North York · accountants

Web design for
accountants in North York.

This page is the North York slice of a survey of 61 accounting practices — every listing on Google Maps, every website opened by hand. 1 of the 54 sites do not work on a phone.

Accounting practices listed in North York61
Accountants with a working website54
No website on the North York listing at all7
Site that does not load or is parked5
Working but visibly dated15
Accountants whose site fails on a phone1 (2%)
Still served without HTTPS1
Copyright line 2001 or earlier8
No opening hours on the Google listing1
Median Google reviews among North York accountants29
Median Google rating in North York4.9

Those 61 listings were checked one at a time. 4 of the 54 sites came through with nothing wrong; the rest had at least one of the problems above. (North York is part of Toronto — we count the businesses that give North York as their address.)

What they are built on

6 platforms,
no clear winner.

We identified 6 different platforms behind the 54 sites in North York. WordPress accounts for 29 of them. 1 sit on a free or entry-level builder — a fair reading of how much the business has put into being found.

WordPress29 (54%)
Joomla2 (4%)
GoDaddy Builder1 (2%)
Squarespace1 (2%)
Wix1 (2%)
Hand-built or unidentified20 (37%)

What actually breaks

Page title does not name the city they work in
on 23 of them.

We recorded every fault we could see on the 54 North York sites. The one that turns up most is page title does not name the city they work in — 23 of them. Next is no structured data for google to read on 15, then no analytics — nobody is measuring what the site does on 14.

Page titles that never say “North York”23 of 54
Accountants with no structured data15 of 54
Accountants measuring nothing at all14 of 54
Accountants in North York with no enquiry form14 of 54
Accountants letting Google write their description14 of 54
Accountants dating themselves in the footer13 of 54

A site here that fixes page title does not name the city they work in alone is already ahead of 23 local competitors on that count. That is the whole argument for doing the dull parts first.

Who you are up against

122 reviews
from the top five.

The five most-reviewed accountants in North York hold 1,233, 383, 346, 205, 151. The middle of the field sits at 29, the lower quarter below 11 and the upper quarter above 90. 12 of the 61 are past 100 reviews and 39 hold a rating of 4.9 or better.

North York is the 3rd largest market for accountants in our survey of the GTA, with 61 of them against 1,106 across the region. Review counts are not comparable between trades, so none of this means anything outside accountants.

Quietest quarter of North York accountantsunder 11 reviews
Median accountant in North York29 reviews
Busiest quarterover 90 reviews
Most-reviewed accountant in North York1,233 reviews
Top five running a secure, mobile site4 of 5

What this means for you

The North York leaders
already fixed this.

4 of the five most-reviewed accountants in North York run a secure site that works on a phone. Between them they hold 2,318 reviews. That is the standard a customer compares you against before reading a word about you.

The 7 accounting practices in North York with no site at all start at $590; a practice replacing something older sits higher. Either way it is paid after delivery, not before. Full pricing.

Questions

Straight answers.

How many accountants are there in North York?

61 listings, of which 4 have a website with nothing technically wrong with it. The remaining 57 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 North York?

To be average in North York you need 29. To be in the top quarter you need more than 90. To be visible next to the busiest accountant here you would need 1,233, which took them years. 39 of the 61 already hold a 4.9 rating, so the rating is not what separates them.

What does a website for a accountant in North York 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.

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