishedNo Not statedYes Website only"Complete ownership, you own everything we build"
Built-Right DigitalHome servicesYes Bundles from $1,199/moYes Month to monthNo Assets, not the ad account
CI Web GroupTradesYes Ranges"Websites run from as low as $500 up to $50,000 for a large, fully custom build"Yes 30-day notice"No term contracts, ever, 30-day notice"Yes Content and design, with a carve-out"You own your content and front-end design files and take them with you anytime; only the Hydra OS brain stays ours."
Click Track MarketingMulti-industryYes Bundles from $2,000/moYes 90-day minimum, then monthlyYes Site and every ad accountad account
Clicks GeekMulti-industryNo Not publishedYes No long contractsYes Built in your accountsad account
CoalmarchPest control and lawnNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Comrade Digital MarketingMulti-industryYes From $4,000/mo"Revenue Engine Starting at $4,000 /per month"Yes 12-month recommended"We recommend a minimum 12-month commitment for SEO-based strategies"No Not stated
Contractor BearHome servicesYes $500 to $3,500/mo"Cub $500 /mo Under 5 leads/mo"Yes Month to month, 30 days"There are no long-term contracts. We work month-to-month"Yes Assets, not the account"Marketing systems you own, SEO, websites, and Google Business profiles"
Contractor DynamicsRoofingYes $25k to $60k a year"Consulting Program Investment $25,000 - $60,000/ YEAR 12-month engagement"Yes 12-month engagement"12-month engagement"No Not stated
Contractor GorillaContractorsNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Deferred to the contract"Ownership and licensing rights relating to work created specifically for a client are governed by the applicable proposal, service agreement"
Contractor WebmastersHome servicesNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Digital LogicMulti-industryYes $1,500 to $5,000/mo"The range of our monthly service fees typically falls between $1,500 a month to $5,000 per month"No Not statedNo Not stated
Door & Gate DominationTrade-onlyNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Drip Dry SEOTrade-onlyNo Not publishedYes Month to month, 30 days noticeNo Not stated
Estes MediaConstruction and roofingYes From 2,775/mo"Content Kickstart 3,200 /month 12-Month Agreement"Yes 12-month agreement"12-Month Agreement"No Not stated
Footbridge MediaHome servicesYes $249/mo bundle"Start The Contractor Marketing Program Today $249 Per Month"Yes No contracts"No Contracts Or Start-Up Fees"Yes Site yours, ad account theirs"Footbridge Media will create a new Google Ads account for your campaign and retains ownership of the Google Ads account."
Foundational Marketing HubTrade-onlyNo Proposal after discoveryYes 90-day ramp-upNo Not stated
Garage Door MarketersTrade-onlyYes From $1,495/mo with PPCYes Month to month or 3 monthsYes Site comes down, data yours
GaragifyTrade-onlyNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Halstead MediaLandscapeNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
HibuMulti-industry localNo Custom only"Hibu One pricing customized for your business"No Not statedNo Not stated
Hook AgencyHome servicesYes PPC from $2,000/moNo Not statedYes You own the ad accountad account
KickCharge CreativeHome servicesNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Landscape LeadershipGreen industryYes $70k to $100k a year"Our clients spend between $70,000 and $100,000 over the course of a year with Landscape Leadership. One-off project work starts at $25,000."No Not statedNo Not stated
Lawnline MarketingLawn and landscapeNo Tiers without prices"Under $1M Revenue Kickstart Growth Program"No Not statedNo Not stated
Lemon Seed MarketingHome servicesNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Lemonade StandMulti-industryNo Not published"completely transparent management fees"Yes No contracts"we have no contracts, we fight to earn your business every single month"No Not stated
LocaliQMulti-industryNo Software only, not services"Manage $119 USD / Month"Yes Cancel anytime, software"You can cancel anytime by going into the settings page on the platform"No Not stated
Locksmith Marketing AgencyTrade-onlyNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Max ConversionMulti-industryYes $1,050/mo under $7,500 spendYes 3 to 5 business days noticeNo Implied, not stated
MB AdvMulti-industryYes $397/mo for $1K to $2K spendYes Cancel or pause anytimeYes Client-owned accountsad account
Media SpearheadMulti-industryYes $300 to $500/mo feeYes Month to month, 10 days noticeNo Not stated
MediagisticHome servicesYes From $249/mo, LSA $750"LSA Management Starts at $750 /mo"No Not statedNo Not stated
On The Map MarketingMulti-industryYes PPC $1,000 or 10%"PPC - $1000 or 10% of the budget (whichever is greater)"No Not statedNo Not stated
Plumbing & HVAC SEOTrades specialistNo Not publishedNo Not statedYes Assets, not the account"We build assets you own: rankings, reviews, authority, a website that converts"
