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Websites for general contractors, built to turn "licensed contractor near me" into a site visit and a call.

A homeowner hiring a general contractor is about to spend more money than on anything but the house itself. They will check your license, look for finished jobs, and call the one whose site made that easy.

Fouro Digital builds websites for general contractors in San Jose and across the Bay Area, including Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Fremont and Gilroy. The B license covers the widest range of work in California, which is exactly why a B contractor website has to be specific: additions, ADUs, kitchen and bath, whole-house remodels, each on its own page. I am a one-person studio in San Jose: I design, write and launch every site myself, in English and Spanish, for $2,100 fixed for the eight-page Growth build, with Google setup included. Call or text (408) 620-4106. Esta página en español.

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What your customers actually type into Google

I check this against real search results in San Jose before I write a page, because the page has to match the search or it does not show. For general contractors the pattern is consistent:

"general contractor san jose" and "licensed general contractor near me"The main search. It wants a page that names the trade, the city and the license number in the first screen, with photos of finished work right below.
"ADU builder", "garage conversion", "home addition contractor"The highest value searches a Bay Area B contractor gets right now. Each one needs its own page with a realistic range and a photo of one you finished.
"kitchen remodel cost bay area", "bathroom remodel cost"Price research. A page that publishes a real range ranks and pre-qualifies; "call for pricing" does neither.
"contractor" plus a city: Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Los GatosIf you build in six cities, six short area pages beat one line that lists them.
Your business name plus "reviews" or "license"Half your searches are people checking a referral. Your name has to return your site, your CSLB record and your Google reviews.

The pages a general contractor website needs, and why each one exists

One page per service, because each service is its own search. A single "Services" page with everything on it ranks for nothing.

HomeTrade, cities, license B number, your three best finished jobs, reviews, phone. Say what you build in the first line.
ADUs and additionsDetached ADUs, garage conversions, second-story additions. Permits, timelines, a cost range, one finished example each.
Kitchen and bath remodelsThe jobs that start most relationships. Process, typical range, before and after photos.
Whole-house remodels and new constructionFewer searches, bigger jobs. A page that explains how you run a long project.
GalleryReal projects grouped by type. Phone photos are fine; the point is proof.
Service areaOne page, or one per city if you work more than three.
Reviews, license and contactGoogle reviews pulled in, license, bond and insurance stated plainly, tap to call, a form with a photo upload.

Mistakes I fix on general contractor websites

License number nowhere on the siteCalifornia homeowners check. The B number goes in the footer, on the home page and on the contact page.
"We do it all" as the headlineIt ranks for nothing. Name the three project types that make you money.
Twenty photos uploaded straight from the phone at 6MB eachThe page takes eight seconds to load and Google notices. Every image gets compressed and sized.
No price range anywhereThe homeowner has to call to find out if you are in budget, so most do not call. A range filters for you.
Spanish text hidden behind a toggleGoogle reads it jumbled. Spanish gets its own pages.
Business Profile says one phone, site says anotherGoogle trusts neither. Everything matches or nothing counts.

The honest part about general contractors and Google

For "general contractor" in San Jose, Yelp, Houzz and Angi hold most of page one, and a new site will not push them off it. What the site does is rank for your name, for the project types in the cities you work, and for the cost searches those platforms answer badly. It is also the page every one of those platforms sends the homeowner to before they call. If you already have more work than you can take, I will say so and you can keep the $2,100.

Your license on the page: CSLB B

A B license means you take responsibility for the whole job and at least two unrelated trades on it, and homeowners who have read anything about hiring a contractor know to look for it. Homeowners check the license number on the CSLB site before they call, so it goes in the footer of every page, on the home page and on the contact page, next to the bond and insurance line. If you hold more than one classification, each one is named on the service page it covers. See every California contractor classification I build for.

Cities I build general contractor websites for

San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Fremont, Gilroy and the rest of the Bay Area. A contractor who builds ADUs in Los Gatos and Campbell and kitchens in San Jose gets a page for each, because "ADU builder Los Gatos" is a different search from "kitchen remodel San Jose". Areas I serve. Related: websites for remodeling contractors, websites for concrete contractors, websites for framing contractors.

What it costs for a general contractor

Most general contractors fit the Growth tier at $2,100, fixed. That includes Search Visibility Setup, Spanish pages, and the monthly plan starts after launch. A general contractor with ADUs, additions, kitchens and baths is an eight-page Growth build. Whole-house and commercial pages are added on top, quoted by the page. A single-service general contractor can fit Starter at $1,500.

A $525 deposit starts it and you see a preview in 24 to 48 hours. See exactly what Growth includes.

$2,100

Growth, the usual fit for general contractors

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Questions general contractors ask me

Who builds websites for general contractors in the Bay Area?

Fouro Digital, a one-person web design studio in San Jose, builds websites for general contractors in San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Fremont, Gilroy and the rest of the Bay Area. Most general contractors fit the $2,100 Growth build: eight pages, English and Spanish, Google Business Profile and Search Visibility Setup included. Call or text (408) 620-4106.

How much does a website for a general contractor cost in the Bay Area?

At Fouro, $2,100 fixed for the Growth build, which is what most general contractors need: home, three or four project-type pages, a gallery, reviews and contact, in English and Spanish. A $525 deposit starts it and you see a preview in 24 to 48 hours. The monthly plan covers hosting, domain, email and updates, with no contract. A single-service general contractor can fit Starter at $1,500.

I do everything from decks to full remodels. How many pages is that?

One per project type people search for separately. ADUs, additions, kitchens, baths and whole-house remodels are five searches, so five pages. Decks and fences usually fold into one. We sort it on the call and the tier follows from the count.

Can the site show my CSLB record?

It links straight to your license on the CSLB lookup, with the number printed next to it. Homeowners click it more than any other link on a contractor site, and it is the fastest trust signal you have.

Most of my work comes from referrals. Do I still need this?

Maybe not, and I will tell you on the call. What a site changes is the referral who searches your name before calling. If nothing comes up, or a Yelp page with two reviews comes up, the referral goes cold.

What about Houzz, Yelp and Angi?

Keep them if they send work. The site is the thing you own; those are rented. The site links to your profiles there so the reviews count both ways.