Whitby · accountants

Web design for
accountants in Whitby.

This page is the Whitby slice of a survey of 43 accounting practices — every listing on Google Maps, every website opened by hand. 2 of the 35 sites do not work on a phone.

Accounting practices listed in Whitby43
Accountants with a working website35
No website on the Whitby listing at all8
Site that does not load or is parked4
Working but visibly dated7
Accountants whose site fails on a phone2 (6%)
Still served without HTTPS2
Copyright line 2012 or earlier2
No opening hours on the Google listing0
Median Google reviews among Whitby accountants7
Median Google rating in Whitby5.0

Those 43 listings were checked one at a time. 2 of the 35 sites came through with nothing wrong; the rest had at least one of the problems above.

What they are built on

What Whitby runs on.

We identified 3 different platforms behind the 35 sites in Whitby. WordPress accounts for 15 of them.

WordPress15 (43%)
Wix2 (6%)
Squarespace1 (3%)
Hand-built or unidentified17 (49%)

What actually breaks

No analytics — nobody is measuring what the site does
on 16 of them.

Sorted by how often it appears, the fault list for accountants in Whitby starts with no analytics — nobody is measuring what the site does (16 sites) and no enquiry form anywhere on the site (15). Both are cheap to fix and neither requires rebuilding anything.

Accountants measuring nothing at all16 of 35
Accountants in Whitby with no enquiry form15 of 35
Page titles that never say “Whitby”14 of 35
Accountants with no heading on the page10 of 35
Accountants letting Google write their description9 of 35
Accountants with no structured data9 of 35

We would start at the bottom of that list, not the top — page title does not name the city they work in affects fewer sites here (14), which means fixing it puts you ahead of the 21 that already have it right only if the basics are done too.

Who you are up against

84 reviews
from the top five.

The five most-reviewed accountants in Whitby hold 216, 146, 145, 95, 91. The middle of the field sits at 7, the lower quarter below 2 and the upper quarter above 18. 3 of the 43 are past 100 reviews and 23 hold a rating of 4.9 or better.

Whitby holds 43 of the 1,106 accounting practices we found across the GTA, which ranks it 14th among the 26 places we surveyed. Review counts are not comparable between trades, so none of this means anything outside accountants.

Quietest quarter of Whitby accountantsunder 2 reviews
Median accountant in Whitby7 reviews
Busiest quarterover 18 reviews
Most-reviewed accountant in Whitby216 reviews
Top five running a secure, mobile site4 of 5

What this means for you

The Whitby leaders
already fixed this.

4 of the five most-reviewed accountants in Whitby run a secure site that works on a phone. Between them they hold 693 reviews. That is the standard a customer compares you against before reading a word about you.

The 8 accounting practices in Whitby 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

The usual questions.

How many accountants are there in Whitby?

43 listings, of which 2 have a website with nothing technically wrong with it. The remaining 41 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 Whitby?

To be average in Whitby you need 7. To be in the top quarter you need more than 18. To be visible next to the busiest accountant here you would need 216, which took them years. 23 of the 43 already hold a 4.9 rating, so the rating is not what separates them.

What does a website for a accountant in Whitby 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.

Now check your own

You have read the numbers.
Where does your site stand?

Type your address and we will open your site the way a visitor would, then tell you plainly what is wrong with it — including when the answer is nothing. Ten seconds, no email, nothing stored.

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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.

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