SEO Agency Chicago

954 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Your SEO Agency in Chicago. Less nonsense, more meaningful rankings

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When Chicago searches for what you do, your brand should be the first one people see, on Google and in the AI answers they now rely on.

Why Circulate

Why work with Circulate on your SEO?

Content SEO Specialists

At Circulate, we craft SEO strategies specifically designed around your business. Our comprehensive approach includes everything from local keyword research and on-page optimisation to technical SEO enhancements.

Local to Chicago

As your dedicated Chicago SEO agency, we focus on driving high-quality traffic and improving your rankings, ensuring that your business stands out in local search results. Whether you need help with on-site SEO or building local backlinks, we’ve got you covered.

Technical SEO specialists

Within our Chicago SEO team, we have dedicated technical SEO experts who can offer a helping hand for anything technical on your site. Looking to do a migration or expand internationally? We have you covered with our technical SEO offering and can factor this into our bespoke strategies.

Supporting local businesses

We’re passionate about supporting Chicago local business and putting Chicago on the map.

Trusted by leading brands

Case studyApologia

Apologia. 52% increase in SEO revenue in under a year.

For Apologia, an Atlanta-based educational provider, we built an SEO strategy for long-term growth and customer acquisition. Engagement rose 44% and over 3,500 new keywords now rank.

52%Revenue
40Category pages
8,249Ranking keywords

Case studyIRIS Audio

Pit crew member wearing a race radio headset, watching the track from the pit wall

IRIS Audio. Named across one in three Gemini answers.

We mapped 180 buyer prompts by sector. We made the site easy for AI to quote. Then we tracked the answers, every week. AI answers have named IRIS 89 times and cited its site 72 times. Zero negative mentions.

89AI mentions
72Site citations
0Negative mentions

Case studyBell & Company

Bell & Company. 127% more enquiries from directors under pressure.

Bell & Company helps company directors deal with business debt, from HMRC arrears to personal guarantees. Answering the questions directors search long before they call took enquiries from 34 to 77.

127%Enquiries
#2“Business debt”
29%Share of AI mentions

Place your brand in front of high-intent customers across Chicago and beyond

If you want your brand to show up in front of high-intent customers across Chicago, and outperform the competitors who keep taking your clicks and your customers, then you’re in the right place.

At Circulate, we help Chicago businesses take control of their visibility across Google and the fast-evolving world of AI search. We’re not a broad, everything-under-one-roof agency. We’re a search marketing agency that specialises in one thing: getting your business discovered by people who are looking for what you do. This focus gives you more precise targeting, a stronger strategy, and growth that keeps building over time.

Reporting

We show you what’s working, and what isn’t

Our own industry-leading reporting suite tracks the whole strategy across Google and every major AI platform. You see where you’re moving, what’s driving it, and what we’re changing.

Scroll to move through the report. Demo data.

AI searchAI referral traffic

Visits sent by AI platforms, month by month · from Google Analytics

1,284visits from AI platforms in October213% year on year

ChatGPT61%

Perplexity18%

Gemini12%

Copilot6%

Claude3%

Nov410Dec455Jan520Feb498Mar610Apr690May742Jun815Jul930Aug1,010Sep1,150Oct1,284 visits

1,284 visits

NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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ConversionsOctober conversions1–31 Oct, compared with October 2025

Conversion rate12.4%+1.6 pts

October 2025912conversions

1,43557% year on year

Where they came from

Form submissions612

Phone clicks391

Strategy calls booked248

Demo requests184

October 2025 · 912Growth this year · +523

Across every assistant trackedVisibility

Prompts checked 1–31 Oct · compared with September, month on monthImprovedDeclined

