Web Design Agencies in Nashville, Tennessee: Getting Found Locally, and Six Firms to Compare

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Nashville’s six listings run from Bear Web Design, which says it has been located in the city since 2000, to Lounge Lizard, which lists its Nashville office alongside offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and other cities. Between them are a creative agency that lists branding with web design and development, a full-stack agency that lists WordPress developers, and two firms that pair web design with SEO and paid advertising. A local business can start by deciding how much of that range it needs: a site that presents the business well, a site that helps nearby customers find it, or both.

Disclosure: the publisher of this directory is affiliated with Rank Nashville, which is listed in the same format as every other firm and in its alphabetical place.

Local Search or Brand First: What to Ask a Nashville Firm

The firms on this page describe their work in two broad ways. Some present web design as part of being found, with search, advertising, and the places they serve named alongside it. Others lead with the creative side: brand, design, and development. The questions below follow that line.

What local search work should include

Horton Group describes itself as a Nashville digital marketing agency specializing in website design, SEO, and paid ads, and Rank Nashville says it specializes in SEO, Google Ads, and web design for businesses across Davidson, Williamson, and Rutherford counties. UPQODE also lists SEO experts among the people it describes on its team.

If being found in local searches is the reason you are hiring, ask the firm to write down what its search work covers, in three parts: what is built into the site itself, such as page structure, page titles, and a page for each area you serve; what is done once at launch; and what continues from month to month.

Then ask which measures the firm will report on, how often you will see them, and what it will need from you along the way, such as photos and details for each service you offer. The answers show how much of the work depends on the firm and how much depends on you.

Your Business Profile and your reviews

Local search is not only about the website. Google’s help page on local ranking says, “Local results are mainly based on relevance, distance, and popularity.” It describes relevance as “how well a Business Profile matches what someone is searching for,” and distance as “how far each business is from the customer who’s searching.” The third factor, which the same page also calls prominence, is described as “how well-known a business is,” based partly on “how many websites link to your business and how many reviews you have.” The page adds, “More reviews and positive ratings can help your business’s local ranking.”

Two practical questions follow. Because relevance, in Google’s description, depends on the Business Profile, ask whether a firm’s local search service includes your profile, who will keep its hours, services, and photos up to date, and how you will hear about changes. And because reviews come from customers rather than from the firm, ask how the firm would help you ask customers for reviews, and how it suggests replying to them.

Horton Group lists paid ads among its services, and Rank Nashville lists Google Ads. When the same firm builds the site and runs the ads, ask which pages the ads will send people to, and whether those pages will be written for the campaign or taken from the main site. Ask how a phone call or a form sent from an ad will be counted, and who approves new ad text before it runs.

Where in the metro a firm works

Some firms on this page name the counties and towns they serve. Bear Web Design lists an office in Lebanon, Tennessee, in addition to its Nashville address. Horton Group’s website links to service pages for Franklin, Murfreesboro, and Brentwood, as well as Louisville, Kentucky. Rank Nashville names Davidson, Williamson, and Rutherford counties. If most of your customers are in one county or town, ask to see work the firm has done for businesses there.

When the brand comes first

Some projects start with a name, a logo, or a new position in the market, and the website follows. DesignUps calls itself “a full-service creative agency based in Nashville, TN, with clients and collaborators worldwide,” and says it offers web design, development, and branding. If your brand is changing, ask whether the firm will finish the brand work before designing pages, and which files and guidelines you will receive at the end. If search work may come later, ask how the site’s pages will be set up so that it can be added without a rebuild.

Working With a Nashville Firm

The listed addresses sit across the city: Bluefield Avenue (37214), Fourth Avenue South and Peabody Street (both 37210), 17th Avenue South (37212), Church Street (37219), and Main Street (37206). DesignUps notes that meetings at its office are by appointment only, so arrange a visit before you go.

Lounge Lizard’s Church Street office is one of several the agency lists, with others that include New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, and Charleston, so ask which office your project would run from if meeting in person matters to you.

Five of the firms publish 615 phone numbers. DesignUps lists an email address instead, which is shown in its listing.

Nashville Web Design Firms

Bear Web Design

Bear Web Design describes itself as a Nashville web design agency that designs, manages, and markets for its clients, and says, “We have been located in Nashville, TN since 2000.” The firm also lists an office in Lebanon, Tennessee.

DesignUps

DesignUps calls itself “a full-service creative agency based in Nashville, TN, with clients and collaborators worldwide,” and it lists web design, development, and branding among its services. The agency notes that meetings at its office are by appointment only.

Horton Group

Horton Group describes itself as a Nashville digital marketing agency specializing in website design, SEO, and paid ads. Its website lists the 17th Avenue South address under its web design offices and links to service pages for Franklin, Murfreesboro, Brentwood, and Louisville, Kentucky.

Lounge Lizard

Lounge Lizard’s Nashville page presents the firm as a web design and digital marketing company located in Nashville, TN. The agency lists Nashville among its offices, alongside locations that include New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, and Charleston.

Rank Nashville

Rank Nashville describes itself as “a digital marketing agency in Nashville, Tennessee” and says it specializes in SEO, Google Ads, and web design for businesses across Davidson, Williamson, and Rutherford counties.

UPQODE

UPQODE presents itself as a full-stack web agency with WordPress developers, coders, SEO experts, and designers, offering web design and website development. The company says it has been “Growing businesses since 2014.”

Matching Your Project to These Firms

What each firm says it does is the basis for this table.

If your project needs Firms that list it
Web design with SEO and paid advertising, for named counties or towns Horton Group, Rank Nashville
Branding, web design, and development from a creative agency DesignUps
A full-stack agency that lists WordPress developers UPQODE
A firm that designs, manages, and markets for its clients, with a second office in Lebanon Bear Web Design
A Nashville office of an agency with offices in several cities Lounge Lizard

Questions Nashville Businesses Ask

Which Nashville firms combine web design with SEO and paid ads?

Horton Group describes itself as specializing in website design, SEO, and paid ads, and Rank Nashville says it specializes in SEO, Google Ads, and web design.

What does Google say affects local search results?

Google’s help page on local ranking says, “Local results are mainly based on relevance, distance, and popularity,” and that “More reviews and positive ratings can help your business’s local ranking.”

Which firm lists WordPress developers?

UPQODE presents itself as a full-stack web agency with WordPress developers, coders, SEO experts, and designers.

Do any of these firms work outside Davidson County?

Bear Web Design lists an office in Lebanon, and Horton Group links to service pages for Franklin, Murfreesboro, and Brentwood. Rank Nashville names Williamson and Rutherford counties as well as Davidson.

Can I drop in at DesignUps?

DesignUps notes that meetings at its office are by appointment only, and its listing shows an email address for getting in touch.

Is the publisher connected to any firm on this page?

Yes. The publisher of this directory is affiliated with Rank Nashville, which appears in the same format as the other firms.

How Firms Are Listed

Firms appear in alphabetical order, which is not a ranking. A firm is included when its own website gives a Nashville address and lists website design among its services, and when that website could be opened for checking. The list does not cover every web design firm in Nashville. Addresses, phone numbers, and service descriptions come from each firm’s website and were checked in September 2026. Where a firm does not publish a phone number, the listing gives the contact email from its website.

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