Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Index — Q3-2026

Not every firm could be measured on every pillar (Q3-2026)

16 of the firms below are missing at least one pillar: Speed & CWV (74 of 80), Content & trust (66 of 80). Where a pillar could not be measured for a firm it is excluded from that firm’s score and its remaining weights are renormalised, rather than scored zero — so those firms are ranked on less evidence than the rest, and their position should be read with that in mind. Affected: Charcoalblue Bristol, Grow Architects, Mace Group, Extension Architecture Bristol - Extension Plans & Design, RSJ Construction Ltd, Sketchplay Playground Architects, PLACE By Design, Studio Green Architects, Keep Architecture, Of-The-Place Architecture, Muxworthy Richard, Hatcher Prichard Architects, Mathew Ingham Design, Downend Design Ltd, Maddox Design - Architectural Design Consultancy, IBI Group. See the methodology.

The PYC Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Index ranks 80 bristol architects on how well they perform online — website speed, technical SEO, local presence, search visibility, AI search presence and content & trust — each scored 0–100 to a single Digital Visibility Score. Measured 31 August 2026 to the published methodology.

As of Q3-2026, 7% of the 74 bristol architects measured on Speed & Core Web Vitals score below 50 on mobile (PYC Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Index, measured 31 August 2026).

Who owns the first page

Across 12 keywords there are 120 first-page organic slots. The firms in this index hold 32 of them (26.7%); 109 distinct domains appear in total.

this index (32)   directories, national chains and firms not indexed (88)

Ranking well but not currently indexed:

• abcplans.co.uk — 7 top-10 slots, best #1
• barefootarchitects.co.uk — 5 top-10 slots, best #1
• ckarchitectural.co.uk — 5 top-10 slots, best #2
• westernbuildingconsultants.com — 4 top-10 slots, best #1
• cliftonarchitecture.co.uk — 4 top-10 slots, best #5

73.3% of the first page belongs to businesses outside this index — directories, national chains and local firms not tracked here. These firms are not mainly competing with each other.

