Every provider below was found through Google Places discovery for Lawrence, Massachusetts, then checked against its own website to confirm it sells ongoing managed IT services to businesses. None of them confirms a Lawrence street address on its own site; they serve the city from Andover, North Andover, Salem NH, Tewksbury, Peabody, Woburn or Burlington, and each card says which. The two most-reviewed IT listings in Lawrence were removed because they are computer repair shops.
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Managed IT Services Companies in Lawrence
Ranked by rating & verified data · Updated September 2026
13 managed IT service providers in Lawrence, MA are ranked below, each shown with its verified Google rating and review count. Leading the list are TeamLogic IT Woburn, Harbor IT, and Microtime Computers & Managed IT Services. Between them they carry 480 verified Google reviews, a median of 15 per provider. 1 of these 13 providers is headquartered in Lawrence itself. The rest serve Lawrence from nearby cities, and every listing names the city it actually works from.
Vetted by the Best IT MSP editorial team · Last updated September 2026
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TeamLogic IT Woburn
Woburn, MA (Tower Office Park, about 19 road miles from Lawrence)
TeamLogic IT Woburn is the independently owned Woburn office of the TeamLogic IT franchise network, at 12 Tower Office Park off I-93, selling managed IT with round-the-clock monitoring and proactive maintenance, cybersecurity, cloud and AI services to small and mid-sized businesses north of Boston, and holding the deepest Google review record of any provider on this page, holding a 5-star Google rating across 158 reviews. Based in Woburn, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
Harbor IT is a cyber-first national managed IT platform formed from IT Management Solutions of Salem, NH and New England Network Solutions of Lowell and Boston, publishing a 375-plus engineering bench, Microsoft Gold and Cisco partnerships, Inc. 5000, CRN MSP 500 and MSP 501 listings, and managed cybersecurity, cloud and infrastructure, compliance advisory and managed AI for multi-site healthcare, private equity portfolio companies, schools and critical infrastructure, holding a 4.9-star Google rating across 148 reviews. Based in Salem, NH, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
Microtime Computers & Managed IT Services is an Andover-based managed service provider founded in 2001 at 40 Shattuck Road, Suite 210, serving northern Massachusetts and New Hampshire businesses with managed and co-managed IT, a help desk, Microsoft 365, business VoIP, vCIO, SOC-as-a-Service, penetration testing and dark web monitoring, with 24/7 emergency support seven days a week, holding a 4.9-star Google rating across 76 reviews. Based in Andover, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
Managed Technology Services is a Peabody IT firm at 145-A Summit Street, Suite 207 that sells managed IT services to small businesses, with monitoring, maintenance, patching, backups and a 24/7/365 help desk, alongside network cabling, cloud computing and web hosting, and also runs a PC and Mac repair and smart-home line for home users, so buyers should confirm the business plan scope in writing, holding a 5-star Google rating across 16 reviews. Based in Peabody, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cloud and network management to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
Lawrence, MA (25 Marston Street per Google; its site names Boston, MA)
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PrimiSmarts Technologies is a healthcare-only managed IT and managed intelligence firm that pairs managed IT services, network security, system updates and 24/7 support with AI-driven EHR billing automation for athenaOne, Meditech and Tebra practices, publishes SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA-compliant status, Microsoft and SentinelOne partnerships and a 99.99 percent uptime commitment for core clinical applications, with a US-based engineering team, holding a 5-star Google rating across 15 reviews. Based in Lawrence, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and compliance to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
CMIT Solutions of The Merrimack Valley is an independently owned CMIT Solutions office at 800 Turnpike Street, Ste 300, North Andover that names Lawrence, Methuen, Andover, North Andover, North Reading, Greater Lowell, Greater Haverhill and Salem, NH as its territory, specialises in architecture, engineering and construction firms, and offers 24/7 proactive IT and cybersecurity monitoring, virtual CIO and CTO roles and compliance services backed by more than 250 CMIT locations, holding a 5-star Google rating across 15 reviews. Based in North Andover, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
