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Websites, local SEO and AI search for small businesses in Oakland County, including Troy, Farmington Hills and Rochester Hills. Plans start at $199 a month with no setup fee, and your site launches in 3 to 6 weeks.
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Dentists (766 businesses)
A good site has to let new patients book online and see what to expect.
Landscaping (638 businesses)
A good site has to show before and after work and take quote requests by season.
Remodeling (542 businesses)
A good site has to show finished projects and make it easy to ask for an estimate.
Hair salons (459 businesses)
A good site has to show your work and let clients book a chair online.
Plumbing & HVAC (371 businesses)
A good site has to put a tap-to-call button in front of people with an emergency.
17.9% of Oakland County residents are 65 or older, a larger share than in most counties we serve.
Nationally, 78% of adults 65 and older own a smartphone (Pew Research Center, 2025).
Every plan includes custom design (mobile-first) and tap to call on every page, and every site meets Lighthouse 95+ performance at launch.
Median household income in Oakland County is about $98,000.
Nationally, 96% of adults in households earning $70,000 to $99,999 own a smartphone, and 88% have home broadband (Pew Research Center, 2025).
We build light pages that load fast on a phone or a slower connection. Online estimate requests are included in every plan.
Oakland County has 22 cities of 5,000 or more people, including Troy, Farmington Hills and Rochester Hills.
Nationally, there was a 19% fall in "near me" searches from 2021 to 2024 as search engines work out local intent on their own (BrightLocal, 2025).
Service-area pages for your main cities count toward your page budget. Page budgets by plan.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Hosting, SSL and monthly maintenance are included, with up to 8 content pages on the lowest plan. Site design licensed. Domain and content owned by client.
Whether you run a precision manufacturing shop in Auburn Hills or a technology consultancy anywhere across Oakland County, you're embedded in a business community built around technology and advanced manufacturing. The county is home to Automation Alley, an advanced manufacturing and technology hub, and hosts automotive tech centers for Stellantis, General Motors, and Magna International, making it a center for advanced manufacturing R&D.
Whether you run a chiropractic practice in Royal Oak or a medical staffing firm anywhere across Oakland County, you're serving a region with a large healthcare presence. Corewell Health, formed by the merger of Beaumont and Spectrum Health, has its flagship William Beaumont University Hospital anchored in Royal Oak, and healthcare organizations are among the county's major employers, creating a dense patient and referral base for health-adjacent businesses.
Whether you run a financial planning firm in Bloomfield Hills or a commercial real estate brokerage anywhere across Oakland County, you're working in an affluent corner of Michigan with strong professional-services demand. Businesses that invest in a credible, search-optimized digital presence are the ones best positioned to capture the referral traffic that drives high-value client relationships.
Oakland County has 1,279,825 residents, part of the Detroit metro's 4,376,828. It has 22 cities of 5,000 or more residents, led by Troy with 87,898, Farmington Hills with 83,515, Rochester Hills with 77,089, Southfield with 76,236, Novi with 66,717, Pontiac with 62,104 and Royal Oak with 57,950. The county skews older and more settled than its neighbors. The median age is 41.2, homeownership is about 72%, and the poverty rate is about 8%.
The business count is high for a county this size. Of 38,986 establishments, 6,264 are in professional services, 5,524 in healthcare and 4,518 in retail trade. There are 766 dentists, 638 landscaping companies and 542 remodeling businesses, with 371 in plumbing and HVAC. Professional services lead the county's sectors, so a business here often competes with firms that already have polished sites. A clear page for each service and each city you serve helps you stay readable next to them. If you serve only a few of those cities, say so near the top of the site.
If you serve a smaller place like Walled Lake, name it on your site as clearly as you would Troy. Local listings are worth the effort too. The Troy Chamber of Commerce, the Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce, the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau of Michigan are good ones to keep consistent with your website. With 42 ZIP codes in the county, choose the ones you really serve and say so on the site. Untap Web builds websites and handles local search and AI search readiness for Oakland County businesses.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Sources for each figure are listed under the full market data.
Oakland County, MI. Census and industry figures, each with its source.
| Measure | Oakland County |
|---|---|
| People and households, Oakland County | |
| Population1 | 1,279,825 |
| Median household income12 | About $98,000 |
| Households that own their home1 | 72% |
| Median age1 | 41.2 |
| Cities of 5,000+1 | 22 |
| ZIP codes we serve3 | 42 |
| Metro | |
| Metro area1 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
| Metro population1 | 4,376,828 |
| Median earnings by industry, Oakland County | |
| Utilities1 | $103,983 |
| Manufacturing1 | $100,278 |
| Professional Services1 | $91,039 |
Oakland County has 766 dental offices. Standing out in a market this size takes more than a website.
| Trade | Businesses in Oakland County |
|---|---|
| Dentists | 766 |
| Landscaping | 638 |
| Remodeling | 542 |
| Hair salons | 459 |
| Plumbing & HVAC | 371 |
| Electrical | 271 |
| Auto repair | 246 |
| Roofing | 63 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, retrieved September 2026.
Local chambers of commerce and business directories where Oakland County businesses can get listed.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Troy Chamber of Commerce | Chamber of commerce |
| Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce | Chamber of commerce |
| Birmingham-Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce | Chamber of commerce |
| Better Business Bureau of Michigan | Better Business Bureau |
Source: Local chambers, business associations and BBB offices (verified 2026-09-25), retrieved September 2026.
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We work with businesses in every community of 5,000 or more people in Oakland County, MI, and the smaller communities around them.
Yes. We build sites for businesses across Oakland County, from Troy and Novi to smaller places like Walled Lake. Pages can name the city you serve so a visitor sees you work near them.
We build websites and handle the local search work that goes with them, including listings, posts and pages for your service area. We also help your business show up in AI search answers. If you need something beyond that, ask and we will tell you straight whether it is part of a plan.
The county has 6,264 Professional Services establishments, so many firms can look alike online. A site could lead with a specialty, the people behind the work and clear next steps. We start by learning what sets you apart.
You send content, logins and photos, and we plan the pages with you. After we have everything we need from you, launch is 3 to 6 weeks once we have everything we need from you (your content, logins and photos). We review the site with you before it goes live.
| County | Population |
|---|---|
| Wayne County, MI | 1,772,259 |
| Macomb County, MI | 879,853 |
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Pick a plan and the features you need in the bid builder. Stand Up and Growth have fixed prices, so your bid is instant. Custom work is reviewed by Chris, who gets in touch to talk it through.
Build your bid| Stand Up, 1-year term | $249 a month |
|---|---|
| Plan cost per year | $2,988 |
| Customer value you entered | $1,000 |
| New customers a year to cover the plan | 3 |
| Pace that covers it | 1 new customer every 4 months |
This is arithmetic on the plan price, not a forecast. How many customers a site brings in depends on your trade, your market and your reviews.