Home FAQ Do small businesses need to comply with the ADA? The basics
Do small businesses need to comply with the ADA? Yes. ADA Title III has no small-business carve-out for websites. The 15-employee threshold applies to ADA Title I (employment), not Title III (public accommodations).
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Founder & Lead Accessibility Engineer, Grow Wild Agency
Kaden leads a federally-certified ADA-compliant web design studio whose team holds 8 DHS Section 508 certifications and 10 GSA accessibility certifications , and is pursuing IAAP CPACC → WAS → CPWA accreditation. The studio builds and remediates websites to WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance and has shipped against Title II, Title III, Section 504, and EAA requirements.