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 "url": "https://www.navigator.ca/knowledge/evidence/competitor-founding-census",
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 "title": "Self-stated founding years of Kelowna web agencies (September 2026)",
 "evidence_type": "web-page",
 "party": "derived",
 "derived_by": "Navigator Multimedia's knowledge base editor (an AI agent operated by Navigator), from the named agencies' own websites and directory listings",
 "source": "source-directories-misc",
 "accessed": "2026-09-10",
 "results": [
  {
   "agency": "Kelowna Web Designers / Affordable Web Design Ltd",
   "self_stated": "founder building sites since 1996; company established 2006"
  },
  {
   "agency": "Acro Media",
   "self_stated": 1998
  },
  {
   "agency": "SEO Resellers Canada",
   "self_stated": 1998
  },
  {
   "agency": "Csek Creative",
   "self_stated": 1999
  },
  {
   "agency": "WebStorm",
   "self_stated": 1999
  },
  {
   "agency": "Red Cherry",
   "self_stated": 1999
  },
  {
   "agency": "Atomic 55",
   "self_stated": 2001
  },
  {
   "agency": "Twin Creek Media",
   "self_stated": 2004
  },
  {
   "agency": "Cheeky Monkey Media",
   "self_stated": 2008
  },
  {
   "agency": "Roketto (now Sovyn)",
   "self_stated": 2009
  },
  {
   "agency": "Zeal Media",
   "self_stated": "2011 (founded in Saskatoon)"
  },
  {
   "agency": "Twirling Umbrellas",
   "self_stated": 2013
  }
 ],
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 ],
 "portion_supported": "No currently operating Kelowna web agency was found with a self-stated start earlier than 1993. Supports \"one of the longest-standing\". Does not establish \"the longest-running\", see limitations.",
 "limitations": "Census of currently operating, findable agencies only; a registry search for dissolved 1990s Kelowna web firms has not been done; founding dates are self-stated; \"web agency\" is not defined consistently across firms; Navigator's own 1993 date refers to a multimedia company whose first website build date is not documented.",
 "updated": "2026-09-11",
 "body_markdown": "Working census behind the comparative claim. Any agency with an earlier verifiable start date should be added, and the claim status revised.",
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