Unified System is a Tewksbury managed services firm with more than 20 years in business that sells managed IT with flat-rate estimates and no overages to small and medium-sized businesses across Bedford, Burlington and Greater Boston, with 24/7/365 monitoring, cloud computing, network security, data backup and recovery, business VoIP and spam filtering, and a senior engineer with more than 40 years of experience, holding a 5-star Google rating across 9 reviews. Based in Tewksbury, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cloud and cybersecurity to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
Tech Solutions IT is a Massachusetts outsourced IT department founded in 2001 with offices at 800 Turnpike Street, Ste 300 in North Andover, 143 Essex Street in Haverhill and 400 TradeCenter in Woburn, selling flat-rate managed IT with desktop and server monitoring, network security, hosted Exchange and virtualisation, backup and disaster recovery and Microsoft Partner Network services to healthcare, accounting, engineering and nonprofit clients, holding a 5-star Google rating across 8 reviews. Based in North Andover, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cloud and backup and disaster recovery to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
Radius Executive IT Solutions is a managed IT and strategic IT consulting firm headquartered at 40 Shattuck Road, Suite 209, Andover with a second office in Tampa, that publishes a dedicated Lawrence page promising remote response within minutes and on-site arrival in Lawrence within 30 to 45 minutes, unlimited business-hours help desk, 24/7 emergency support, HIPAA and ePHI compliance with a published seal, Fortinet and Cisco support and healthcare IT specialists with more than 75 years of combined experience, holding a 5-star Google rating across 5 reviews. Based in Andover, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
OnPoint Technology Group is a North Andover IT support and cybersecurity company led by CEO Rageen Trivedi, serving the Merrimack Valley and North Shore since 2002 from 800 Turnpike Street, Suite 300, that names Lawrence, Andover, North Andover, Haverhill, North Reading, Peabody and Salem, NH in its service area and targets businesses of 10 to 50 employees with managed and co-managed IT, ransomware removal, HIPAA, PCI and SOC compliance services, VoIP, structured cabling and 24/7 proactive monitoring, holding a 4.8-star Google rating across 20 reviews. Based in North Andover, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and backup and disaster recovery to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
Bluebox1 Technology is an IT, cybersecurity and AI services firm with offices at 56 High Street, North Andover and 160 State Street, Boston, led on the technical side by CTO Tony Fiorillo, built for architecture, engineering, construction and operations firms, reporting 50-plus companies supported, 98 percent average customer satisfaction and 5-year-plus client retention, with managed and co-managed IT, a 24/7 help desk, vCIO, Microsoft 365 and Azure, and SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS and CMMC compliance work, holding a 5-star Google rating across 1 reviews. Based in North Andover, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
New England IT Partners is a managed IT and cybersecurity firm for small and mid-sized New England businesses with offices at 1500 District Avenue, Burlington, MA and 136 Harvey Road, Londonderry, NH, selling managed IT, IT consulting, network security, cloud computing, data backup and recovery, penetration testing, dark web monitoring, virtualisation, email and spam protection and VoIP, holding a 4.3-star Google rating across 3 reviews. Based in Burlington, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
iCorps Technologies is a Boston-area managed IT and cybersecurity provider founded in 1994 by President and CEO Michael Hadley, with 70-plus employees, offices at 300 TradeCenter in Woburn plus New York and Philadelphia, a 2026 MSP 501 award, CRN MSP 500 and Tech Elite 250 listings, Microsoft, Sophos, Mimecast, Datto, Arctic Wolf and SonicWall partnerships, vCIO and vCISO services and a 12-year average employee tenure, naming Andover among its service areas, holding a 4.3-star Google rating across 6 reviews. Based in Woburn, MA, the firm delivers managed IT, cybersecurity and cloud to Lawrence businesses.Source: Google Business Profile & company website · Verified September 2026
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Lawrence IT Challenges
What Lawrence Businesses Actually Struggle With
The problems local managed IT providers are hired to solve.
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Nobody confirms a Lawrence office
None of the 13 verified providers lists a Lawrence street address on its own website. They dispatch from Andover, North Andover, Salem NH, Tewksbury, Peabody, Woburn or Burlington, so on-site support and response times need to be written into the agreement, not assumed from a Google pin.
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Shop-floor IT in a manufacturing city
7,769 Lawrence residents work in manufacturing and Essex County's 832 private manufacturers paid an average of $109,328 in 2024. New Balance runs one of its five US plants here, and production lines do not pause for a noon patch reboot, so ask a provider how it schedules proactive monitoring, patching and network monitoring around shifts.