The league table

#	Bristol Architect	Score	Spd	Tech	Local	Vis	AI	Cont
1	3bd Architects	70	100	100	89	31	0	75
2	Wall Architecture	70	69	88	79	54	60	55
3	CGA Architects (Chris Goodsall)	65	58	88	79	41	40	80
4	Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol)	65	57	100	82	30	40	70
5	Smith Maloney Hillier Architects Ltd	64	53	100	89	42	40	30
6	Moon Design	61	61	88	88	30	40	28
7	AHR Architects | Bristol	59	78	100	59	25	0	79
8	Alec French Architects	59	81	75	81	29	0	70
9	Easton Bevins	59	71	88	91	17	0	63
10	105 West Architects	58	100	100	78	0	0	20
11	D H V Architects	58	54	88	89	31	20	45
12	Grow Architectural	58	54	100	81	25	20	40
13	WBC Group (Western Building Consultants)	58	71	100	83	0	0	70
14	Metcalfe Design & Architecture	57	65	88	94	21	0	45
15	A P G Architecture	56	61	88	86	25	0	50
16	Aspect360	56	86	100	67	4	0	49
17	Greener Consultants	56	60	100	90	4	0	50
18	310 Studio Architects	55	100	63	85	0	0	50
19	Ascent Architecture	55	60	63	90	27	20	55
20	Charcoalblue Bristol	54	—	100	85	0	0	58
21	Fatkin	54	81	88	63	0	0	79
22	Marshall and Kendon Architects	54	70	100	79	0	0	45
23	Mason Architectural Design	54	58	88	87	33	0	25
24	Grow Architects	53	97	67	76	0	0	—
25	R & J Consultants	53	78	100	67	0	0	42
26	SJP Architectural Consultants Ltd.	53	64	75	90	25	0	30
27	Mace Group	52	81	75	77	0	0	—
28	Noma Architects Ltd	52	56	88	80	21	0	41
29	OSP Architecture - Bristol	52	64	100	63	0	0	70
30	Childs Sulzmann Architects	51	61	88	67	0	0	78
31	Grain Architecture Ltd	51	65	88	79	0	0	45
32	Studio Sintaa	51	71	88	81	0	0	25
33	AWW	50	80	57	82	7	0	55
34	Catscad Ltd	50	85	75	76	0	0	30
35	gcp Chartered Architects	50	44	100	67	4	0	70
36	Glass Extensions Design and Build Ltd	50	68	75	89	0	0	35
37	Bristol Property Repair	49	70	71	83	0	0	45
38	Dovela Designs	49	73	75	87	0	0	16
39	Kendall Kingscott Ltd	49	31	86	78	0	0	96
40	one50studio	49	57	100	79	0	0	16
41	Richard O'Hanlon Studio	49	65	88	67	0	0	45
42	StudioHIVE Architects	49	52	100	67	0	0	55
43	The Bush Consultancy	49	93	50	81	0	0	40
44	Wylde Interior Architecture	49	43	100	76	0	0	49
45	Apply Structure Ltd	48	58	100	67	0	0	25
46	Piquant Collective	48	55	100	80	0	0	5
47	RDK Civil Engineering Limited	48	30	75	96	0	0	80
48	Stantec	48	58	88	86	0	0	20
49	Red Twin Limited - Bristol	47	64	63	81	0	0	55
50	7 Architects	46	88	43	86	0	0	29
51	Extension Architecture Bristol - Extension Plans & Design	46	71	75	59	0	0	—
52	FirstFox Architecture Ltd	46	65	75	76	0	0	25
53	Building Plans Bristol	45	100	29	71	8	20	8
54	Clifton Architects Limited	44	57	88	59	13	0	10
55	Clifton Emery design	44	62	43	76	0	0	80
56	RSJ Construction Ltd	44	100	33	63	0	0	—
57	Sketchplay Playground Architects	44	85	33	79	0	0	—
58	Clear Future Architecture Ltd	43	86	63	67	0	0	0
59	Gabriela Roberts Architecture	43	69	88	59	0	0	0
60	PLACE By Design	43	62	67	63	0	0	—
61	Etch Architecture	42	62	88	59	0	0	5
62	WH Architects	42	20	88	84	8	0	20
63	Nicholas Morley Architects Ltd	41	62	50	78	0	0	25
64	Howard Baker Design	39	63	57	59	0	0	33
65	keyframe	39	81	43	59	0	0	20
66	Southpoint	39	96	29	63	0	0	17
67	Studio Green Architects	39	67	50	59	0	0	—
68	Architectural Interiors	38	100	25	59	0	0	13
69	Keep Architecture	38	60	33	76	0	0	—
70	XDelta Limited	38	100	14	63	0	0	21
71	Blackwell Designs Ltd	37	100	14	59	0	0	24
72	Of-The-Place Architecture	37	60	33	75	0	0	—
73	Muxworthy Richard	36	100	0	63	0	0	—
74	Argyll Design Partnership	33	71	29	63	0	0	3
75	George Harwood Ltd	33	86	14	63	0	0	8
76	Hatcher Prichard Architects	19	—	0	67	0	0	—
77	Mathew Ingham Design	19	—	0	67	0	0	—
78	Downend Design Ltd	18	—	0	59	4	0	—
79	Maddox Design - Architectural Design Consultancy	18	—	14	59	0	0	0
80	IBI Group	17	—	0	59	0	0	—

Which keywords are contested, and which are open?

Every firm against every keyword, shaded by position. Darker is stronger; blank means outside the top 100. Read down a column for a contested term, across a row for a firm's reach.

	architects	architect	architectural services	house extension architect	planning application archit…	listed building architect	residential architects	commercial architects	self build architect	loft conversion architect	barn conversion architect	conservation architect
3bd Architects	18	26	17				14	23
Wall Architecture		9	1	24	4	9	9	9	9	18	6
CGA Architects (Chris Goodsall)					2	3		6				1
Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol)	4	7	3				4	2				37
Smith Maloney Hillier Architects Ltd	24	34	32		39	43	23	34	36		41	45
Moon Design	2	1	23		33		3	5	8
AHR Architects | Bristol	9	15	43			77		33				56
Alec French Architects	5	6					8	8
Easton Bevins										5	11
105 West Architects
D H V Architects						2						6
Grow Architectural	66		37	32	22				40		38
WBC Group (Western Building Consultants)
Metcalfe Design & Architecture	64	57	52				40	63
A P G Architecture	12	28	26		16		26	28
Aspect360					35
Greener Consultants				75
310 Studio Architects
Ascent Architecture	51					33	39	35
Charcoalblue Bristol
Fatkin
Marshall and Kendon Architects
Mason Architectural Design	63	59	22		55		56	66	32			83
Grow Architects
R & J Consultants
SJP Architectural Consultants Ltd.	31	31	41		41		32	58
Mace Group
Noma Architects Ltd	14	18	39				30	25
OSP Architecture - Bristol
Childs Sulzmann Architects
Grain Architecture Ltd
Studio Sintaa
AWW								10
Catscad Ltd
gcp Chartered Architects								21
Glass Extensions Design and Build Ltd
Bristol Property Repair
Dovela Designs
Kendall Kingscott Ltd
one50studio
Richard O'Hanlon Studio
StudioHIVE Architects
The Bush Consultancy
Wylde Interior Architecture
Apply Structure Ltd
Piquant Collective
RDK Civil Engineering Limited
Stantec
Red Twin Limited - Bristol
7 Architects
Extension Architecture Bristol - Extension Plans & Design
FirstFox Architecture Ltd
Building Plans Bristol			54		10
Clifton Architects Limited	34	37					36
Clifton Emery design
RSJ Construction Ltd
Sketchplay Playground Architects
Clear Future Architecture Ltd
Gabriela Roberts Architecture
PLACE By Design
Etch Architecture
WH Architects	46	54
Nicholas Morley Architects Ltd
Howard Baker Design
keyframe
Southpoint
Studio Green Architects
Architectural Interiors
Keep Architecture
XDelta Limited
Blackwell Designs Ltd
Of-The-Place Architecture
Muxworthy Richard
Argyll Design Partnership
George Harwood Ltd
Hatcher Prichard Architects
Mathew Ingham Design
Downend Design Ltd					26
Maddox Design - Architectural Design Consultancy
IBI Group

