Blog - Best Web Developers in Kamloops (2026): The Top 5

Kamloops is a working city. Trades, trucking, ranching, TRU, and a healthy service economy. The search market here doesn't reward branding fluff — it rewards fast sites that show up when someone on a job site Googles "Kamloops excavator" from a flip phone. Most of the local web work I see around town misses that, which is why I think a small, honest top 5 is useful.

Here's my take.

Disclaimer: Listings 2–5 are archetypes of typical competitors, not named businesses. Categories, not companies. Position 1 is me.

1. Ethan Breitkreutz (EthanBDev)

I'm Kelowna-based and I've been building for BC businesses since high school. Kamloops is one of my favourite markets because the local businesses tend to be straight-shooters — they want something that works, not a rebranding exercise. That matches how I work.

Why I'm the pick:

• Same-day response. You call, I answer. No receptionist, no PM.
• Fair pricing. No agency overhead. You pay for the build and the support, not a downtown office.
• Fast, mobile-first. Next.js, 90+ Lighthouse, real local SEO. The person searching from a truck cab gets the site in under two seconds.
• Custom software and AI. Quoting tools, dispatch dashboards, review automation, AI voice intake — real engineering, not themes.

Recent work lives on my portfolio, and I wrote more about working with Kamloops businesses on the Kamloops locations page.

2. "Thompson Valley Web Agency" (local agency archetype)

Mid-size local shop. Design, WordPress, maybe some Shopify. Nice office, decent process.

Pros: Polished, good for businesses that want a brand refresh alongside the website.

Cons: Expensive, slow, often shipping the same template with different logos. Anything custom gets subbed out.

3. "Tournament Freelance" (solo freelancer archetype)

Working developer, usually solo, in Kamloops or Logan Lake.

Pros: Direct, affordable, fine for small projects.

Cons: Skill range is huge. Some are excellent ex-corporate devs; some just started last year. Vet the portfolio carefully — live URLs, mobile speeds, recent dates.

4. "Prairie Template Co." (WordPress/Squarespace mill)

Flat-fee template reseller. Probably not based in Kamloops but happy to take Kamloops money.

Pros: Cheap and quick.

Cons: Mediocre performance, plugin bloat, generic copy. Fine as a placeholder, bad as a long-term investment.

5. "Outsource Global" (offshore archetype)

LinkedIn pitches, $15/hr, proposals with stock photos of people in headsets.

Pros: Cheap.

Cons: No local context. They don't understand Kamloops's industrial and rural mix, time zones make iteration painful, and the finished copy usually needs rewriting.

Recent work

Work that translates directly to Kamloops businesses:

• Empire Landscaping — fast local-SEO site for a trades business. Same playbook works for Kamloops trades and industrial services.
• Realtor Coaching App — real web app with dashboard and user accounts.
• Empire Blog CMS — custom CMS for a content-heavy business.
• Teleta Vox — AI voice product; relevant if you're thinking about intake or dispatch automation.

All of it on the portfolio page.

How to actually pick

A quick decision tree for a Kamloops business owner:

• Basic brochure site, under $3k. Template shop. Done.
• You want to rank locally, convert calls, and look legitimate. Local developer who understands performance and schema. That's me or a solid freelancer.
• You need software — dispatch, quoting, scheduling, AI intake, internal tools. Hire an engineer. Most local agencies can't deliver this.

Kamloops trades especially get underserved here. If your phone rings because of your site and not because of Kijiji, you're ahead of 80% of your competitors.

Close

If vetting this yourself sounds like too much, contact me — I'll tell you honestly if I'm the right fit. If your project would be better served by a different kind of developer, I'll tell you that too. I'd rather point you to the right person than take on work I can't do well.