Privacy
Privacy law status in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has not enacted a comprehensive consumer data privacy law as of October 9, 2026. Privacy laws in other states, and federal rules, can still apply when a site collects data from their residents.
City guides / Reading
READING web design.
Endcap Design is a web design agency that designs and builds websites for businesses, with the branding and marketing to match, and works remotely with clients outside Southern California. This guide collects the business numbers, building activity, and Pennsylvania rules we would look at before designing a site for a business in Reading or elsewhere in the metro, including Wyomissing, Shillington, and Birdsboro.
Updated October 2026 with building permits through August 2026, from U.S. Census Bureau data. Sources are listed at the end of this page.
Endcap is based in Orange County, California, and works remotely with clients outside Southern California by video call, phone, and email.
The market
READING
in numbers.
The figures that shape who a Reading website is for and what it needs to do. Each figure is the most recent Census release in this guide’s data, with its year shown.
440,072
residents in the metro
Census population estimate, July 2025
+2.7%
population change since 2020
April 2020 to July 2025; the US grew 3.1%
8,521
business locations with employees
County Business Patterns 2023
250
real estate businesses
NAICS 531, 2023
38
property management companies
Residential and nonresidential, 2023
790
new housing units permitted
January through August 2026
$78,074
median household income
American Community Survey 2024
29%
of households rent their home
48,558 renter households
Business mix
WHO DOES BUSINESS
in Reading.
Specialty contractors are the most concentrated of these businesses in the Reading metro: 134 for every 100,000 residents, and their share of local businesses is 1.11 times the national share. Property management companies are less common here than nationally, at 0.47 times the national share.
The chart compares each sector’s share of Reading-area business locations with its share nationally (a location quotient). 1.00× matches the US; higher means the sector is more concentrated here. County Business Patterns 2023.
Building activity
WHAT’S BEING
built.
New buildings mean new properties to lease and new businesses to open. Census Building Permits Survey, August 2026.
Builders in the Reading metro were authorized to build 790 new housing units from January through August 2026, 256% more than the 222 in the same months of 2025.
70% of those units are in buildings with five or more homes, against 32% nationally.
That is an apartment-heavy pipeline. Each new community needs a leasing website, usually before construction finishes, and the developer often needs a project site for investors and the city as well.
- Single-family 206
- Two to four units 30
- Five or more 554
What this means for your site
BUILT FOR
Reading.
What we would plan into a Reading website, based on the numbers above.
Talk through your site- 01
Launch before the building opens
70% of new homes permitted this year are in buildings of five or more units. Pre-leasing websites need to be live months before the first move-in.
- 02
Room for new projects
Housing permits are up 256% over the same months last year. Each new project needs a name, a site plan, and a pre-leasing page, and the retail around it usually follows.
- 03
Pennsylvania license details
Brokerage websites in Pennsylvania carry specific disclosure requirements (49 Pa. Code §§ 35.301, 35.304, 35.305, 35.306, 35.307). We build them into the footer and listing templates, so every page that advertises a property has them.
- 04
Accessible by default
Every site we build follows WCAG 2.2 AA practice: readable contrast, keyboard navigation, labeled forms, and text alternatives for images. Federal ADA website lawsuits run into the thousands each year, most of them filed in New York, Florida, and Illinois.
Pennsylvania rules
WHAT THE LAW
asks of your site.
State rules that change what goes on a business or real estate website in Pennsylvania, checked against official sources as of October 9, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice; your counsel owns the final wording.
Real estate advertising
What a Pennsylvania brokerage site must show
Pennsylvania brokerages may advertise only under the business name on their license. Any advertisement by an associate broker or salesperson must contain the employing broker's business name and telephone number, with the names and telephone numbers in equal size.
What the website needs
- Brokerage companies, including sole proprietorships, may advertise or hold themselves out to the public only under the business name designated on their license (49 Pa. Code § 35.305(a)).
- An advertisement by an associate broker or salesperson must contain the business name and telephone number of the employing broker, and the names and telephone numbers must be of equal size (49 Pa. Code § 35.305(c)).
