Website cost guide · Maryland

How much does a website cost in Maryland?

Since July 1, 2025 Maryland has charged a 3% sales and use tax on custom webpage design and other IT services. The state also has its own online data privacy act and a breach notice rule. Here is what to check before you sign a website quote.

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The short answer

Website prices for a Maryland business

For a small business in Maryland, a website of up to 5 pages on a premium WordPress theme starts at $799 with us and takes about 15 days. A custom-coded site of up to 8 pages, built in Astro, Next.js or React, starts at $1,999 and takes about 4 weeks. Fixing an existing site starts at $249, and looking after it costs $49 a month. Maryland has taxed custom webpage design at 3% since July 1, 2025, so check whether each quote you compare includes it.

01 · Basic Website
$799
02 · Business Website
$1,999
03 · Website Fix & Speed-up
$249
04 · Website Care Plan
$49

Our usual starting prices in USD. You get a written quote before any work starts, and the price we agree is the price you pay.

Official figures · Maryland

Maryland in numbers

A few official figures that shape what a website costs and what it has to do in Maryland.

Sales and use tax on data and IT services, including custom webpage design
3%
In force since July 1, 2025. On a website quote this can be a separate line, so two quotes with the same price can differ by 3% once tax is added.
Official source Comptroller of Maryland · Technical Bulletin No. 56: Sales and Use Tax on Data or Information Technology Services and Software Publishing Services
Small businesses in Maryland (2022 data, 2025 profile)
696,710
Small firms make up 99.6% of all Maryland businesses. For most of them, a clear site that loads fast on a phone is a better buy than extra pages.
Official source U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy · 2025 Small Business Profile: Maryland
Share of Maryland employees who work at small businesses (2022)
47.9%
About 1.2 million people worked at small firms in the state in 2022, above the national small business share. A website for a small employer often has to recruit as well as sell.
Official source U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy · 2025 Small Business Profile: Maryland
Maryland consumers whose data brings a business under the state privacy act
35,000
Counted over the previous calendar year, leaving out data used only to complete a payment. A busy online shop or booking site can reach this, so plan its forms and tracking with the law in mind.
Official source Maryland General Assembly · Commercial Law § 14-4702
Global annual revenue at which Maryland's digital advertising tax rates begin
$100 million
Rates run from 2.5% to 10% by global revenue, and only companies with at least $1 million of Maryland digital ad revenue file (bulletin of July 2025). A small business that buys ads for its new website does not file this tax.
Official source Comptroller of Maryland · Technical Bulletin No. 59: Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax

Only in Maryland

Maryland rules that affect a website

These are Maryland's own rules, on top of anything that applies across the US. They are a starting point for questions, not tax or legal advice.

  1. §1

    3% tax on custom webpage design since July 1, 2025

    Maryland applies a 3% sales and use tax to data and IT services, and the Comptroller lists custom webpage design, custom computer programming and web hosting among them. Contracts signed before July 1, 2025 are not taxed. Ask every studio whether its price includes this tax, and check with the Comptroller of Maryland if you are unsure how it applies to you.

    Official source Comptroller of Maryland · Technical Bulletin No. 56
  2. §2

    Renewals, change orders and software subscriptions

    The Comptroller treats an automatically renewing contract as a subscription, so each renewal is a separate sale, and a change order that adds work not in the original contract is a new sale. Software as a service sold for individual use is taxed at 6%. When you budget for a monthly care plan or extra pages, ask how tax is shown on each invoice.

    Official source Comptroller of Maryland · Technical Bulletin No. 56
  3. §3

    Maryland Online Data Privacy Act

    The act took effect on October 1, 2025. It covers businesses that operate in Maryland or target its residents and, in the previous calendar year, handled personal data of at least 35,000 consumers, or of at least 10,000 while earning over 20% of gross revenue from selling personal data. If your site may reach that, ask how its forms, analytics and ad tracking collect data and how people can use their privacy rights.

    Official source Maryland General Assembly · Commercial Law § 14-4702 and HB 567 (2024), Maryland Online Data Privacy Act
  4. §4

    Breach notice: Attorney General first, customers within 45 days

    A business holding personal information of Maryland residents must investigate a breach and, unless misuse is unlikely, tell the people affected within 45 days of finding out. Before that, it must notify the Office of the Attorney General. A business that keeps the data for someone else, such as a host, must tell the owner within 10 days. Ask who would spot a breach on your site and who would tell you.

    Official source Maryland General Assembly · Commercial Law § 14-3504

This is a builder's checklist, not legal or regulatory advice. Guidance changes, so check your regulator's current pages; we build the pages it asks for and make them easy for you to keep up to date.

What moves the price

Six things that decide the cost

Storvexa Your quote, line by line

  1. 01

    Pages and content

    Five pages cost less than twenty. Writing the copy, finding photos and moving content from an old site all take time, so say up front who supplies them.

  2. 02

    Theme or custom code

    A premium WordPress theme is the quickest and cheapest route. A site written in our own code costs more, loads faster and has no page-builder plugins to keep updating.

  3. 03

    What the site has to do

    A contact form is simple. Online booking, payments, client logins or a shop each add work, because each has to be built, tested and kept safe.

  4. 04

    Languages and markets

    Every extra language means translated pages and its own search setup. Prices in more than one currency add a little more.

  5. 05

    Connections to your tools

    Linking the site to a CRM, a booking calendar, an accounting tool or a payment provider is quoted per connection, after we have seen what the tool allows.

  6. 06

    Speed and search work

    Basic Google setup comes with every site. Full on-page SEO, a Google Business Profile and analytics come with the custom-coded package.

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FAQ · 06

Questions from Maryland businesses

Asked before anyone asks for a quote.

Ask us anything else

It depends on the number of pages, the features and whether the site uses a WordPress theme or is custom-coded, and ongoing care is a separate monthly cost. Since July 1, 2025 Maryland also adds a 3% sales and use tax to custom webpage design. Compare quotes on what they include and on whether that tax is already in the price.

Yes. Since July 1, 2025 the Comptroller of Maryland has treated custom webpage design as a data or IT service taxed at 3%. Web hosting is on the same list. Contracts signed before that date are not taxed, but renewals and new change orders can be. Check the Comptroller's Technical Bulletin No. 56 or ask a tax adviser how it applies to you.

Only if, in the previous calendar year, you handled personal data of at least 35,000 consumers, not counting data used only to complete a payment, or of at least 10,000 while earning over 20% of revenue from selling data. Count what your forms, shop and tracking collect, and check with a lawyer if you are close.

If personal information of Maryland residents may be misused, you must tell the Office of the Attorney General first and then the people affected, within 45 days of finding out. A business that keeps the data for you, such as a host, must tell you within 10 days. Agree in writing who watches for breaches and who reports them.

You work with us over video calls booked in Eastern Time, so meetings fit your working day. Prices are in US dollars, and you get a written quote listing the pages, features, timeline and what is not included before any work starts. You review the site on a live preview link and approve each stage before launch.

Not directly. The tax is owed by companies with at least $100 million in global annual revenue that earn at least $1 million from digital ads in Maryland, not by small businesses that buy ads. When you plan ads for your new website, ask the ad platform whether its invoices add any Maryland-related fee.

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