Louisville web design prices: what 20 local firms publish on their own websites.

The short answer

Most Louisville web designers I checked do not publish prices. Of the 20 firms, 14 show no figure at all and ask for a call or a quote. Six publish some price for a website.

Among the firms that publish a clear starting price for a build, the starting points run from five hundred dollars for a one-page site to about twenty-four hundred fifty dollars for a small starter site, and the median of those starting points is about seventeen hundred fifty, a figure from four firms rather than a Louisville market average. A custom site from a larger Louisville agency starts at about thirteen thousand dollars. Among the firms that publish prices, hosting and ongoing care are usually priced separately from the build.

How I did the study

I started from two lists: the Google local results for web designers in Louisville that I recorded in August 2026, and the Expertise.com list of Louisville web designers. Then I read each firm’s own website on October 14, 2026: the home page, any pricing or packages page, and the web design, hosting and support pages linked from the menu.

A firm counts as publishing prices if its own site states a dollar figure, a range, a starting price or package tiers for building a website. Monthly hosting, support or website-subscription prices are counted separately. Every figure below was copied from the firm’s own page on that date. I did not call anyone, request quotes or use third-party price estimates.

I left out firms outside the Louisville area, businesses that are not web designers (managed IT companies, internet providers, an AI automation shop), one studio whose website says it is no longer taking clients, sites that would not load, large advertising agencies whose sites do not offer website design as a service of its own, and my own business. Twenty firms remained, from small studios to full agencies, in Louisville, Crestwood, Goshen and Spencer County.

This is a snapshot, not a census. Prices change, and the price on a website is a starting point, not a quote. Every firm and page I read is linked in the sources and method section at the end of this page, with the four figures behind the median.

How many Louisville web designers publish prices?

• 6 of 20 publish at least one price for getting a website.
• 5 of 20 publish a price for building one: a starting figure, a range or tiers.
• 3 of 20 publish monthly prices for hosting, support or a website subscription.
• 14 of 20 publish no figure at all.

The firms that do not publish prices are not hiding anything unusual. Their sites explain that every project is scoped and quoted, then offer a call, a consultation or a free audit. One firm explains on its FAQ that a build is a one-time project fee while hosting and support are recurring, and gives an industry-wide range instead of its own. Another sells a standard five-page package with a published list of inclusions and exclusions but does not print the amount on the page.

The published prices, firm by firm

In alphabetical order, as stated on each firm’s site on October 14, 2026.

Design Web Louisville (Crestwood address)

Source: Design Web’s pricing page, read October 14, 2026.

• One-page brochure site: five hundred dollars and up
• Five-page site: fifteen hundred dollars
• Business site with 20 custom page designs: twenty-five hundred dollars
• E-commerce site with 100 custom product pages: thirty-five hundred dollars
• Business packages from twenty-five hundred dollars up to eighty-five hundred for enterprise sites
• Hourly work from forty-five to two hundred twenty-five dollars an hour, depending on the task

JLB Works (Louisville office of a Franklin, Tennessee firm)

Source: JLB Works’ home page, read October 14, 2026.

• Projects typically range from two thousand dollars to more than one hundred thousand

Louisville Web Nerds

Source: Louisville Web Nerds’ small business websites page, read October 14, 2026.

• From-scratch projects: fifteen hundred to seventy-five hundred dollars, with typical sites around three thousand and simple projects around twenty-five hundred
• Redesigns of an existing site: often under fifteen hundred dollars
• WordPress support plans: one hundred twenty-nine to four hundred forty-nine dollars a month on the support page (the home page says plans start at ninety-nine)
• WordPress hosting from fifty dollars a month

Makespace

Source: Makespace’s Louisville website design page, read October 14, 2026.

• WebCake starter website for restaurants, shops and small businesses: from twenty-four hundred fifty dollars
• Custom company website: from twelve thousand nine hundred fifty dollars
• Enterprise sites, dashboards and portals: scoped after a strategy session

Mr and Mrs Smith LLC (Goshen)

Source: Mr and Mrs Smith’s websites page, read October 14, 2026.

• An itemized online estimator rather than packages: design at eight hundred or one thousand dollars, page building from four hundred fifty dollars for one to three pages up to thirty-eight hundred for 20 to 40 pages, with writing, images and SEO priced as separate lines
• Monthly updates from one hundred fifty to six hundred dollars a month and malware protection at one hundred a month
• Hosting free for the first year, then a renewal price of one hundred seventy-five dollars a year

WPB WebDesigns

Source: WPB WebDesigns’ monthly plans page, read October 14, 2026.

