Free ADA Compliance Checker for Small Businesses
4,000+ ADA website accessibility lawsuits were filed in 2024 — a 37% increase from the previous year. 67% of these lawsuits target businesses with under $25 million in revenue.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires businesses that serve the public to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities. Courts have consistently ruled that websites qualify as “places of public accommodation” under Title III of the ADA. If your website has accessibility barriers, you could face a demand letter, lawsuit, or settlement costs ranging from $5,000 to $75,000 or more.
What Does ADA Compliance Mean for Websites?
ADA website compliance means ensuring that people with disabilities — including those who are blind, deaf, have motor impairments, or cognitive disabilities — can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with your website. The standard courts most commonly reference is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA.
WCAG 2.1 AA requires your website to meet criteria across four principles: Perceivable (information must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive), Operable (interface components and navigation must be operable), Understandable (information and operation of the interface must be understandable), and Robust (content must be robust enough to be interpreted by assistive technologies).
What AccessScore Checks
Our free ADA compliance checker runs 16 automated checks across four critical categories:
Images & Media
- • Alt text on all images
- • Alt text quality
- • Video captions
- • Autoplay controls
Structure & Navigation
- • Heading hierarchy
- • Skip navigation
- • ARIA landmarks
Forms & Interactions
- • Form labels
- • Button names
- • Link text
- • Tab order
Document & Meta
- • HTML lang attribute
- • Page title
- • Viewport zoom
- • Table headers
- • Iframe titles
Who Needs ADA Compliance?
Any business that operates a website and serves customers in the United States should ensure ADA compliance. This includes e-commerce stores, service businesses, restaurants, healthcare providers, law firms, real estate agencies, and educational institutions. Even small businesses with fewer than 15 employees have been successfully sued for website accessibility violations.
Industries most frequently targeted by ADA lawsuits include retail and e-commerce (37% of all ADA web cases), food and beverage (11%), entertainment (9%), and healthcare (8%). If your business falls into any of these categories, checking your website's accessibility is especially urgent.
ADA Lawsuit Statistics
How to Check Your Website
Using AccessScore is simple: enter your URL on our homepage, and within seconds you'll receive your AccessScore (0-100), legal risk tier, and a prioritized list of issues to fix. The free scan shows your top 5 issues. For a complete compliance report with every affected element and code-level fix instructions, the Pro Report is available for a one-time fee of $14.99.