Worcester Architect Digital Visibility Index — Q3-2026

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

5 of the firms below are missing at least one pillar: Speed & CWV (21 of 25), Content & trust (21 of 25). 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: DJD Architects, ONE Creative environments (ONE), Boughton Butler, Clerici Design Ltd, Worcester Elite Architects. See the methodology.

The PYC Worcester Architect Digital Visibility Index ranks 25 worcester 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 1 September 2026 to the published methodology.

As of Q3-2026, 10% of the 21 worcester architects measured on Speed & Core Web Vitals score below 50 on mobile (PYC Worcester Architect Digital Visibility Index, measured 1 September 2026).

Who owns the first page

Across 12 keywords there are 120 first-page organic slots. The firms in this index hold 51 of them (42.5%); 80 distinct domains appear in total.

this index (51)   directories, national chains and firms not indexed (69)

Ranking well but not currently indexed:

• houzz.co.uk — 8 top-10 slots, best #3
• matthewgullick.com — 7 top-10 slots, best #6
• osbornesarchitects.com — 5 top-10 slots, best #2
• kodaarchitects.com — 4 top-10 slots, best #1
• checkatrade.com — 3 top-10 slots, best #1

57.5% 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

#	Worcester Architect	Score	Spd	Tech	Local	Vis	AI	Cont
1	Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester	68	51	100	85	68	40	49
2	EP Architecture Ltd	67	84	100	78	55	20	35
3	Holmes Architects	62	69	88	67	38	40	50
4	Randall Architectural limited	61	56	88	91	68	0	40
5	Vivid Architects	60	89	88	78	0	40	33
6	Nick Joyce Architects LTD	59	63	75	81	62	20	30
7	DJD Architects	57	100	33	79	0	60	—
8	Glazzard Architects Ltd	57	61	88	84	42	0	41
9	JPL Architectural Design Ltd.	55	61	75	84	42	0	42
10	Keystone Architecture and Design LTD	55	52	75	81	45	0	67
11	Lavika Architects	54	64	75	81	45	0	35
12	Lett & Sweetland	54	85	75	73	4	20	40
13	TR Architectural Services	53	61	88	87	0	0	55
14	Zebra Architects	52	54	100	76	17	20	0
15	Maverick Visuals	51	56	100	81	0	0	37
16	HERLIG ARCHITECTURE	50	42	88	67	25	20	37
17	ONE Creative environments (ONE)	48	—	67	81	26	0	—
18	KKE Architects	47	29	88	67	25	0	66
19	Framewrap UK	43	60	75	63	0	0	37
20	Insideout architecture + interiors ltd	40	65	63	59	0	0	25
21	The Feber	39	89	38	63	0	0	13
22	GRM Web Limited	36	66	50	59	0	0	5
23	Boughton Butler	20	—	14	63	0	0	3
24	Clerici Design Ltd	18	—	0	63	0	0	—
25	Worcester Elite Architects	18	—	0	63	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
Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester	1	2	19	1	8	16	2	2	3	18	9	5
EP Architecture Ltd	17	16	4	5	1	41	38	37	10	6	57	57
Holmes Architects	13	12	3	6		17	10	19	9		25
Randall Architectural limited	2	1	7	4	9	15	1	9	2	35	64	11
Vivid Architects
Nick Joyce Architects LTD	6	6	11	9	22	1	4	18	7		24	1
DJD Architects
Glazzard Architects Ltd	3	4	9			14	6	4				18
JPL Architectural Design Ltd.	24	24	2		3	60	9	28	15		52	62
Keystone Architecture and Design LTD	10	9		18	38	51	12	3	13		65	15
Lavika Architects	31	30	32	21	17		41	52		19	54	65
Lett & Sweetland											21
TR Architectural Services
Zebra Architects	11	17					25	22
Maverick Visuals
HERLIG ARCHITECTURE	25	25	27				30	20	16
ONE Creative environments (ONE)	7	8					18	1
KKE Architects	5	5	14		32		7	5
Framewrap UK
Insideout architecture + interiors ltd
The Feber
GRM Web Limited
Boughton Butler
Clerici Design Ltd
Worcester Elite Architects

1–3 4–10 11–20 21+ absent

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. 3 of 25 appear in all three.

