Industry has long summers: highs average 95°F in August, and about 112 days a year reach 90°F or more. In Industry, the season decides what customers need, and web design has to keep pace. The plan is simple: $89 a month for the website, domain, business email and hosting, no setup fee, and the first payment only after you approve the finished site.

No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.

Weather in Industry: plan the website around it

The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Brenham, is 15 miles from Industry. It records an average high of 95°F in August and an average low of 40°F in January. Precipitation adds up to about 48 inches a year, falling on about 68 days with a tenth of an inch or more. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 18 times a year. Heat sets the rhythm: outdoor work starts early, afternoons belong to indoor activities, and emergency calls spike in the hottest weeks. If you offer emergency or same-week service in bad weather, state it clearly and keep the contact form short.

The roads, towns and places around Industry

Industry’s nearest neighbors are Fayetteville (12 miles), Round Top (14 miles), Bellville (14 miles), Brenham (14 miles) and Ellinger (15 miles). With 279 residents per square mile on 1.1 square miles of land, Industry is spread out by Texas standards. There are 11 incorporated cities and towns within 25 miles of Industry. The nearest large city is Fulshear, 41 miles to the southeast. Austin County’s county seat is Bellville, 14 miles to the east. Naming Round Top, Bellville and the other places you cover on a service area page tells customers outside Industry that you work there too.

Which Industry businesses need a small business website

ZIP code 78944, which covers Industry and the area around it, had 22 business establishments with employees in 2023.

In Austin County, the Census counted 705 businesses with employees and 3,654 without a payroll in 2023; the second group is where a simple, affordable website changes the most. One sector stands out in Austin County: metal fabrication shops, with 19 establishments and 4.2 times the national share. What their websites need: capabilities, equipment, materials, certifications and a request-for-quote form.

What Industry customers look for before they call

Austin County had 33,625 residents in 2025 and 7 incorporated municipalities. Census estimates for a city this size carry a wide margin of error, so the county is the better guide: households have a median income of $75,789, and half the residents are older than 41.1. 77.9% of households have broadband and 17.2% rely on a cellphone data plan alone. 76.5% of households own their home.

Industry at a glance

298Residents in 2025Census Bureau estimate
22Employer establishments, local ZIPsZIP Code Business Patterns 2023

How Aria builds an Industry website

Aria has built websites since 2008 and is based in Curitiba, Brazil. We work with businesses remotely, so a company in Industry gets the same plan, at $89 a month, without meetings or visits.

  1. You sign up in about 5 minutes and email us your logo, photos and anything you want on the site.
  2. Your website is ready within 5 business days on a temporary link, so you can check every page before anything is published.
  3. Once you approve it, the first monthly fee is issued and the website goes live on your domain.

Later on, you send changes by email (a new price, a new photo, a new service) and the team makes them, with no extra charge.

Plan$89/monthNo setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. No lock-in contract.
  • Business website or online store, same price
  • Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
  • Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
  • Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
  • Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
  • Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
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Paperwork and rules for Texas businesses online

Some homework before launch:

  • Local business tax receipts in Texas can come from the county and, inside city or town limits, from the municipality: for you, Austin County and Industry. Official source
  • Texas charges a 6.25% state sales and use tax, and local jurisdictions may add up to 2%, for a maximum combined rate of 8.25%. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) exists, but its thresholds are high: The chapter reaches a person who does business in Texas or sells products or services consumed by Texans, processes or sells personal data, and is NOT a small business under the United States Small Business Administration definition. A typical small business is therefore outside the main obligations, but Section 541.107 still applies to it: a small business may not sell sensitive personal data without the consumer’s prior consent. Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Chapter 541 (HB 4, 88th Legislature, 2023)

Each business is different; this is general information, not legal advice.

Your questions, answered for Industry

My business is in Industry, but I also work in Round Top. Can the website show that?

Yes. List Round Top, Bellville, Fayetteville or any other place you work on a service area page, and every page keeps the contact form.

Can I change the website when the season changes?

Yes. A short email with the new text is enough, and the change is included in the plan.

My customers come from all over Austin County. Can the website say that?

Yes. A service area page can cover every part of Austin County you serve.

Does a small business in Industry need a website?

Your market is bigger than the city: Austin County has 3,654 nonemployer businesses and 705 with employees (2023), and customers search across the whole area. A website is how people outside Industry find you.

Is there a setup fee?

No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.

Your Industry website, domain and email in one plan

Sign-up in about 5 minutes, website within 5 business days on a temporary link, and the $89 monthly fee only after you approve it.

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Sources for the numbers on this page
  • Population figures for Industry: Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates. Households, income, commuting and housing: American Community Survey 2020-2024, 5-year, county figures where the town estimate is too uncertain. Businesses: ZIP Code and County Business Patterns 2023 and Nonemployer Statistics 2023. Distances: 2025 Gazetteer, straight line.
  • Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USC00411048).
  • The Texas rules come from the official sources linked in that section (checked October 30, 2026); county seats from the USGS National Atlas.