Top 7 web design companies
in Los Angeles for 2026

Web design in LA splits along a fault line most directories don't bother marking: agencies that build the site as a marketing asset, and agencies that build it as a piece of software. A Shopify storefront for a DTC beauty brand and a headless web app for a fintech client both count as "web design," but they need different teams, different stacks, and different ways of thinking about what a browser tab is for. The city has both in volume — Silicon Beach's product engineers on one side, agencies still running on WordPress and Drupal for institutional clients on the other — and a firm that's excellent at one is often a mediocre pick for the other.

We narrowed this list to agencies whose core deliverable is the website itself, not a brand identity or an app that happens to have a marketing page attached. Seven made the cut on platform depth and named client work; a few names from our broader agency list didn't, because their strongest work sits in branding or product design rather than the build itself.

Best for

Start with the site you need built

Brands selling online that need a full store build and ongoing support.

Weberous

Shopify Plus Partner; A Ma Maniere and Melt Cosmetics stayed through multiple redesigns.

Web Design Companies in Los Angeles

1. Weberous

weberous.com — Los Angeles, CA

Weberous's team stays small — 2 to 9 people — which shows in how tightly it holds onto ecommerce accounts once it lands them: A Ma Maniere and Melt Cosmetics have both stayed with the firm through multiple redesigns rather than churning to a bigger shop. Founded in 2011 on Wilshire Boulevard, it runs $100–149/hour with a $25K+ minimum, sized for a full store build with ongoing support, not a one-off template swap.

Based: Wilshire Blvd, LA
Founded: 2011
Rate: $100–149/hr
Minimum: $25K+

2. Urban Insight

urbaninsight.com — Los Angeles, CA

Urban Insight's client list includes LACMA and the City of Los Angeles — public institutions where the deciding factor wasn't which framework was trendiest, but which one the client's own IT staff could maintain without the agency on permanent retainer. That's the logic behind the Drupal and WordPress stack the firm has built on since founding in 2000: both platforms are staffed by huge freelance talent pools, unlike more specialized frameworks that lock a client into whichever agency built the site. Over 500 launches into that approach, Urban Insight has essentially bet its business on institutional durability rather than cutting-edge appeal.

Based: Los Angeles
Founded: 2000
Rate: Not published
Minimum: Not published

3. Noomo Agency

noomoagency.com — Los Angeles, CA

Noomo runs small and picky about what it takes on — its portfolio work includes ORCAD, a full enterprise website rebuild, and MA Money, a fintech client project that leans into the same 3D and interactive elements as its other web work rather than a stripped-down landing page. Founded in 2018 with a team split between Los Angeles and Europe, the studio treats a homepage as a chance to demonstrate technical craft, not just list services — right for a company willing to trade a faster launch timeline for a site that stands out visually.

Based: LA (part of team in Europe)
Founded: 2018
Rate: Not published
Minimum: Not published

4. N4 Studio®

n4.studio — Los Angeles, CA

N4 Studio's client industries skew medical, financial services, and real estate — regulated categories where a marketing site still has to clear legal review before launch, a different problem than the consumer landing pages most Webflow shops build. Founded in 2014 with a second studio in London, the firm works almost exclusively inside Webflow rather than splitting attention across multiple CMS platforms. That focus pays off for a team that's already committed to the platform; it's a mismatch for a company still deciding between Webflow, WordPress, and a custom build.

Based: LA + London
Founded: 2014
Rate: Not published
Minimum: $5K

5. Storm Brain

stormbrain.com — HQ Carlsbad, CA; Santa Monica office

Storm Brain's Santa Monica office builds full sites rather than landing pages, and its scale — 50 to 249 people, big enough to staff strategists, designers, and developers separately — shows in ecommerce and platform work for clients like UCLA. Headquartered in Carlsbad and founded in 2007, it runs $150–199/hour with a $10K+ minimum, positioned above a boutique build shop and below an agency pricing for a national campaign. Right for a company that wants the same team handling the build and the ongoing site management afterward.