PoolMarketing.comPoolNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Profit Roofing SystemsRoofingNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Rainmaker For ContractorsTrade-onlyNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Relentless DigitalTrades specialistNo Form dropdown onlyNo Not statedYes Yours, ad account named"Your domain, your website, your Google Business Profile, your ad accounts, your content, and your data all belong to you. Period."ad account
Results DigitalContractors and tradesNo Not publishedYes No long-term contracts"No long-term contracts. We earn your trust monthly"Yes Ad accounts yours, site after 36 months"You own your Google Ads and Facebook Ads accounts. All ad copy, creative, and campaigns we build stay in your account."ad account
Rhino Pest Control MarketingPest controlNo Declined on its own FAQ"Pricing depends on your goals, market size, and services needed. We'll give you a transparent proposal after your free consultation."Yes 12 months, 60-day notice"We have a standard 12-month agreement with a 60-day notice period for either party to opt out"No Not stated
Ringneck MarketingMulti-industry localYes Setup plus $97 to $497/mo"Light $649 setup then $97/month after launch"Yes Cancel anytime after launch"No long-term contracts. Cancel anytime after launch."No Carve-out in the terms"Ringneck Marketing retains ownership of its pre-existing tools, frameworks, templates, processes, software configurations"
Rival DigitalHome servicesNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Roofing Marketing ProsContractors onlyNo Packages without prices"Launch Package Best for Businesses Between $1M - 3M"No Not statedNo Not stated
Roofing Revenue MarketingRoofingYes From $1,537/mo"TIER 1 Foundation Level (Fundamentals) $1m+ in Gross Revenue $ 1,537 / mo"Yes 12-month commitment"We work on a 12-month commitment and only partner with roofing companies doing at least $1M in yearly revenue"No Territory, not account"you own your market territory. No competing clients in your area."
Roofing SitesRoofingNo Market guidance only"Roofing SEO can cost as little as $1,000 per month"No Not statedNo Not stated
RYNO Strategic SolutionsHome servicesNo Not publishedYes No long-term contractsNo Ad creatives only
ScorpionMulti-industryNo Not published"The investment you decide to make with Scorpion depends on your business goals."Yes 12 months for tech and SEO"Scorpion typically requires a 12-month contract for our marketing technology and certain marketing services like search engine optimization (SEO)."Yes Lists accounts, but not Google Ads"transferring full ownership of key accounts such as Google Analytics/GA4, Google Local Services Ads, social media accounts, website content, and more back to you"
SERPWARSMulti-industryNo Not publishedYes Month to monthNo Not stated
Service LegendHome servicesNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Service ScalersHome servicesNo Not publishedYes 30 days written notice"Either party may terminate services with 30 days written notice"Yes Yours, ad account named"Your ad accounts, your website, your data, your call recordings. All of it is yours. We build on your assets, not ours."ad account
SlamdotMulti-industryNo Not publishedYes 6-month terms with opt-outYes Yours after initial term
Socius MarketingMulti-industryNo Not publishedNo Not statedYes Reports and data only"Full Client Ownership In digital marketing, transparent reporting is key. We arm our clients with custom reports and the marketing data"
Spark MarketerHome servicesYes Contradictory"If you can budget $500/month, you can work with us"No Not statedNo Not stated
SuperpathHome servicesNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
The Locksmith AgencyTrade-onlyNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Thrive Internet Marketing AgencyMulti-industryNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Townsquare InteractiveMulti-industry localNo Page has no figures"Website Pricing Form Start a Free Quote for your Business Now"No Not statedNo Not stated
Tree Service DigitalTree serviceNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
Valve+Meter Performance MarketingHome servicesNo Not publishedNo Not statedNo Not stated
WebFXMulti-industryYes From $2,900/mo"Progressive monthly optimization:(6 month commitment - Subsequent 4 months) $2,900"Yes 6-month minimum"The minimum contract length for WebFX PPC services is six months."Yes Yours, ad account named"Who owns my ad account? You do! At WebFX, we ensure our clients retain full ownership of their advertising accounts across Google, Microsoft, and other ad networks."ad account
Wise Digital PartnersMulti-industryYes From $1,500/mo"Strategy & Implementation STARTING AT $1,500 per month"Yes 6 or 12-month minimum"6-month minimum initial contract"No Not stated
Worth reading twice

