Lake-city trades and realtors get more calls when their sites out-rank the Calgary companies parachuting into Chestermere's booming east-of-Calgary market.
Local knowledge
We know Chestermere
Not a templated city-name swap — real local research behind every page we build.
- Chestermere counted 28,129 residents in the 2024 municipal census, up about 27% from 22,163 in 2021, making it one of Alberta's fastest-growing cities.
- Median household income sits near $135,000 (before tax), with a younger-than-average population around 36 years old: a high-value market concentrated in one small city.
- 561 new businesses incorporated in Chestermere in 2024, 9th highest in Alberta, alongside roughly $83M in major construction projects that year.
- The city sits immediately east of Calgary, sharing its eastern boundary, about 20 to 25 minutes from downtown via 17 Ave SE and the Trans-Canada Highway.
- Chestermere's identity is built around its man-made lake and the city slogan 'Life is Better by the Lake', with a strongly summer-peaked economy from May through September.
- The Chestermere Water Festival is a 15-plus-year tradition at the lake, drawing crowds to wakeboarding, a kids' zone, and boat tours that anchor the whole summer season.
Why Chestermere businesses choose us
Built to bring you leads
- Calgary chains are ranking for 'plumber Chestermere' and 'HVAC Chestermere' right now. A genuinely local site beats their parachute pages.
- 561 new Chestermere businesses last year. The contractors and clinics that rank first in that search will win the growth.
- Life is Better by the Lake: make sure buyers searching for the lake lifestyle can actually find you.
- Twenty minutes from Calgary means you get a full studio's resources and someone who knows the Water Festival rush.
What our clients say
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“We have worked with Ben and his team for over a year now. They built us a great, professional website and our SEO keeps improving. Ben goes well beyond the SEO and gives genuine advice on growing the business. We would highly recommend Ben and his team at Right Design.”
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“Our website was outdated and slow, and Right Design completely transformed it. The team is awesome — super quick and easy to deal with — and Ben takes the time to explain the technical side in a way that actually makes sense.”
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“If you want a professional, effective website that brings in business, there is no better option than Right Design. They understand what a website is supposed to do for you.”
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“Ben has handled our web work for seven years and the design, SEO, and ads have brought in many strong leads, even on a tight budget. I have watched Ben work for over 20 years — you will not find anyone more dedicated.”
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“Hiring Right Design was the best decision we made. Ben is honest, reliable, and trustworthy, explains everything without the jargon, and is always quick to respond.”
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“Right Design was the right choice. Well worth the investment — professional work and a site that does its job for our business.”
Services for Chestermere businesses
The full menu, with transparent pricing
Real pricing in CAD, taxes excluded. See all services →
Web Design
Conversion-first websites built on our proven template, designed around lead generation rather than decoration.
From $2,500 one-time
Learn moreSEO
A consistent stream of blogs, service pages, and location pages that build topical authority and rank you higher in Google.
From $2,500/month
Learn moreGoogle Business Profile
Done-for-you management of your Google Business Profile so you get found in local search and on Maps.
From $500/month
Learn moreGoogle & Meta Ads
Done-for-you Google and Meta pay-per-click campaigns engineered to maximize return on ad spend.
From $750/month
Learn moreWho we help
Chestermere businesses we build for
Trades & home services
HVAC, electrical, plumbing, renovation, and landscaping crews riding the construction boom: a lead-gen site plus Google Business Profile and Local Services Ads so you win '[trade] Chestermere' before Calgary chains show up on that map pack.
Realtors & mortgage brokers
Selling the lake lifestyle to in-migrants needs more than a brokerage template. A site built around your personal brand and Chestermere keywords ranks where your competitors' cookie-cutter pages do not.
Dental, medical & personal services
Clinics, salons, and fitness studios serving an affluent family market: local pack ranking, review management, and accessible booking built for the $135K household that wants the best option nearby.
Accounting, law & insurance
Professional firms competing with Calgary practices need credibility-grade presence: a fast, trustworthy site and durable local ranking that signals you belong in this market.
Lake & hospitality operators
Restaurants, cafes, and watersports businesses: paid ads and social weighted toward the May-to-September Water Festival window, with your site converting visitors year-round.
Straight answers
Thinking it over?
You're based in Calgary, not Chestermere. Why not hire someone local?
We're a 20-minute drive away and we know this market: the lake-season peaks, the trades boom, and the exact searches your customers type. You get a full studio's capacity and portfolio, not a one-person shop's bandwidth, and we can meet in person when the project needs it.
Chestermere is a small city. Is a $7,500 site and $2,500 per month SEO worth it here?
Small city, high income: $135K median household, 27% population growth in three years, and 561 new businesses competing for attention in 2024. One high-value client (a roof, a listing, a treatment plan) can cover months of marketing spend, which makes the top ranking worth more in a concentrated market, not less.
Calgary companies already dominate Chestermere search results. Can I realistically compete?
Those results are mostly thin location pages with no real local signal. A site built with genuine Chestermere content, a managed Google Business Profile, and sustained local SEO beats parachute pages consistently. That gap is exactly the opportunity we work from.
FAQ
Chestermere questions, answered
Do you actually work with Chestermere businesses, or is this just a service-area listing?
We serve Chestermere and the Calgary-east corridor as a priority market. We build site and SEO strategies around how people in this city actually search ('realtor Chestermere', 'electrician Chestermere') and we know the local context: the lake economy, the construction surge, the Water Festival seasonality.
How much does a website cost for a Chestermere business?
For a Chestermere business competing with Calgary parachute pages, a 10-page build is $7,500 and a 20-page build is $15,000. Local SEO runs $2,500 to $15,000 per month depending on competitiveness. Google Business Profile for the Chestermere map pack is $500 setup plus $500 per month. We scope it to your goals on a free call.
Can you get my business into the Google map pack for Chestermere searches?
It is the primary goal for most of our clients here. We combine a fast, locally optimized website with Google Business Profile management and local SEO to rank in the map pack and organic results, including against the Calgary companies currently showing up for Chestermere searches.
My business peaks in summer around the lake. Can marketing flex with the seasons?
Yes. For lake-season businesses we weight paid ads and social toward the May-to-September window, including around the Water Festival, while keeping evergreen SEO and your site working year-round so you are already ranked before the rush begins.
I'm a contractor riding the Chestermere building boom. What gets me leads the fastest?
For Chestermere's construction boom, a 10-page lead-gen site at $7,500 paired with Google Business Profile setup and Local Services Ads typically moves fastest. Adding SEO at $2,500 per month builds durable ranking so you own '[trade] Chestermere' searches over time rather than competing on ad spend alone.
Let's grow your Chestermere business
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