# Branding Agency for Houston, Texas — Brand Identity for Startups and Small Business > Happy Pizza Studio is a Texas branding agency based in Austin, working with Houston startups, SaaS companies and small businesses. Two people, 20+ brands shipped, and a two-to-three-week turnaround from brief to handover. Most of the work runs over Slack; the drive east is short enough for the meetings that matter. ## Built for Houston's builders Houston's startups skew toward energy, health, space and hard tech, and so do the brands we like building. Cablescan is a 20-year-old military logistics company that wanted to look as serious as the problem it solves. Memetic sells to the US government and got a brand that refuses to pitch. If you're building anything pointed at orbit, space exploration is on our request-for-clients list. ## Same process, two hours west A 15-minute discovery call, a one-page brief with scope, timeline and cost, two to three weeks of focused sprints, two rounds of revisions. Handover is every file in every format plus a design.md and design tokens. In-person meetings in Houston can be arranged for the moments that need them. ## Small business welcome Breweries, coffee roasters, skate shops and game studios are on our request-for-clients list, and Houston has plenty. If you run one and want a brand with some edge, we make room. ## This is for you if - You're a Houston startup or SaaS company whose product is outgrowing its brand. - You're in energy, health, space or defence and need a brand that reads as serious on first contact. - You run a small business with a point of view and a logo that's holding it back. - You'd rather have a Texas agency you can meet than a studio three time zones away. ## It's not for you if - You want a logo by Friday for $200. That's a different service and it's not us. - You're pre-product and pre-users. Come back when the brand has a job to do. ## Seen in - [Cablescan](https://happypizza.studio/work/cablescan) — Defence / Brand, 2025. Cablescan is a 20-year-old military logistics company. The brand needed to feel precise and modern. White and blue palette, geometric sans, dithered imagery. It looks as serious as the problem it solves. - [Memetic](https://happypizza.studio/work/memetic) — Defence / Brand, 2026. Memetic builds information operations capabilities for the US government, and its buyer has read a hundred vendor decks. So the brand refuses to sell: black, blackletter, typographically severe. A monogram m, and a wordmark that reads the same upside down. - [DeepTrace](https://happypizza.studio/work/deeptrace) — Security / Brand, 2026 · Y Combinator-backed. Deeptrace came to us with a problem: they were a YC graduate, but their brand still looked like they were in the batch. - [Databuddy](https://happypizza.studio/work/databuddy) — Analytics / Brand, 2026 · Y Combinator-backed. The new web analytics kid on the block. Funded by Y Combinator and looking to elevate their visuals from hobby project to funded startup. ## Packages - **ESSENTIALS PACKAGE** — $10,000, 2–3 weeks. Ideal for seed-stage startups, product launches, rebrands. - **GROWTH** — $13,500, 3–4 weeks. Ideal for funded startups scaling fast, teams preparing for a public launch. - **ENTERPRISE** — $20,000, 5–6 weeks. Ideal for series a+ companies, consumer brands, product launches with serious budget. Full breakdown: [services](https://happypizza.studio/services). ## Questions **Are you based in Houston?** No, Austin. We work with Houston clients remotely and in person when it matters. There's no Houston office. **How much does a branding agency cost for a Houston company?** Identity packages run from $10,000 (Essentials: logo suite, colour, type, guidelines and design tokens) to $20,000 (Enterprise: the full system with motion, illustration and an event package). Growth sits between at $13,500 and adds merch and ad creatives. Brand strategy on its own is $2,500. Projects are split 50% to kick off and 50% on delivery, and nothing is due until you've approved the proposal. **How long does a project take?** Essentials ships in 2–3 weeks from brief sign-off. Growth takes 3–4 weeks, Enterprise 5–6 weeks. Two rounds of revisions are included; most clients sign off in round one. Hacktron's full brand system took under two weeks. **Do you work with energy or industrial companies?** Yes. Cablescan (military logistics) and Memetic (government information operations) are both on the site. We like products with real stakes. **What makes you different from a Houston branding agency?** Size, speed and the handover. No account managers, a full identity in 2–3 weeks, and design tokens so your engineers can build from the brand immediately. ## Also - [Startup Branding](https://happypizza.studio/startup-branding-agency) - [SaaS Branding](https://happypizza.studio/saas-branding-agency) - [Small Business Branding](https://happypizza.studio/branding-agency-for-small-business) - [Branding Agency — Austin, Texas](https://happypizza.studio/branding-agency-austin) [Book a discovery call](https://happypizza.studio/book) — 15 minutes, no brief required. --- Happy Pizza Studio, LLC · Austin, Texas · [dan@happypizza.studio](mailto:dan@happypizza.studio) Machine-readable index: [llms.txt](https://happypizza.studio/llms.txt) · [sitemap.xml](https://happypizza.studio/sitemap.xml) · [API catalog](https://happypizza.studio/.well-known/api-catalog) Every page on this site also answers to `Accept: text/markdown`, or the same path with a `.md` suffix.