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Working with Corpus Christi, TX businesses

Corpus Christi ships America's crude. Its small businesses ship on reputation.

A port that handles the lion's share of US crude exports, a naval air station, and a beach-town tourism season make for three very different customers — and one website usually has to serve at least two of them.

What makes Corpus Christi different.

The Port of Corpus Christi is the country's leading crude oil export port — the port puts its share at about 60% of US crude exports, a figure RBN Energy also reported for 2022. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, which trains Navy pilots and hosts the Corpus Christi Army Depot, the world's largest helicopter repair facility, is the single largest employer with about 6,200 civilian jobs. Then there is the coast: Padre and Mustang islands, some of the highest average wind speeds of any coastal city in North America, and a reputation as one of the birdiest places on the continent. Industrial buyers, military families on orders, and visitors planning a trip all research online, and none of them wants the others' homepage.

What we see in this market

  • Industrial contractors, fabricators, and services working the refineries, petrochemical plants, and port terminals.
  • Military and civilian families relocating to and from the air station and the Army depot, choosing everything from dentists to movers before they arrive.
  • Tourism and outdoor businesses — fishing charters, kiteboarding, rentals, restaurants — that live and die by a coastal season.

Corpus Christi by the numbers

8,111

Employer establishments, Nueces County (2023)

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023

Businesses online

No one publishes a count of Corpus Christi businesses with websites. The best figure is national: in Clutch's 2025 survey, 83% of US small businesses said they had a website — so roughly one in six still does not.

Clutch small business website survey, August 2025 (via Business Wire)

What runs Corpus Christi

Oil, gas, and petrochemicalsPort and maritime commerceMilitary — Navy flight training and Army helicopter repairHealthcareTourism and coastal recreationRetail and wholesale tradeGovernment

Major employers

Naval Air Station Corpus Christi — about 6,200 civilian jobs, the largest single employer · Christus Spohn Health System — 5,400 · Corpus Christi ISD — 5,178 · H-E-B — 5,000 · Bay Ltd. — 2,100

The Corpus Christi calendar

  • Late April into May (2026: April 30 – May 10)Buc DaysCarnival, rodeo, and parades since 1938.
  • OctoberTexas Jazz FestivalFree, multi-stage, at Heritage Park downtown.
  • First Friday of every monthFirst Friday ArtWalkDowntown galleries and studios, since 2010.

Local color

Home teams

Corpus Christi Hooks (Double-A baseball, Houston Astros affiliate) · Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders (NCAA Division I, Southland Conference) · Corpus Christi IceRays (NAHL hockey)

Hometown names

  • Selena Quintanilla — the Queen of Tejano Music, remembered at the Mirador de la Flor on the bayfront
  • Farrah Fawcett — actress, born in Corpus Christi in 1947
  • Eva Longoria — actress and producer
  • Brian Leetch — NHL defenseman, born in Corpus Christi

Did you know? Whataburger's original headquarters was in Corpus Christi; the company moved it to San Antonio in 2009.

Where we fit in Corpus Christi.

Sources for the facts on this page
  1. Corpus Christi, Texas — Wikipedia
  2. Port of Corpus Christi — Wikipedia
  3. Buc Days festival guide — Visit Corpus Christi
  4. Texas Jazz Festival — Visit Corpus Christi
  5. Mirador de la Flor — Wikipedia
  6. Farrah Fawcett — Wikipedia
  7. US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates for incorporated places (SUB-IP-EST2024-ANNRNK)

Work, not promises

Something we actually built.

MEP AI Pro
React · Next.js · PostgreSQL · Stripe · AI

MEP AI Pro

An estimating platform we built for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work — the kind of technical tool industrial contractors put to use every day.

Describe the job, name the town, get a line-item quote in seconds — priced with the contractor's own rates.

The part we didn’t write

Clients say it better than we do.

What clients say — in their words

“Casey, the owner and developer, took the project and ran with it 100%. I gave him specific direction and he went well above the call of duty. Five star service all the way!”
“Wow! Casey rocked! The process was so easy, I told Casey what I wanted and he built it. My go-to with my online business, which has grown exponentially since working together.”
“First class all the way! From the prompt communication, being available seven days a week, to the nuts and bolts of getting our project completed on time and on budget — I highly recommend!”
“Simply amazing! They took our outdated website and transformed it into a modern, user-friendly platform that truly represents our brand.”
“They get it done. We had no idea where to start; they explained the build process and were patient with our many questions. All expectations and timelines were met. Double thumbs up!”
“Instrumental in driving our company growth through expert management of our Google and Microsoft Ads.”
“They helped us turn a loose idea into a working digital product — asked sharp questions, found the hidden workflow problems, and built a system our staff could use without a long training curve.”
“What stood out was the balance of design and operations. The site looked polished, but the real win was behind the scenes: better forms, cleaner handoffs, stronger tracking, fewer manual steps.”
“They made the technical side feel clear. We talked about goals first — then platforms, content, search, and automation.”

Start here

Tell us what you need in Corpus Christi.

A new site, a rebuild, an application, or something broken that needs fixing today. You will get a straight answer and a flat number — from the developer, not a salesperson.

Prefer to talk? (480) 525-7582. Something already broken? Flat-priced repairs start at $149.

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See what your project costs. It takes about a minute.

Rather talk? (480) 525-7582. 0% financing on any project, 25% down. See all pricing

Questions we hear a lot.

We contract at the refineries and the port. What should our site show?

Safety credentials, the certifications your crews hold, the work types you are approved for, and project summaries described accurately. Plant buyers check those before they check your price, and a site that leaves them out sends a careful buyer elsewhere.

A lot of our customers are military families who just got orders. How do we reach them?

They are searching from somewhere else, often weeks ahead. Pages that answer the questions a new arrival asks — neighborhoods served, timelines, how to book before you arrive — plus online booking, which every package includes, do most of the work.

Our business is seasonal. Should the website change with the seasons?

Yes. Lead with bookings and availability in season and with gift cards, off-season rates, or maintenance offers the rest of the year. You can change it yourself through the content management every package includes.

Also working nearby.

Same developer, same straight answers, whichever of these you are in.

PortlandRobstownPort AransasInglesideEvery service area

Let's get your Corpus Christi project moving.

Fifteen minutes, plain English, and a number in writing. If we are not the right fit we will say so and point you somewhere better.