Web design and SEO in Barrie, with the price on the page.
Space & Story builds custom websites for Barrie and Simcoe County businesses from CA$5,000, writes every page, and runs local SEO from CA$300 a month, so you show up on Google, in the map results and in AI answers. Every build and plan price is below.
Founded by Mahmoud Halat, winner of the $100K grand prize at Lovable Shipped, a software-building competition, against 5,800 builders.
By Mahmoud Halat, founder · Updated
Get the free 24-page auditWhat a website and SEO cost in Barrie
Three fixed builds and three monthly plans. You pick from the list; there is no quote after a discovery call, and the price is the same in Barrie as in Toronto.
| Story | $5,000 | Up to 15 pages, a custom design, the copy written for every page |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | $9,000 | 200+ pages generated from your own data: every service, model and town you have real work to show for |
| Studio | $15,000+ | Custom software on top: booking, a store, a portal |
| Local | $300 | Hosting, upkeep, Google Business Profile, a post a month |
|---|---|---|
| Growth | $700 | Four posts a month, links from other sites, competitor tracking |
| Authority | $2,000+ | Press and research beyond your own site |
Prices in Canadian dollars, plus HST. Plans are month to month with no setup fee. For comparison, standard local SEO packages run $500 to $2,000 a month, and a blog post is usually a $100+ add-on.
Local SEO for Barrie: what the Local plan does each month
Most Barrie customers search with a town in the query or let Google work it out from where they stand. Winning those searches comes down to a complete Google Business Profile, steady reviews, one page per service you sell, and the same name, address and phone everywhere.
- Google Business Profile kept complete: categories, services, hours, photos and posts.
- Local citations: the same name, address and phone on the directories Google and the AI tools read.
- One new page or post a month, written by us, answering a question your customers ask.
- A monthly report: Google and Bing searches, AI assistant visits and the leads your forms bring in.
Pages for the towns you serve
If you work beyond Barrie, a page per town you have real jobs in helps you show up there: Innisfil, Orillia, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Alliston, Collingwood, Wasaga Beach and Midland. Each one names real projects and prices for that town, never the same page with the name swapped, which Google treats as thin.
The Engine build generates those pages from your own job list, so adding a town is a row in a spreadsheet, not a new project.
Showing up in ChatGPT and Google's AI answers
More Barrie owners now hear "I asked ChatGPT" from a customer. Every build ships with the AI-search setup included: pages AI crawlers can read without JavaScript, answer-first copy, and structured data that names your business, area and services. No one can promise that an AI answer will name you, and we don't.
Our nearest projects
We don't have a Barrie client to show you yet. The closest live sites are down Highway 400: a kitchen and bathroom remodeller in Richmond Hill and a general contractor in Vaughan. Both are open for you to check.
Questions Barrie owners ask
How much does a website cost in Barrie?
Our builds are CA$5,000, CA$9,000 and CA$15,000+, with the copy written for every page, then a monthly plan from CA$300. Most small businesses in Ontario pay CA$1,500 to CA$15,000 for a website, going by eight Canadian price pages we compared in September 2026.
How much does local SEO cost in Barrie?
Standard local SEO packages run $500 to $2,000 a month; budget packages at $125 to $500 often skip content. Our Local plan is CA$300 a month plus HST and includes Google Business Profile work, citations, a post a month and the monthly report. Growth, at CA$700, adds four posts a month and links from other sites.
Do you meet Barrie clients in person?
Yes, when it helps. Most of the work runs on calls and a shared project page, and the person who scopes your site is the one who builds it.
Can you rank my business across Simcoe County, not just Barrie?
Yes, if you have real work in those towns. We build a page for each town you serve, with jobs and prices from that town, and set your Google Business Profile service area to match.
Do I own the website?
Yes. You own the code, every word we write and the domain. Plans are month to month; if you leave, we hand over the repository, hosting access and analytics.
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