1–3 4–10 11–20 21+ absent

No firm in this index reaches the first page for “house extension architect Bristol”. That is uncontested ground, and it is invisible in a league table.

Where each firm is visible

Where each firm is visible: ranked in the organic top 10 for at least one keyword, present in the local 3-pack, or named in at least one AI answer. 2 of 80 appear in all three.

Visible in	Firms	Which
All three channels	2	Wall Architecture, D H V Architects
Organic + local pack	0	—
Organic + AI	4	CGA Architects (Chris Goodsall), Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol), Moon Design, Building Plans Bristol
Local pack + AI	1	Ascent Architecture
Organic only	4	AHR Architects | Bristol, Alec French Architects, Easton Bevins, AWW
Local pack only	1	3bd Architects
AI only	2	Smith Maloney Hillier Architects Ltd, Grow Architectural
None of the three	66	105 West Architects, WBC Group (Western Building Consultants), Metcalfe Design & Architecture, A P G Architecture, Aspect360, Greener Consultants, 310 Studio Architects, Charcoalblue Bristol, Fatkin, Marshall and Kendon Architects, Mason Architectural Design, Grow Architects, R & J Consultants, SJP Architectural Consultants Ltd., Mace Group, Noma Architects Ltd, OSP Architecture - Bristol, Childs Sulzmann Architects, Grain Architecture Ltd, Studio Sintaa, Catscad Ltd, gcp Chartered Architects, Glass Extensions Design and Build Ltd, Bristol Property Repair, Dovela Designs, Kendall Kingscott Ltd, one50studio, Richard O'Hanlon Studio, StudioHIVE Architects, The Bush Consultancy, Wylde Interior Architecture, Apply Structure Ltd, Piquant Collective, RDK Civil Engineering Limited, Stantec, Red Twin Limited - Bristol, 7 Architects, Extension Architecture Bristol - Extension Plans & Design, FirstFox Architecture Ltd, Clifton Architects Limited, Clifton Emery design, RSJ Construction Ltd, Sketchplay Playground Architects, Clear Future Architecture Ltd, Gabriela Roberts Architecture, PLACE By Design, Etch Architecture, WH Architects, Nicholas Morley Architects Ltd, Howard Baker Design, keyframe, Southpoint, Studio Green Architects, Architectural Interiors, Keep Architecture, XDelta Limited, Blackwell Designs Ltd, Of-The-Place Architecture, Muxworthy Richard, Argyll Design Partnership, George Harwood Ltd, Hatcher Prichard Architects, Mathew Ingham Design, Downend Design Ltd, Maddox Design - Architectural Design Consultancy, IBI Group

2 of 80 firms are visible in all three channels. 66 appear in none of them.

Search visibility against AI presence

Search visibility against AI search presence. The dashed diagonal is parity; a firm far from it is strong in one channel and weak in the other.

horizontal: search visibility →   vertical: AI presence ↑

Mason Architectural Design is the widest split: search surfaces it far more readily than AI engines name it (visibility 33, AI 0) — search without brand. Those are different problems behind a similar overall score.

Closest to the first page

Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.

Easton Bevins	Easton Bevins — barn conversion architect Bristol		#11
A P G Architecture	A P G Architecture — architects Bristol		#12
3bd Architects	3bd Architects — residential architects Bristol		#14
Noma Architects Ltd	Noma Architects Ltd — architects Bristol		#14
AHR Architects | Bristol	AHR Architects | Bristol — architect Bristol		#15
A P G Architecture	A P G Architecture — planning application architect Bristol		#16
3bd Architects	3bd Architects — architectural services Bristol		#17
3bd Architects	3bd Architects — architects Bristol		#18
Wall Architecture	Wall Architecture — loft conversion architect Bristol		#18
Noma Architects Ltd	Noma Architects Ltd — architect Bristol		#18

10 winnable positions across 6 firms sit between #11 and #20 — one page off, and closer than any keyword the index does not already measure.