- Notes of decisions in the official Code cite Commonwealth Court cases holding that a salesperson's direct-dial number, even if purchased by the broker, did not satisfy the requirement to show the employing broker's telephone number (Campo v. State Real Estate Commission, 723 A.2d 260 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1998)).
- A licensee who wants to advertise a nickname for a first name must include it on the license application or biennial renewal application (49 Pa. Code § 35.305(b)).
- A licensee may not advertise the sale or lease of real estate without the authority of the seller or lessor or their agent (49 Pa. Code § 35.301(a)).
Accessibility
The federal ADA
Title III of the ADA covers businesses open to the public, but the Department of Justice has no regulation that sets a technical standard for private business websites. DOJ's web guidance says businesses have flexibility in how they make their websites accessible and points to WCAG as a helpful existing technical standard. Federal appeals courts have not agreed on when a website is covered, so a website's legal status can depend on where a lawsuit is filed and whether the site is connected to a physical location. Pennsylvania has no separate website accessibility statute for private businesses in our research, so WCAG 2.2 AA is the practical target.
What we design
FOR READING
businesses.
Ordered by how concentrated each kind of business is in the Reading metro. We design for every kind of business.
590specialty contractors in the metro
Websites that turn local searches into estimate requests
729restaurants and bars in the metroWebsites with menus, hours, and ordering links
257builders and developers in the metroProject websites for pre-leasing and a portfolio for the firm
126dental offices in the metroPractice websites with booking and service pages
107architecture and engineering firms in the metroPortfolio websites that present built work
120law offices in the metroClear, fast websites for professional firms
Portfolio
RECENT
work.
Websites and identities we have designed and built for our clients. See all of our work.
Client words
IN THEIR
words.
We own ten homes at Casa De Laguna and were still sending people to a site built in 2013. Noah pulled the photos and details out of the old site, designed a logo from the rooflines and the pond, and put the community, the homes and current availability in one place. It’s the first time the website has looked like the place we actually rent.
“Highly recommend. Great work.”
How many real estate businesses are in the Reading area?
The Census Bureau counted 250 real estate business locations with employees in the Reading metro in 2023, including 91 offices of agents and brokers and 38 property management companies.
How much new construction is happening in Reading?
From January through August 2026, the Reading metro permitted 790 new housing units, 256% more than a year earlier, according to the Census Building Permits Survey.
Does Pennsylvania have a privacy law that affects business websites?
Pennsylvania has not enacted a comprehensive consumer data privacy law as of October 9, 2026. Privacy laws in other states can still apply when a website collects data from their residents.
What does Pennsylvania require on a real estate website?
Pennsylvania brokerages may advertise only under the business name on their license. Any advertisement by an associate broker or salesperson must contain the employing broker's business name and telephone number, with the names and telephone numbers in equal size. (49 Pa. Code §§ 35.301, 35.304, 35.305 (amended eff. Aug. 20, 2005), 35.306, 35.307)
Do you work with Reading businesses remotely?
Yes. Endcap is based in Orange County, California, and works remotely with clients outside Southern California by video call, phone, and email. You review the design and the working site online before launch.
How much does a website cost?
We quote each project after a short conversation, once we know the pages, content, and features it needs. The proposal lists the deliverables, schedule, and price, and we agree on it before work begins.
How long does a website take?
Most websites take two to four weeks once the content is ready. The proposal confirms the schedule.
Nearby city guides
Other markets near Reading
Lancaster, PA563,159 residentsAllentown, PA887,615 residentsPhiladelphia, PA6,329,118 residentsYork, PA473,197 residentsHarrisburg, PA617,427 residentsTrenton, NJ399,289 residentsAll city guides 200 metros
National rankings: where the US is building, property managers by metro, brokerages by metro, and commercial landlords by metro.
Sources
- Business counts U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 2017) Data
- Population U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Data
- Income and housing U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year 2024 Data
- Building permits U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, January-August 2026 year-to-date vs. same months of 2025 Data
- Metro definitions OMB metropolitan statistical areas, July 2023 (OMB Bulletin 23-01) Data
Figures are for the metropolitan statistical area unless noted. Business counts cover locations with paid employees. Data refreshed 2026-10-10.
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