• Websites as a monthly plan: sixty-nine to two hundred nine dollars a month, after a first payment of three hundred sixty-eight to about twelve hundred dollars, depending on page count, month to month
• An annual plan and a one-time ownership build are offered, without published amounts

What the published starting prices tell you

• Among the firms that publish, a small site starts around fifteen hundred to twenty-five hundred dollars. Design Web’s five-page site, Louisville Web Nerds’ simple projects, JLB Works’ low end and Makespace’s starter site all land in that band.
• The middle of the published starting points is about seventeen hundred fifty dollars. That is the median of the lowest build price at the four firms that publish a single clear starting figure. Four figures describe these firms; they are not a market average.
• The spread is enormous. From five hundred dollars for a one-page site to about thirteen thousand for a custom agency build is a twenty-six-fold difference, and the top of JLB Works’ range is higher still.
• Page count is the unit most firms price by. One page, five pages, twenty pages, forty pages. Few published prices say who writes what goes on the pages.
• One firm sells websites as a subscription. A low first payment and a monthly fee replace a single build price, with hosting and support folded in.

What drives the gap between the low and high ends is the work behind the pages: custom design or a template, writing, photography, integrations, a store, and how much strategy comes before any of it. I broke those factors down in what affects the cost of a website for a Louisville small business.

What is included at the entry level, and what usually is not

Across the firms that list inclusions, the entry tier usually covers:

• A set number of pages, laid out to work on phones
• Basic on-page SEO: titles, descriptions and submitting the site to search engines
• Hosting setup or hosting itself, and an SSL certificate
• A contact form and analytics installed
• Some training, and a short support window after launch, from thirty days to ninety

What entry tiers usually do not mention, or list as extras:

• Writing the content, beyond loading what you supply
• Original photography and video
• Ongoing SEO work after launch
• Online stores, bookings and integrations with other software
• Custom features and plugins
• Logo and branding work

If a quote looks low, check this list first. The difference between two prices is often the content and photos one of them expects you to provide.

Monthly website plans versus a one-time build

One firm in the study sells websites as a monthly plan instead of a single build price, and several others sell monthly support alongside a build. The appeal of a plan is real: a small first payment, hosting and support included, no large invoice.

The question to ask is what you own. Add up three years of monthly payments and compare that with a build plus hosting and care. Then ask, in writing, what happens if you stop paying: do you keep the design, the files and the domain, or does the site go away with the plan? The firm that sells monthly plans also offers a separate full-ownership option, which tells you ownership is a real difference between the two.

Whichever way you buy, the domain should be registered in your name. My guide to who owns your WordPress website lists every account to check.

Why many web designers do not publish prices

Fourteen of the 20 firms quote every project. The reasons firms give on their own sites come down to scope: the size of the site, its goals and how much support it needs after launch. A five-page site for a plumber and a store with a thousand products are both called a website.

I do not publish prices either, and this study does not include mine. I quote each project from a written scope after one conversation, with hosting and ongoing care listed separately from the build, so the quote can be compared line by line with any of the prices above.

How to compare quotes, published or not

1. Compare the same scope. Write down the pages, features and integrations you need, and give every designer the same list.
2. Ask who writes and who shoots. Content and photography are the biggest hidden differences between two quotes.
3. Separate the build from the running costs. Ask for hosting, maintenance and support as their own lines, monthly or yearly.
4. Ask what happens after launch. Who updates the site, who fixes it when it breaks, and how fast.
5. Ask what you own. The domain, the files, the design and any custom code.
6. Look at live work like yours. Open the sites, on your phone, and ask what the designer did on each one.

The full checklist is in how to choose a Louisville web designer. If you want to see how I build sites for Louisville businesses, Louisville web design company and my project spotlights show the work and link to the live sites.

Sources and method: the 20 firms, linked

How the firms were chosen

The sample is every firm that appeared in two lists, the Google local results for web designers in Louisville that I recorded in August 2026 and the Expertise.com list of Louisville web designers, and that passed the exclusions described at the top of this page. It is not a random sample and not every web designer in the metro, so read the figures as a description of these 20 firms, not a Louisville market average.