Brand mentionsAI search

214

18%from 181 in September

Answers naming youAI search

31%

9 ptsfrom 22% in September

Times your site was citedAI search

118

24%from 95 in September

Prompts trackedAI search

240

40 addedfrom 200 in September

Competitors trackedAI search

2 addedfrom 4 in September

Answers analysedAI search

640

7%from 600 in September

Average position in answersAI search

3.4

Holdingfrom 3.3 in September

AI Overview citationsGoogle

3from 15 in September

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Assistants and competitorsWho named you

Prompts checked 1–31 Oct · compared with September, month on monthYouOthers

Assistants

Gemini96

36% of 266 answers

ChatGPT71

27% of 263 answers

Perplexity47

18% of 261 answers

Share of answers across competitors

Competitor A268

37% of mentions

Your brand (you)214

29% of mentions

Competitor B112

15% of mentions

Competitor C58

8% of mentions

Competitor D44

6% of mentions

Competitor E38

5% of mentions

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Visibility by assistantPrompts you appeared in

Prompts checked 1–31 Oct · compared with September, month on month

PromptVisible onSentimentCheckedChange

Best [your service] provider in the UKGPTGEMPPXPositive6New

[Your brand] vs [competitor]GPTGEMPPXPositive6+1 answer

Top alternatives to [competitor]GPTGEMPPXNeutral6+2 answers

Is [your brand] worth it?GPTGEMPPXPositive6No change

Which [your service] provider is best for [use case]?GPTGEMPPXNot named6−1 answer

What does [your service] cost in the UK?GPTGEMPPXNeutral6No prior scan

[Your service] agency near meGPTGEMPPXPositive6+1 answer

Who are the leading [your service] companies?GPTGEMPPXNeutral6New

Is [competitor] better than [your brand]?GPTGEMPPXNeutral6No change

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AudienceWhere your audience is

1–31 Oct · from Google AnalyticsMost visitsSome visitsNo visits

41%of visits came from the United Kingdom, out of 32 countries sending traffic.

Sessions by country

United Kingdom41%

United States18%

Ireland7%

Germany6%

Netherlands5%

Australia4%

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Site healthTechnical SEO

PageSpeed and crawl data · compared with last monthGoodNeeds workPoor

Mobile PageSpeedPageSpeed

82/100Needs work+11 month on month

Desktop PageSpeedPageSpeed

97/100Good+4 month on month

Crawl healthSite audit

94/100Good+6 month on month

Largest contentful paintMobile

2.9sNeeds work−0.8s month on month

Interaction to next paintMobile

140msGood

Cumulative layout shiftMobile

0.02Good

Pages with errorsSite audit

3GoodDown from 41

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Demo data. Your report uses your prompts, your competitors and your numbers.

SEO in Chicago: your questions answered

What does your Chicago SEO agency cover?

Technical SEO, content, digital PR and AI search, planned together and aimed at the searches that bring Chicago buyers to you. We start with the technical foundations, because a site that is hard to crawl will not rank whatever else you do. Then we build content around buying intent and earn the authority that makes you a credible answer in Google and in the AI assistants. We do not sell PPC or paid social, so nothing here is propped up by ad spend.

How much does SEO in Chicago cost?

We scope every retainer to your site. Chicago briefs often need more, because the categories are competitive and the content and digital PR workload is heavier. We invoice in pounds and can quote the dollar equivalent. After an audit you get a fixed monthly figure and a clear view of what it buys.

How long does Chicago SEO take to work?

Technical fixes can show inside a few weeks. Competitive Chicago terms usually take six months or more against businesses that have been ranking for years. We set a mixed target list at the start, so there are terms you can win this quarter alongside the ones worth a year of work, and we report on pipeline every month rather than positions alone.

How do you work with US clients from the UK?

Calls land in your morning and our afternoon, so there is a real overlap most working days. Everything outside a call runs on shared documents and live reporting, so your team can see what has changed without waiting for a meeting.

Start with a free strategy session

We’ll look at what you rank for, where competitors are winning instead, and what is worth fixing first. No charge, and the findings are yours either way.

Book a free strategy session

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