Scarborough · movers
Web design for
movers in Scarborough.
There are 45 moving companies listed on Google Maps in Scarborough. 42 of them put a website on the listing, and we opened every one of those 42 ourselves. Here is what was behind them.
8 of the 42 Scarborough sites had nothing wrong with them at all. The other 34 had at least one of the faults listed above, and most had more than one. (Scarborough is part of Toronto — we count the businesses that give Scarborough as their address.)
What they are built on
57% of them run
the same platform.
Behind the 42 sites we counted 4 platforms. The split says something about budget: 57% on WordPress usually means somebody was paid to build it, while the 0 on free builders were almost always put together by the owner.
What actually breaks
No enquiry form anywhere on the site
on 13 of them.
13 of the 42 moving companies we opened in Scarborough share the same fault: no enquiry form anywhere on the site. 11 have a second one on top of it — no analytics — nobody is measuring what the site does. None of this is visible to the owner, which is why it survives for years.
If you own one of these 42 sites, the order to fix them in is the order above: the fault 13 businesses share is the one your competitors have not fixed either, so it is where the cheapest advantage sits.
Who you are up against
139 reviews
from the top five.
The spread in Scarborough is wide: from under 52 reviews in the bottom quarter to 577 at the top, with the middle at 95. 20 of the 45 movers have passed a hundred.
Scarborough is the 3rd largest market for movers in our survey of the GTA, with 45 of them against 620 across the region. Review counts are not comparable between trades, so none of this means anything outside movers.
What this means for you
79% of Scarborough sites
are technically fine.
Moving companies in Scarborough are in better shape than most trades we surveyed — 79% of the 42 sites are secure and work on a phone. Across the GTA the same field sits at 2% with no mobile version; Scarborough is at 0%, near enough the same. Standing out in a market like this takes more than being technically correct: it takes saying something the other 41 sites do not.
Where a mover lands depends on how many services need a page of their own — $590 at the small end, $3,900 for a practice with a dozen. Nothing is due until it is finished. Full pricing.
Related.
Movers across the GTA All trades in Scarborough The full GTA report
Movers elsewhere in the GTA: Mississauga North York Etobicoke Milton
Other trades in Scarborough: Dentists Law firms Accountants HVAC contractors Renovation contractors Plumbers
Questions
Straight answers.
How many movers are there in Scarborough?
45 listings, of which 8 have a website with nothing technically wrong with it. The remaining 37 are either missing a site, running a broken one, or running one with at least one fault we could see from outside.
How many Google reviews do I need to compete in Scarborough?
To be average in Scarborough you need 95. To be in the top quarter you need more than 140. To be visible next to the busiest mover here you would need 577, which took them years. 29 of the 45 already hold a 4.9 rating, so the rating is not what separates them.
What does a website for a mover in Scarborough cost?
Between $590 and $3,900 depending on the size of the practice and how many services need their own page, paid after the site is built and you have seen it. Hosting, edits, your Google Business Profile and ongoing SEO run $129 to $990 a month, cancellable any month.
Check yours
The same test,
on your address.
We do not guess and we do not send a report by email. Type the address, wait ten seconds, read what comes back. If your site is fine it will say so.
Start with a
straight answer.
Describe the business and where it works. We come back with what we would change, what it would cost and how long it takes — or with a reason not to bother.