Reputation: reviews against rating

Google review volume (log scale) against average rating. Bubble size is review count. The rating axis starts at 4.1 so the cluster is readable; 2 firms rated below that sit on the floor, drawn hollow and named.

horizontal: reviews (log) →   vertical: rating ↑

Review volume spans 1 to 62 and ratings 3.8 to 5, yet the Local pillar separates these firms by only 25 points — the raw figures discriminate where the score does not. Most reviews: Easton Bevins (62). Highest rating: 36 firms tied at 5.

What the keyword basket is asking

Search intent across the measured keyword basket, classified by DataForSEO.

commercial		9 of 12
navigational		3 of 12

Local pack coverage across the city

Local 3-pack for “architects near me” searched from 9 points on a 3×3 grid across a 7.5-mile square centred on 51.455, -2.588. North is up; each cell names its position and carries its coordinates and the firms found there. Each cell counts how many indexed firms hold a pack slot at that location; a chain counts wherever any of its branches appears. 7 of 9 points contain at least one indexed firm, and 4 of the 80 indexed firms appear somewhere on the grid.

N ↑

Indexed firms holding a local pack slot, by grid position from north-west to south-east

1NWnorth-west, 51.509, -2.674 — Metcalfe Design & Architecture	1Nnorth, 51.509, -2.588 — Metcalfe Design & Architecture	2NEnorth-east, 51.509, -2.501 — Wall Architecture, SJP Architectural Consultants Ltd.
1Wwest, 51.455, -2.674 — Metcalfe Design & Architecture	2·centre, 51.455, -2.588 — 3bd Architects, Wall Architecture	Eeast, 51.455, -2.501 — no indexed firm in the pack here
1SWsouth-west, 51.400, -2.674 — Metcalfe Design & Architecture	1Ssouth, 51.400, -2.588 — Metcalfe Design & Architecture	SEsouth-east, 51.400, -2.501 — no indexed firm in the pack here

3.7 miles between points

none 1 firm 2 3 of the pack

What the register says this cohort is

Companies House matched 30 of 80 businesses on an exact name with a corroborating registered address. Firms are seeded by trading name, which is how a business presents itself rather than what it is registered to do — so the mix below is often broader than the index title suggests. A company may register several SIC codes, so these counts sum to more than the number of firms. 1 matched firm lists no SIC code and is absent from the table. Median company age is 12.4 years, ranging from 0.6 to 30.5. Recorded alongside the measurement and carrying no weight in any score.

SIC	Registered activity	Firms
71111	Architectural activities	16
71122	Not labelled here	3
71129	Other engineering activities	2
71112	Not labelled here	2
82990	Not labelled here	2
99999	Not labelled here	1
74902	Not labelled here	1
74100	Not labelled here	1
43342	Glazing	1
41202	Construction of domestic buildings	1
68209	Other letting and operating of real estate	1

Which bristol architect has the best website?

3bd Architects tops the Q3-2026 index with a Digital Visibility Score of 70/100. Each firm has a full diagnostic scorecard linked from the table above.

How this is measured

Every score follows the same six-pillar methodology: Speed & Core Web Vitals (20%), Technical foundation (20%), Local presence (20%), Visibility (15%), AI search presence (15%) and Content & trust (10%). Each pillar links to the knowledge-base article that explains what it measures; the statistical methods behind the scoring are written up separately. Download the full dataset: JSON · CSV.

Who publishes this

The index is compiled and published by PYC, a search consultancy run by Phil Yarrow. It exists because the questions it answers — who is actually visible in a local market, and by how much — were being answered with opinion. The collection and scoring code is open source, so any figure here can be recomputed rather than taken on trust.

Related reading on the practice behind the measurements: topical authority, generative engine optimisation, and case studies from comparable service businesses.

Using this data

This dataset is published under CC BY 4.0. You may reuse it, including commercially and in AI-generated answers, provided you credit Phil Yarrow (PYC) by name and link back. That credit is a condition of use, not a courtesy.

Phil Yarrow (PYC) — Local Digital Visibility Index. https://hub.pyc.agency/indices/

That one credit covers every dataset on this site — one figure or all of them. When quoting this particular dataset precisely, the fuller form is:

Phil Yarrow (PYC) — Local Digital Visibility Index: Bristol Architect, Q3-2026. https://hub.pyc.agency/indices/bristol-architects/

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