How the prices were sorted

I kept three kinds of price apart, and only the first feeds the starting prices and the median:

• One-time build prices: a fixed figure, a range, a starting price or package tiers for building a website.
• Recurring prices: hosting, support, updates or a website subscription, by the month or the year, recorded separately from the build. Where a subscription has a first payment and a monthly fee, both are shown.
• First-year and renewal prices: where a firm states both, such as hosting that is free for the first year and then billed yearly, the renewal price is the one listed as the ongoing cost.

How the median was worked out

Four firms publish a single clear starting price for a build: Design Web Louisville (five hundred dollars), Louisville Web Nerds (fifteen hundred), JLB Works (two thousand) and Makespace (twenty-four hundred fifty). The median of those four is the midpoint of the middle two, seventeen hundred fifty dollars. Mr and Mrs Smith publishes an itemized estimator with no single starting price, so it is left out, and WPB WebDesigns publishes monthly plans rather than a build price. Four numbers is a small sample, which is why the page reports a range and a median and never an average.

The 20 firms and the pages I read

Firms that publish a figure come first, then the firms that quote every project.

1. Design Web Louisville, Crestwood: pricing page. Found: one-time build tiers and hourly rates. Read October 14, 2026.
2. JLB Works, Louisville office of a Franklin, Tennessee firm: home page. Found: one project range for builds. Read October 14, 2026.
3. Louisville Web Nerds, Louisville: small business websites page. Found: build ranges; its services page, support page and home page list monthly support and hosting prices. Read October 14, 2026.
4. Makespace, Louisville: Louisville website design page. Found: two starting build prices; enterprise work quoted. Read October 14, 2026.
5. Mr and Mrs Smith LLC, Goshen: websites page and estimator. Found: itemized one-time lines, monthly updates and security, and a first-year and renewal price for hosting. Read October 14, 2026.
6. WPB WebDesigns, Louisville: monthly plans page. Found: a first payment and a monthly fee per plan; its pricing page names annual and ownership options without amounts. Read October 14, 2026.
7. 502VILLE, Louisville area: home page. Found: no figure; its package overview PDF lists inclusions but no amount. Read October 14, 2026.
8. Matthews Design, Louisville: home page and FAQ. Found: no figure; explains one-time build fees versus recurring hosting and support. Read October 14, 2026.
9. Louisville Web Group, Louisville: home, web design and e-commerce pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
10. Honeywick, Louisville: home and service pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
11. Hatfield Media, Louisville: home and service pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
12. One Thing Marketing, Louisville: home and service pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
13. Jet Set Views, Louisville: home and service pages. Found: no figure; offers a strategy call. Read October 14, 2026.
14. Blue Guru Digital Marketing, Louisville: home, web design and hosting pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
15. Manik Marketing Co., Spencer County: home and service pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
16. Louisville WebTec, Louisville: home, web design and hosting pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
17. 301 Interactive Marketing, Louisville: home and hosting pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
18. Crimson Web Design, Louisville: home and service pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.
19. Website Trouble (Louisville Website Design and SEO Consulting), Louisville: home and service pages. Found: no figure; offers a free consultation. Read October 14, 2026.
20. Current360, Louisville: home and service pages. Found: no figure. Read October 14, 2026.

Prices on these sites will change after the date above. If you cite a figure, check the firm’s page first.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a website cost in Louisville?

Going by the few local firms that publish prices, a small site of about five pages starts around fifteen hundred to twenty-five hundred dollars, a one-page site can start at five hundred, and a custom site from a larger agency starts around thirteen thousand. Hosting and care are extra. A real number comes from a scope of what your site has to do.

How many Louisville web designers publish their prices?

Six of the 20 firms in this study publish some price for a website, and five publish a price for building one. The other 14 quote each project after a call or consultation.

Are monthly website plans a better deal?

Sometimes. They spread the cost and include hosting and support. Add up two or three years of payments, compare that with a build plus hosting and care, and ask in writing what you keep if you stop paying.

Why is this page missing your prices?

Because I quote every project from a written scope after one conversation, and the study only covers prices firms publish. The scope lists hosting and care separately so you can compare it with anything on this page.

Can I cite or share this study?

Yes. Please link to this page and mention that the figures were taken from each firm’s own website on October 14, 2026. Prices change, so check a firm’s site before relying on a number.