60% of Small Business Homepages Miss Image Alt Text, Even on the Top Website Builders

    On all 11 website platforms compared, most small business homepages have at least one image with no alt text, the description a screen reader reads aloud: 60.1% overall, from 52.5% on Drupal to 83.2% on Webflow, where homepages carry a median of 25.5 images.

    Miss alt text by images on homepage
    None
    0%
    1 to 5
    51.9%
    6 to 15
    70%
    16 to 40
    76%
    More than 40
    82%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,708 small business homepages on 11 website platforms · websites listed on US Google Business Profiles, September 2026

    Miss alt text by platform
    Webflow
    83.2%
    Shopify
    79.3%
    PrestaShop
    76%
    Wix
    75.7%
    Squarespace
    74.9%
    Magento
    68%
    WordPress
    66.2%
    Joomla
    64.5%
    OpenCart
    60.8%
    GoDaddy
    54.6%
    Drupal
    52.5%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,708 small business homepages on 11 website platforms · websites listed on US Google Business Profiles, September 2026

    No images by platform
    Webflow
    1%
    Shopify
    4%
    Wix
    0.3%
    WordPress
    7.8%
    Squarespace
    3.9%
    All platforms
    10.8%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,708 small business homepages on 11 website platforms · websites listed on US Google Business Profiles, September 2026

    No meta description by platform
    Webflow
    7.2%
    Shopify
    16.3%
    Wix
    19.6%
    Squarespace
    36%
    WordPress
    25.6%
    GoDaddy
    31.3%
    All platforms
    24.4%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,708 small business homepages on 11 website platforms · websites listed on US Google Business Profiles, September 2026

    Source: 60% of Small Business Homepages Miss Image Alt Text, Even on the Top Website Builders - Suff Digital