OuterBox
OuterBox is a performance marketing agency founded in 2004 and headquartered in downtown Akron, Ohio, with offices in Houston and Rochester, Minnesota and more than 300 in-house US staff. It grew out of e-commerce web development and now runs SEO, paid search and social, email, conversion optimisation, analytics and AI tooling, reporting more than 1,000 client engagements. It is a Google Premier Partner and Microsoft Advertising Select Partner and privately held. Nobody pays to be ranked.
Why it’s hereInc. 5000 honoree and US Search Awards winner with one of the largest in-house SEO teams in the Midwest. Number 9 of the SEO companies in the US.
Who leads itJeff Allen, CEO.
Estimated: $3,000–$10,000/mo, typical for US SEO retainers; not a quote.
Typical industry estimate, not a quote from any firm on this list.
A fit forEcommerce and lead-generation businesses that want SEO, Google Ads, programmatic, email and web design from a large in-house US team (300+ staff) founded in 2004.
- Based in
- Akron, OH
- Founded
- 2004
- Team size
- 201–500 people
- Led by
- Jeff Allen, CEO
- Known for
- e-commerce SEO · B2B SEO · paid media · web design and development · conversion optimisation
- Best for
- Ecommerce and lead-generation businesses that want SEO, Google Ads, programmatic, email and web design from a large in-house US team (300+ staff) founded in 2004.
- Recognition
- Inc. 5000 (#1,118), 2026
- Inc. 5000 (#973), 2025
- Estimated cost
Estimated: $3,000–$10,000/mo, typical for US SEO retainers; not a quote.
Typical industry estimate, not a quote from any firm on this list.
- Office
- 1-866-647-9218
Sources outerboxdesign.com, crainscleveland.com, inc.com, newswire.com · LinkedIn ↗
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