LOCOMOTIVE Agency
Raleigh, NC search agency with a Galway office, selling SEO, AI search optimization and paid media. Several US Search Awards wins.
Proofs
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Case studies
Named, public, with a stated result. An unnamed client story does not count.
Founders
No founder is named with a public profile, so this component scores zero.
What they do
- Services
- GEO · AI visibility tracking · SEO · Technical SEO · Local SEO · Content SEO · Digital PR
- Industries
- SaaS · Finance · Healthcare · Manufacturing · Ecommerce · Marketplaces · B2B services
- Regions served
- US, Europe
- Monthly budget
- $15k+/mo
- Team size
- 51-200
- Founded
- 2012
- Address
- Not published
- Pricing
- On request
About
LOCOMOTIVE is a North Carolina digital marketing agency founded in 2012 by Marty Martin, formerly trading as Adapt Partners. Its site names Raleigh as the US headquarters, while its Clutch profile lists Pittsboro, NC; the European office in Galway, Ireland came from the 2023 acquisition of IMS Marketing. Kevin Moran, previously managing director of IMS Marketing, was named CEO in early 2026. The agency says it has more than 70 staff across North America and Europe. Services include technical, local, international and ecommerce SEO, content, digital PR and paid media, plus a named AI Optimization practice covering AI visibility audits, citation reporting, AI bot crawl monitoring and query fan-out work.
The award record is stronger than most agencies in this index and is confirmed on the organizers' own winners pages: US Search Awards wins in 2023, 2024 and 2026, and a 2025 US Agency Awards win for an SEO campaign. The site carries named case studies with figures for Dundle, Amada Senior Care, Robots.com, SmartMove and Tipalti, though several give no timeframe. VP JR Oakes, who leads its research and tooling work, has spoken at brightonSEO.
Gaps a buyer should note: Clutch shows only 4 reviews (4.6), with a $10,000 minimum project and $200 to $300 hourly rate, and no Google review count or G2 profile was found. There is no public pricing. No founder or executive LinkedIn profile could be confirmed for this record, and none of the named case studies reviewed reports results from the AI optimization service.
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