Based: Carlsbad HQ; Santa Monica
Founded: 2007
Rate: $150–199/hr
Minimum: $10K+

6. LLT Group

llt-group.com — HQ Naperville, IL; LA office

LLT Group's Los Angeles office handles web builds as part of a bundled retainer rather than a fixed-scope project, and Discover is the clearest example of what that buys a client: ongoing site work rather than a single launch and handoff. The agency started out of its founders' parents' basement in Naperville, Illinois, in 2010 before scaling into offices in Boston and Los Angeles, and that account-management structure — one team following a client for years — is still how it staffs projects today. Better suited to a company that wants a single vendor managing the site indefinitely than one that wants a defined build and a clean break at delivery.

Based: Naperville HQ; LA office
Founded: 2010
Rate: Not published
Minimum: Not published

7. Clay

clay.global — San Francisco, CA

Clay's site work spans some unusually specific technical problems: an immersive, 3D-forward web experience for Echo Street, a tech-forward investment firm, and a full redesign for Grayscale, the world's largest crypto asset manager, where the challenge was making a genuinely confusing financial product legible to a first-time visitor. Running remote-first out of San Francisco with no Los Angeles office, the studio treats a company's site as the first product experience a visitor has, not a brochure — the right fit for a fintech or B2B SaaS company, a less efficient choice for a brand that mainly needs a straightforward marketing page.

Based: San Francisco (remote-first)
Founded: Not published
Rate: Not published
Minimum: Not published

Compare the 7 side by side

Agency	Based	Founded	Platform	Hourly rate	Minimum project	Team size	Named clients
Weberous	Wilshire Blvd, LA	2011	Shopify (Plus Partner)	$100–149/hr	$25K+	2–9	A Ma Maniere, Melt Cosmetics
Urban Insight	Los Angeles	2000	Drupal, WordPress	—	—	—	LACMA, City of Los Angeles
Noomo Agency	LA (part of team in Europe)	2018	Custom, interactive	—	—	—	ORCAD, MA Money
N4 Studio®	LA + London	2014	Webflow	—	$5K	—	Medical, financial services and real estate clients
Storm Brain	Carlsbad HQ; Santa Monica	2007	No single platform	$150–199/hr	$10K+	50–249	UCLA
LLT Group	Naperville HQ; LA office	2010	No single platform	—	—	—	Discover
Clay	San Francisco (remote-first)	—	Custom, interactive	—	—	—	Echo Street, Grayscale

What each agency builds on

Platform specialty named in each profile. Hover a row for details.

Published minimum project size

3 of 7 agencies publish a minimum. Dashed lines are open-ended (“+”); log scale.

Choosing a Web Design Partner in LA

The platform decision usually narrows the list faster than the portfolio does. If you've already committed to Webflow, N4 Studio's status as Webflow's own agency of choice is hard to beat; if you need Shopify, Weberous's Plus Partner status does the same work. Agencies without a clear platform specialty — Storm Brain, LLT Group — are the right call when you want one team managing the build long-term rather than a specialist handing off a finished file.

Award-caliber design and institutional durability rarely come from the same shop. Noomo's interactive, awards-caliber work is built for brands that need a site to feel like an event; Urban Insight's WordPress and Drupal builds are built for organizations that'll still be running the same site in 2030. Neither approach is wrong — they're solving different problems.

We built this list from public portfolios and named clients, and no agency paid for its position.

FAQ

What's the difference between a web design agency and a full-service digital agency?

A web design agency's core deliverable is the site itself — Weberous, Urban Insight, and N4 Studio all fall here. A full-service shop like Storm Brain or LLT Group bundles the build into branding and marketing work, which suits a company that wants one vendor rather than three.

Which agency should I use if I'm building on Shopify or Webflow?

Weberous for Shopify — it's held Plus Partner status since early in the platform's growth. N4 Studio for Webflow — it built Webflow's own marketing site and holds the platform's Enterprise Partner of the Year title.

Do I need a local LA agency for a web build, or does remote work fine?

Remote works fine for most builds. Clay runs entirely out of San Francisco with no LA office and still designed sites for a global crypto asset manager and a tech-forward investment firm — proximity matters less than whether the team has shipped in your category.

How much should a website redesign cost in LA?

Rates on this list run $100–200/hour, with minimums from $10,000 at agencies like Storm Brain up to $25,000+ at Weberous for a full ecommerce build. A landing page costs far less than a full platform migration or custom design system.

Top 7 web design companiesin Los Angeles for 2026