Visible in	Firms	Which
All three channels	3	Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester, EP Architecture Ltd, Nick Joyce Architects LTD
Organic + local pack	4	Randall Architectural limited, Glazzard Architects Ltd, Keystone Architecture and Design LTD, ONE Creative environments (ONE)
Organic + AI	1	Holmes Architects
Local pack + AI	0	—
Organic only	2	JPL Architectural Design Ltd., KKE Architects
Local pack only	1	Lavika Architects
AI only	5	Vivid Architects, DJD Architects, Lett & Sweetland, Zebra Architects, HERLIG ARCHITECTURE
None of the three	9	TR Architectural Services, Maverick Visuals, Framewrap UK, Insideout architecture + interiors ltd, The Feber, GRM Web Limited, Boughton Butler, Clerici Design Ltd, Worcester Elite Architects

3 of 25 firms are visible in all three channels. 9 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 ↑

Randall Architectural limited is the widest split: search surfaces it far more readily than AI engines name it (visibility 68, 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.

Randall Architectural limited	Randall Architectural limited — conservation architect Worcester		#11
Nick Joyce Architects LTD	Nick Joyce Architects LTD — architectural services Worcester		#11
Zebra Architects	Zebra Architects — architects Worcester		#11
Holmes Architects	Holmes Architects — architect Worcester		#12
Keystone Architecture and Design LTD	Keystone Architecture and Design LTD — residential architects Worcester		#12
Holmes Architects	Holmes Architects — architects Worcester		#13
Keystone Architecture and Design LTD	Keystone Architecture and Design LTD — self build architect Worcester		#13
Glazzard Architects Ltd	Glazzard Architects Ltd — listed building architect Worcester		#14
KKE Architects	KKE Architects — architectural services Worcester		#14
Randall Architectural limited	Randall Architectural limited — listed building architect Worcester		#15

28 winnable positions across 13 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 4.0 so the cluster is readable; one firm rated below that sits on the floor, drawn hollow and named.

horizontal: reviews (log) →   vertical: rating ↑

Review volume spans 1 to 20 and ratings 3.7 to 5, yet the Local pillar separates these firms by only 18 points — the raw figures discriminate where the score does not. Most reviews: Randall Architectural limited (20). Highest rating: 10 firms tied at 5.

What the keyword basket is asking

Search intent across the measured keyword basket, classified by DataForSEO. Every keyword in the basket carries the same intent, so this pillar measures one slice of the funnel rather than the whole journey.

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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 52.194, -2.220. 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. 8 of 9 points contain at least one indexed firm, and 8 of the 25 indexed firms appear somewhere on the grid.

N ↑

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

2NWnorth-west, 52.248, -2.308 — Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester, Randall Architectural limited	2Nnorth, 52.248, -2.220 — Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester, Randall Architectural limited	1NEnorth-east, 52.248, -2.132 — JPL Architectural Design Ltd.
2Wwest, 52.194, -2.308 — Randall Architectural limited, Lavika Architects	3·centre, 52.194, -2.220 — Glazzard Architects Ltd, Randall Architectural limited, EP Architecture Ltd	3Eeast, 52.194, -2.132 — Randall Architectural limited, ONE Creative environments (ONE), Keystone Architecture and Design LTD
SWsouth-west, 52.139, -2.308 — no indexed firm in the pack here	2Ssouth, 52.139, -2.220 — Randall Architectural limited, Keystone Architecture and Design LTD	2SEsouth-east, 52.139, -2.132 — Randall Architectural limited, Keystone Architecture and Design LTD

3.7 miles between points

none 1 firm 2 3 of the pack

What the register says this cohort is

Companies House matched 9 of 25 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. Median company age is 11.4 years, ranging from 3.2 to 36.7. Recorded alongside the measurement and carrying no weight in any score.

SIC	Registered activity	Firms
71111	Architectural activities	9

Which worcester architect has the best website?

Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester tops the Q3-2026 index with a Digital Visibility Score of 68/100. 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: Worcester Architect, Q3-2026. https://hub.pyc.agency/indices/worcester-architects/

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