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id: evidence-competitor-founding-census
type: evidence
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
supports:
  - claim-one-of-longest-standing-kelowna
  - claim-longest-running-kelowna
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
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Working census behind the comparative claim. Any agency with an earlier verifiable start date should be added, and the claim status revised.