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Working with Pittsburgh, PA businesses

Pittsburgh traded steel for medicine and robots. Many of its websites didn't get the memo.

The city's largest employer is a health system with 48,000 people, its research labs build robots and cyber defenses, and its neighborhoods are divided by three rivers and 446 bridges.

What makes Pittsburgh different.

Pittsburgh's economy shifted from steel to healthcare, education, and technology. UPMC is the largest employer at 48,000, the University of Pittsburgh employs 10,700, and hospitals, clinics, and doctors' offices account for about 10% of regional jobs. Ten Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in the area, among them PNC, Kraft Heinz, U.S. Steel, PPG, and Dick's Sporting Goods, and federal research work here spans robotics, software engineering, and cyber defense. Geography matters too: hills, rivers, and those 446 bridges mean customers think in neighborhoods, and a plumber in the South Hills is not necessarily the plumber for the North Side. Websites here have to be technical for one audience and very local for another.

What we see in this market

  • Healthcare vendors, practices, and service firms selling into large health systems with procurement processes to match.
  • Robotics, software, and research spinouts that need a working product and a credible site, in that order.
  • Neighborhood trades and retailers whose customers decide by river, hill, and bridge rather than by city limits.

Pittsburgh by the numbers

33,812

Employer establishments, Allegheny County (2023)

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023

Businesses online

No one publishes a count of Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh

HealthcareHigher education and researchRobotics, software, and cyber defenseBanking and financeSteel and advanced manufacturingEnergy researchLegal services

Major employers

UPMC — 48,000 employees, the largest employer · University of Pittsburgh — 10,700 · PNC Financial Services — Fortune 500 headquarters · The Kraft Heinz Company — Fortune 500 headquarters in the area · U.S. Steel — Fortune 500 headquarters · PPG Industries — Fortune 500 headquarters

The Pittsburgh calendar

  • JuneThree Rivers Arts FestivalDowntown, running since the late 1950s.
  • June or JulyAnthroconAt the convention center since 2006; more than 17,000 attended in 2024.
  • JulyPicklesburghNamed the best specialty food festival in America by USA Today readers in 2019, 2020, 2023, and 2025.

Local color

Home teams

Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) · Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB) · Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) · Pitt Panthers · Duquesne Dukes · Robert Morris Colonials

Hometown names

  • Andy Warhol — painter
  • Gene Kelly — dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer
  • August Wilson — Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright
  • Fred Rogers — Mister Rogers' Neighborhood grew out of Pittsburgh's community-owned public television
  • David McCullough — historian, born and raised in Pittsburgh

Did you know? Pittsburgh has 446 bridges — which is where 'City of Bridges' comes from.

Where we fit in Pittsburgh.

Sources for the facts on this page
  1. Pittsburgh — Wikipedia
  2. Three Rivers Arts Festival — Wikipedia
  3. Anthrocon — Wikipedia
  4. Picklesburgh — Wikipedia
  5. List of people from Pittsburgh — Wikipedia
  6. US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates for incorporated places (SUB-IP-EST2024-ANNRNK)

Work, not promises

Something we actually built.

Bleuwave MedGas
WordPress · custom theme

Bleuwave MedGas

A site for a medical gas systems contractor — a technical healthcare trade explained clearly for facilities buyers.

A professional WordPress presence for a specialized medical-gas contractor serving Phoenix and San Antonio — organized for commercial and healthcare buyers.

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 Pittsburgh.

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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Questions we hear a lot.

We sell into the big health systems. What does a vendor site need?

Compliance and certification details, the facility types you serve, response times, and a capability statement a procurement team can download. Health-system buyers often find vendors through referral, then check the website to confirm you are what the referral said.

Customers here think in neighborhoods. Should we build pages for them?

For the neighborhoods you genuinely serve, yes — each with something specific to say about the work there. A page for every neighborhood in the county with the same paragraph on it is the fastest way to get ignored by search engines.

We're a robotics or software spinout. Can you build the product, not just the site?

Yes. Web applications start from $575, with pricing depending on complexity, and we build and operate software of our own. We will tell you honestly what belongs in version one.

Also working nearby.

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

Mount LebanonBethel ParkMonroevilleMcKeesportEvery service area

Let's get your Pittsburgh 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.