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Clinical data around Lawrence General
7,155 residents work in health care and social assistance, and the practices, dental offices and clinics around Lawrence General Hospital hold protected health information without a security team of their own. HIPAA lands on whoever manages their IT; PrimiSmarts, Radius, OnPoint and Bluebox1 all list HIPAA work.
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A bilingual workforce
50.9 percent of Lawrence residents are foreign-born and 81.78 percent are Hispanic or Latino. Security awareness training and help desk support that only operate in English leave part of the floor uncovered, so ask whether a provider can support Spanish-speaking staff before you sign.
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Telling providers apart
Search results for Lawrence mix managed service providers with two repair shops holding 225 and 211 reviews, a phone store, a police-software vendor and a Kansas MSP that shares the city's name. Reading each firm's own homepage is how to choose between them, and it is how this page was built.
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A tight budget in an expensive region
A median household income of $62,061 and office rents of $16 to $19 per square foot make Lawrence one of the cheaper places to run a business in the Boston metro, but the average breach still costs 4.99 million dollars. Predictable per-user managed IT, or co-managed IT alongside one in-house technician with IT consulting billed by project, is the usual answer, and the pricing guide below shows the bands.
Lawrence IT Market Overview
The Lawrence, Massachusetts IT Market in 2026
A Manufacturing and Health Care Economy 30 Miles North of Boston
Lawrence runs on manufacturing, health care and retail. Manufacturing employed 7,769 Lawrence residents in 2024 and Health Care and Social Assistance 7,155, ahead of Retail Trade at 6,098 and Construction at 4,931, while Professional, Scientific and Technical Services employed just 1,447. New Balance runs one of its five US plants here and Lawrence General Hospital was one of Forbes' two top Massachusetts employers in 2020. Essex County's 28,628 establishments paid an average of $75,548 in 2024 against a city median household income of $62,061, so a 30-person Lawrence manufacturer or medical practice buys managed IT services, cybersecurity, network management, cloud services and cloud migration projects rather than hiring an IT department it cannot fill at local wages.
Lawrence IT Support Comes From Andover, North Andover and the I-93 Corridor
Google Places discovery surfaced 72 businesses for Lawrence IT queries; reading 17 websites reduced that to 12 that sell ongoing managed IT to businesses. None of the 13 confirms a Lawrence street address on its own site. Google pins PrimiSmarts at 25 Marston Street, but its site names only Boston. Bluebox1 is 1.7 miles away on High Street in North Andover, Microtime and Radius Executive IT share 40 Shattuck Road in Andover 3 miles out, three firms give 800 Turnpike Street in North Andover, and Harbor IT's former IT Management Solutions office in Salem, NH is 6.4 miles north. Measured on real driving routes, Peabody and Woburn are about 19 road miles and Burlington 22, which matters for on-site support and response times but not for remote monitoring or help desk work.
The Two Highest Review Counts in Lawrence Are Repair Shops
The Lawrence IT businesses with the most Google reviews, 225 and 211 of them at 5.0 and 4.9 stars, are a computer, phone and gaming-PC repair shop on Common Street and a laptop and iPhone repair shop on Essex Street; the third, with 140 reviews, is a cell phone store that also offers notary and translation services. None is listed. Neither are the police-software vendor, the IT asset disposition firm and the Oracle ERP staffing agency that Google returns for 'IT support Lawrence MA', because none of them monitors a network or staffs a help desk for businesses. Google also mixes in Lawrence, Kansas: M Cubed Technologies ranks on page one for this query with a Lawrence, KS office.
Three Firms Give the Same North Andover Suite, and One Firm Has Three Names
CMIT Solutions of The Merrimack Valley, OnPoint Technology Group and Tech Solutions IT each list 800 Turnpike Street, Suite 300, North Andover on their own websites, so ask any of the three which office would actually dispatch a technician. Harbor IT appears once although Google lists it three times in the region: its Salem, NH office (formerly IT Management Solutions, 4.9 across 148 reviews), a Lowell office (formerly New England Network Solutions, 4.4 across 14) and a Boston office (4.1 across 13) are one national company by its own announcements, and the row carries the office nearest Lawrence. The CMIT office is an independently owned franchise and is listed as its own business, not pooled under the brand.
