How much does a custom business website cost in Vancouver?

Short answer: a custom business website in Vancouver typically costs $2,000–$4,500 for a brochure-style site (5–8 pages, no complex functionality), $4,500–$9,000 for a standard WordPress build with a blog, booking, or lead-gen forms, and $9,000–$20,000+ for a fully custom-built site with app-like functionality (ordering, booking systems, member accounts, or custom integrations). Here’s what actually determines where you land.

The three real tiers

Brochure site — $2,000–$4,500

Home, About, Services, Contact, maybe a gallery. No blog engine, no e-commerce, no custom functionality — just a well-designed presence that answers “who are you and how do I reach you.” Right for businesses that don’t need ongoing content or online transactions.

Standard WordPress or CMS build — $4,500–$9,000

Everything in a brochure site, plus a blog or content section you can update yourself, contact forms with spam protection, booking or scheduling integration, and usually 10–20 pages including service pages built for local SEO (see our local SEO checklist for what those pages need to actually rank). This is the right tier for most established Vancouver and Lower Mainland service businesses.

Fully custom build — $9,000–$20,000+

Custom functionality beyond content and forms: online ordering, membership/account systems, custom booking logic, third-party API integrations (payment processors, CRMs, POS systems), or an app-like experience. If you’re comparing this to a restaurant ordering system build specifically, that’s this tier with restaurant-specific requirements layered on — see the Chad’s Pizza case study for a real one, live in Maple Ridge.

What actually moves the number within a tier

Not design polish — most competent studios can make any tier look good. What moves the price:

• Number of unique page templates, not total pages. Ten service pages using one template cost far less than three pages that each need custom layout work.
• Custom functionality versus off-the-shelf plugins. A booking calendar using an existing plugin is a fraction of the cost of a fully custom booking engine with business rules a plugin can’t express.
• Content readiness. Sites where the client provides finished copy and photos launch faster and cheaper than sites where the agency has to write copy from scratch or arrange photography.
• Integrations. Every third-party system you connect (CRM, POS, payment processor, scheduling tool) adds real development time — budget for it explicitly rather than assuming it’s included.

Ongoing costs people forget to budget

Hosting ($15–$50/month), a maintenance retainer for updates and security patches ($75–$250/month depending on site complexity), and — if SEO matters to you, which it does for almost every local Vancouver business — a separate ongoing SEO investment. The build cost is not the total cost of having a website; it’s the cost of having a starting point.

What we’d actually recommend

Match the tier to what the site needs to do, not to what looks impressive. A trades business that just needs to convert phone-call intent doesn’t need a $15,000 custom build — a well-built $6,000 WordPress site with strong local SEO foundations will outperform it on ROI. A restaurant or business with real transactional complexity (ordering, booking, accounts) genuinely needs the custom tier, and trying to force that into a template will cost more in workarounds than it saves upfront.

Want a real number instead of a range? Book a free 30-minute call — describe what the site actually needs to do, and we’ll tell you which tier you’re in and why, with a fixed quote, not a moving target.