Scarborough · storage facilities

Web design for
storage facilities in Scarborough.

We went through all 46 self-storage facilities listed in Scarborough, opened the 41 websites among them and checked each one on a phone as well as a desktop. 0 failed the phone.

Self-storage facilities listed in Scarborough46
Storage facilities with a working website41
No website on the Scarborough listing at all4
Site that does not load or is parked2
Working but visibly dated7
Storage facilities whose site fails on a phone0 (0%)
Still served without HTTPS1
Copyright line 2015 or earlier2
No opening hours on the Google listing1
Median Google reviews among Scarborough storage facilities264
Median Google rating in Scarborough4.8

Every line above is something we saw ourselves — 41 sites opened, 0 of them unusable on a phone, 1 still served without HTTPS. Nothing is estimated. (Scarborough is part of Toronto — we count the businesses that give Scarborough as their address.)

What they are built on

What Scarborough runs on.

41 sites, 3 platforms, 19 of them carrying a copyright line from this year or last. The remaining 22 either date themselves earlier or carry no date at all — which is usually the more honest signal.

WordPress10 (24%)
Weebly1 (2%)
Wix1 (2%)
Hand-built or unidentified29 (71%)

What actually breaks

No enquiry form anywhere on the site
on 19 of them.

Sorted by how often it appears, the fault list for storage facilities in Scarborough starts with no enquiry form anywhere on the site (19 sites) and copyright line years out of date (8). Both are cheap to fix and neither requires rebuilding anything.

Storage facilities in Scarborough with no enquiry form19 of 41
Storage facilities dating themselves in the footer8 of 41
Storage facilities with no structured data6 of 41
Page titles that never say “Scarborough”5 of 41
Storage facilities measuring nothing at all5 of 41
Storage facilities letting Google write their description3 of 41

We would start at the bottom of that list, not the top — no structured data for google to read affects fewer sites here (6), which means fixing it puts you ahead of the 35 that already have it right only if the basics are done too.

Who you are up against

628 reviews
from the top five.

A storage facility in Scarborough with 264 reviews is exactly average here. 18 of the 46 hold 4.9 or better, so a high rating is table stakes in this market — the five at the top are separated by volume: 1,775, 1,136, 1,057, 952, 892.

Scarborough is the 1st largest market for storage facilities in our survey of the GTA, with 46 of them against 486 across the region. Review counts are not comparable between trades, so none of this means anything outside storage facilities.

Quietest quarter of Scarborough storage facilitiesunder 28 reviews
Median storage facility in Scarborough264 reviews
Busiest quarterover 690 reviews
Most-reviewed storage facility in Scarborough1,775 reviews
Top five running a secure, mobile site4 of 5

What this means for you

The Scarborough leaders
already fixed this.

4 of the five most-reviewed storage facilities in Scarborough run a secure site that works on a phone. Between them they hold 5,812 reviews. That is the standard a customer compares you against before reading a word about you.

Rebuilding one of the 41 sites we opened in Scarborough usually costs less than people expect: $590 to $2,400 depending on size, paid after delivery, with $129 to $590 a month for hosting, edits and the Google listing. Full pricing.

Related.

Storage facilities across the GTA All trades in Scarborough The full GTA report

Storage facilities elsewhere in the GTA: Mississauga North York

Other trades in Scarborough: Dentists Law firms Accountants HVAC contractors Renovation contractors Plumbers

Questions

What people ask us.

How many storage facilities are there in Scarborough?

We counted 46 listed on Google Maps. 41 have a website, 4 have none attached to the listing, and 2 have one that does not load. Of the working sites, 0 have no mobile version and 1 are still served without HTTPS.

How many Google reviews do I need to compete in Scarborough?

There is no single number, but the shape of the market is clear: a quarter of storage facilities in Scarborough sit below 28 reviews, half sit below 264, and the top five run from 892 to 1,775. Getting past the median is a realistic first target; catching the top five usually is not.

What does a website for a storage facility in Scarborough cost?

A one-location storage facility is normally $590 to $1,190, a larger practice with several people and a dozen services runs to $2,400, and law, medical and financial practices sit at $3,900. Payment comes after delivery. The monthly part starts at $129 and covers hosting, edits and your Google listing.

Your turn

Same check,
run on your site.

The check behind this page is the one we ran on every business above. Put your own address in and it will load your site on a phone screen, look at the certificate and the page age, and tell you what a visitor meets. No email, nothing stored.

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