Key Lawrence Neighborhoods / Submarkets
Downtown (Essex Street and Common Street)North LawrenceSouth LawrenceProspect HillTower HillMount VernonMill District (Merrimack Street canals)Riverwalk Innovation District
Lawrence IT Submarkets at a Glance
Downtown and the mill district
City Hall at 200 Common Street, the USCIS field office at 280 Merrimack Street and the mill offices at 25 Marston, 60 Island and 360 Merrimack Streets. PrimiSmarts is pinned here by Google; office asking rents run $16 to $19 per square foot across the 8 current listings, and the market holds 2.1 million square feet of office space.
North Andover
Immediately east across the town line. Bluebox1 works from 56 High Street, 1.7 miles from downtown Lawrence, and CMIT Solutions of The Merrimack Valley, OnPoint Technology Group and Tech Solutions IT all give 800 Turnpike Street, Suite 300, about 4 miles south on Route 114.
Andover
South along Route 28 and I-93. Microtime (Suite 210) and Radius Executive IT (Suite 209) both work from 40 Shattuck Road, 3 miles from downtown Lawrence; Radius publishes a Lawrence page with a 30-to-45-minute on-site promise.
Salem, NH and the border
Harbor IT's former IT Management Solutions office at 90 Stiles Road is 6.4 miles north across the state line, and New England IT Partners pairs its Burlington, MA office with one on Harvey Road in Londonderry, NH. Microtime and OnPoint both name Salem, NH in their own service areas.
Tewksbury, Peabody, Woburn and Burlington
Unified System serves Lawrence from Tewksbury, about 8 miles southwest. Managed Technology Services (Peabody), iCorps (Woburn) and New England IT Partners (Burlington) are 19 to 22 road miles away by I-495, Route 114 and I-93, measured on real routes; all three sit inside the 25-road-mile threshold.
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City population (2020 Census)
5.03M
Boston metro population (2025)
47,743
Employed residents (ACS 2024)
$62,061
Median household income (2024)
7,769
Residents in manufacturing (2024)
13
Verified MSPs listed
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Candidates screened
$16-$19/sq ft
Office asking rent (current listings)
Major Lawrence Area Employers
Lawrence General Hospital (Merrimack Health)New BalanceNorthern Essex Community CollegeCity of LawrenceLawrence Public Schools
Security Intelligence
Cybersecurity Context for Lawrence Businesses
National figures from IBM's 2026 report that set the stakes for a local buyer.
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$4.99M average breach cost
IBM put the global average cost of a data breach at 4.99 million dollars in 2026, a 12 percent increase on the year before and a record high.
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AI-driven attacks up 56 percent
The report recorded a 56 percent rise in AI-driven attacks, led by deepfake impersonation and AI-enabled malware, which is why Microtime and New England IT Partners offer dark web monitoring and Radius offers cybersecurity training.
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$1.93M saved by automated defence
Organisations making extensive use of AI and automation in security saved 1.93 million dollars per breach compared with those using none. Ask any provider what its monitoring stack detects automatically and what waits for a human.
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Your provider is in scope
A managed service provider holds privileged access to every client system. Ask how it secures its own tooling and staff; PrimiSmarts publishes SOC 2 Type II, Bluebox1 describes SOC 2 attested services and Harbor IT lists Microsoft Gold and Cisco partnerships, which are three different kinds of answer.
Service Scope
What's Included in Managed IT Services?
Managed IT covers several stacked layers, not one flat plan. The list below shows the functions Lawrence providers usually bundle at each level of coverage.
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Fully Managed IT
Most Requested
Your provider becomes the entire IT function. With no in-house technicians on payroll, the MSP owns every system, ticket, and vendor relationship.
✓Round-the-clock remote monitoring and alerts (RMM)
✓Unlimited helpdesk across Tier 1, 2 & 3
✓Patch management for endpoints & servers
✓Antivirus and EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response)
✓Data backup and disaster recovery (BDR)
✓Network upkeep across firewall, switches, and Wi-Fi
✓Microsoft 365 and Azure administration
✓Staff onboarding and offboarding
✓vCIO input and quarterly IT strategy reviews
✓Vendor coordination and procurement
Best for: Small and mid-size firms of 10–150 users running without in-house IT
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Co-Managed IT
Rising Demand
Your in-house IT staff runs daily operations while the provider covers overflow, plugs skill gaps, and supplies specialist depth on demand.