Five things we found in the fine print

An ownership list with one name missing

Scorpion's FAQ promises to transfer "full ownership of key accounts such as Google Analytics/GA4, Google Local Services Ads, social media accounts, website content, and more". The Google Ads account is not on that list, though it is named elsewhere on the same site when contracts are discussed.

The website comes back as files rather than a working site: You'll need to work with another vendor to rebuild your website on a content management system of your choosing. Both promises are gated on "after fulfilling their contract".

An agency that promises not to hold your site hostage, and keeps your ad account

Footbridge Media's FAQ says We don't believe in holding your site hostage. Its Google Ads page says Footbridge Media will create a new Google Ads account for your campaign and retains ownership of the Google Ads account. Both statements are current, on the same site.

A pricing page with no prices on it

Thrive's page is titled digital marketing pricing and contains no figure at all. The only dollar amounts are hidden form fields asking for your monthly budget. Townsquare Interactive's pricing page is a quote form. Roofing Marketing Pros publishes packages whose dollar bands are client revenue, not fees, and its own /pricing/ URL serves a page titled Results.

A price you cannot copy and paste

Estes Media publishes a full rate card, but the currency symbol is an inline SVG icon rather than a character, so the page text reads "3,200 /month" with no dollar sign. Anything reading the page as text, including an AI answering a question about it, sees a number with no currency.

Ownership that stops at the platform

CI Web Group states You own your content and front-end design files and take them with you anytime; only the Hydra OS brain stays ours. Ringneck's marketing copy says you own the knowledge and the content while its terms reserve its pre-existing tools, frameworks, templates, processes, software configurations. Both are honest. Both are worth reading before signing.

Method and limits

How this was checked, and what it does not prove

Each agency's own pages were fetched as raw HTML with a desktop browser user agent, script and style blocks stripped, and the sentence around every figure printed and read before anything was recorded. No summary tool was used for any answer, because summaries of pricing pages get this wrong: in earlier work they turned a website plan into an ad management fee and a form dropdown into a price.

What this measures is disclosure, not quality. An agency that publishes nothing may do excellent work, and a published price tells you nothing about whether the campaigns are any good. What it does tell you is how much you can find out before you are on a sales call, which is the only thing a buyer can compare in advance.

Dates. 41 agencies were read on 18 September 2026. The remaining 21 were read on 14 and 15 September 2026 for our trade comparison pages, and where an agency appeared twice the newer check was used. Sites change; every row is a snapshot.

Could not be read:

  • Roofer Marketers: HTTP 403 from an edge firewall, twice
  • Straight North: HTTP 403, Cloudflare style block page
  • Wrightio: Connection timed out

Excluded, and why:

  • Lobster Marketing Group: The domain now serves FieldRoutes field-service software, not an agency
  • Levergy: Redirects to KickCharge Creative, so it is counted once
  • Leadhub: Domain parked, no live site found
  • Blue Corona: Its own site says it merged into RYNO Strategic Solutions, which is already in the study
  • JEMSU: No contractor vertical, and its footer is carrying injected casino spam links

Our conflict, stated plainly. Blue Grid Media sells the same services as the agencies in this table, and we designed the questions. The reason we can ask them is that our own answers are published on every page of this site: $445 a month for Local Services Ads, from $695 for Google Ads, month to month, no setup fee, and the account opened in your name stays in your name. Judge the study by whether the rows check out, not by who ran it.

Reuse. Quote it, chart it, or cite it. A link back to this page is all we ask.

Straight answers

Questions about the study

How many contractor marketing agencies publish their pricing?

Of the 62 agencies in this study, 22 publish a price for their own services on their own website and 40 do not. Several of the ones that do are pricing a website plan, a system install or consulting rather than campaign management, so the number for ad management specifically is smaller again.

What counts as published pricing in this study?

A figure on the agency's own site for its own services. A budget dropdown inside a contact form does not count, because it is asking what you will spend rather than telling you what they charge. Market commentary about what SEO typically costs does not count either, and neither does a client revenue band used to sort you into a tier.

Who owns the Google Ads account if I leave my agency?

Usually nobody says. 17 of 62 agencies make any statement about ownership on exit, and only 8 name the advertising account itself rather than the website, the creatives, the leads or the reports. Get the answer in writing before you sign, because the account holds your conversion history.

How was the data collected?

Each agency's own pages were fetched as raw HTML, the tags stripped, and the sentence around every figure read in context before it was recorded. Nothing was taken from a summary tool. The page each answer came from is linked in the table, so you can check any row yourself.

Is Blue Grid Media in the study?

We are in the category being measured, and we are the ones who ran it, which is a conflict worth stating plainly. Our own answers are published on every service page: $445 a month for Local Services Ads, from $695 for Google Ads, month to month, and the account stays in your name. The study applies the same three questions to everyone else.

How often is this updated?

The data was collected on 18 September 2026. Agencies change their sites, so treat every row as a snapshot of that date rather than a permanent fact. If your agency has published something since, tell us and we will re-check the row.

Want your row to say yes?

If you run one of these agencies and you publish this information now, send the link and we will re-check the row. If you are a contractor deciding between a few of them, we will read their answers with you on a call, including ours.

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