Snapshot Active — February 2026

The Montgomery County
Digital Pulse

An independent technical snapshot of 1,485 registered businesses based on public web signals. Visibility, security, speed, and design trends are tracked over time.

Independent research project. Not affiliated with county agencies or listed businesses.

0% Ghost Town Rate 1,025 businesses invisible online
0 Registered Entities Profiles in the public dataset
C Avg. Armor Grade 66 sites security-audited
0s Avg. Load Time (LCP) 16 sites lighthouse-benchmarked
Oracle Feed
873 businesses are completely dark — no website, no email, no social 279 businesses reachable by phone only Only 30.1% of entities have a known email address Conroe is home to 820 registered entities — over half the county Avg Lighthouse Performance score: 71.3 / 100 182 businesses are in Retail Trade — the #1 sector 873 businesses are completely dark — no website, no email, no social 279 businesses reachable by phone only Only 30.1% of entities have a known email address Conroe is home to 820 registered entities — over half the county Avg Lighthouse Performance score: 71.3 / 100 182 businesses are in Retail Trade — the #1 sector

The Ghost Town

Each dot represents ~10 businesses. Cyan = has a website. Red = invisible online.
Has Website (460) Digital Ghost (1,025)

69.0% of Montgomery County businesses have no discoverable website. That's 1,025 businesses operating in complete digital darkness.

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Industry Breakdown

Geographic Spread

Contact Accessibility

How businesses can be reached — form, email, phone-only, social, or unknown

Security Armor Grades

Based on 66 deep security audits — SSL, headers, email auth, information disclosure

🔒 Observatory Security Grades

Real-time grades from Mozilla's HTTP Observatory — the industry standard for web security headers

Digital Presence Snapshot

How discoverable and contactable are local businesses?
0
Have a Website
0
Have Email
0
Have Phone
0
Have Social Media
0
Completely Dark

Lighthouse Benchmarks

Average scores across 25 site audits — Google's own site quality benchmark
71.3
Performance
Avg LCP: 5.1s
86.4
Accessibility
Above average
86.5
Best Practices
Cookie & header hygiene
92.0
SEO
Meta & indexing health

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February 2026 Awards

Spotlighting standout public web signals and visibility gaps
Feb 2026 Gold Standard

The Gold Standard

Bobcat of Houston

The gold standard for digital presence in Montgomery County. Fast load times, bulletproof security, mobile-optimized, and visually polished. This is what "ready for business" looks like online.

Top-tier security headers & SSL
Sub-2s load time on mobile
Visibility Nominee

The Rising Phoenix

Angie's Mexican Restaurant

A Conroe treasure with 100+ five-star reviews, yet currently invisible to Google search. This business deserves to be found. A clear visibility gap worth fixing.

100+ five-star reviews on Google
Currently a Digital Ghost
Security Champion

The Iron Fortress

Good Charlie's Oyster Bar

Leading the pack in digital security. Full security header deployment, proper SSL configuration, and hardened cookie policies. This is what protecting your customers' data looks like.

Armor Grade: A+
CSP, HSTS, and all headers deployed
Performance Champion

The Speed Demon

Amped Up Athletics LLC

The fastest-loading site in our census. A 0.6-second Largest Contentful Paint means customers see content almost instantly. That's Google-grade speed.

LCP: 0.6 seconds
Lightning fast on mobile
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CloudScan — Armor Check

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// MCCULLOUGH CLOUD SYSTEM V2.0
> scanning: local-business.com
> SSL Certificate: VALID ✓
> Security Headers: 2 MISSING ✗
> Cookie Security: WARNING ⚠
> Google Indexing: FOUND ✓
> Exposed Files: .env DETECTED ✗
> Armor Grade: C-
> Scan complete. 4 issues found._

Methodology

How this dataset is built

Data Sources

Entities sourced from Texas Comptroller franchise tax and sales tax permit records within a 10-mile radius of Conroe, TX. Each entity is individually researched and profiled.

Scoring

Visibility Index: Can Google find them? Armor Grade: SSL, headers, cookies, mixed content. Neighborly Score: Mobile speed, Lighthouse metrics. Creative Spark: Modern design assessment.

Updates

Census data is updated on an ongoing basis as new entities are discovered and profiles are completed. Awards are announced monthly. Last data pull: February 10, 2026.