✓Heavy project work (ERP, infrastructure refreshes)
✓Shared access to RMM and PSA tooling
✓Team training and skill augmentation
✓Backup and DR supervision
✓Executive reporting and board-level briefings
Best for: Growing companies of 50–500 users backed by 1–5 internal IT staff
How Lawrence MSPs Structure Their Support Tiers
Tier 1: Front-Line Fixes
Covers password resets, everyday connectivity, app installs, printer faults, and M365 user requests. Most close in under 30 minutes, worked by front-line helpdesk staff.
Tier 2: Deeper Diagnosis
Handles server faults, network trouble, security incidents, tangled application errors, and failed backups. Escalated to senior technicians who hold deeper system access.
Tier 3: Deep Engineering
Owns infrastructure design, cloud architecture, large migrations, live disaster-recovery execution, and in-depth security investigations. Run by senior engineers and solution architects.
Compliance & Regulation
IT Compliance Requirements for Lawrence Industries
The frameworks Lawrence-area managed IT providers help local businesses meet, and the compliance support each names on its own site.
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HIPAA
Applies to the practices and clinics around Lawrence General Hospital and to any vendor handling protected health information. PrimiSmarts works only with healthcare practices, and Radius Executive IT, OnPoint Technology Group and Bluebox1 all list HIPAA compliance work on their own sites.
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PCI DSS
Applies wherever card payments are taken, which covers the 6,098 Lawrence residents working in retail and the 4,159 in accommodation and food services, and exists to protect cardholder data. OnPoint and Bluebox1 name PCI compliance services.
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CMMC and NIST
Relevant to manufacturers in the Merrimack Valley that supply the Department of Defense. Bluebox1 lists CMMC and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework; ask any other provider to show a client it has taken through an assessment.
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SOC 2
Increasingly requested by customers as a condition of doing business. PrimiSmarts publishes SOC 2 Type II status, Bluebox1 describes SOC 1 and SOC 2 attested services, and OnPoint lists SOC compliance among its compliance services.
MSP Pricing & Market Data
Lawrence Managed IT Pricing Guide (2026)
What Merrimack Valley businesses typically pay, and what changes the number.
💰 Typical Pricing
Fully managed IT, per user$100-$250/user/mo
Co-managed IT, per user$50-$120/user/mo
Per device, desktop$60-$100/device/mo
Per device, server$150-$350/server/mo
Hourly consulting (Clutch MA bands)$50-$199/hr
📊 Market Overview
Providers ranked on this page13
Rated on verified Google reviews13 of 13
Lawrence office confirmed on the firm's own site0 of 13
Candidates screened and not listed60 of 72
🏭 Industry Specializations
Manufacturing and distributionHighest demand (uptime, CMMC)
Healthcare and dentalHigh demand (HIPAA)
Nonprofits and community organisationsSteady demand
Architecture, engineering and constructionSteady demand
Retail and hospitalityModerate demand (PCI DSS)
Typical Monthly Budget by Business Size
Small Lawrence office
$1,000-$3,750
per month · 1-15 users
Growing Merrimack Valley SMB
$3,750-$10,000
per month · 16-40 users
Regulated or multi-site
$10,000+
per month · 40+ users, HIPAA, CMMC or PCI scope
Per-user and per-device bands are those InfoMSP publishes for the Boston market, the nearest Massachusetts page it maintains; the monthly tiers multiply the $100-$250 per user band by headcount. Hourly bands are Clutch's for Massachusetts providers. No provider on this page publishes its own rates, so ask each to confirm in writing what sits inside the per-user fee and what is billed separately.
Buyer's Guide
How to Choose the Right Managed IT Provider in Lawrence
Most MSP contracts run 1–3 years, so the choice sticks. Work through the framework below to compare providers and sidestep an expensive mismatch.
Our Ranking Methodology: How Best IT MSP Ranks Lawrence MSPs
We rank Lawrence managed IT providers on verified Google ratings and real company data, not paid placement. Every provider was found through Google Places discovery, measured against a 25-driving-mile radius from downtown Lawrence, and checked against its own website to confirm it sells ongoing managed IT to businesses. Ranking uses a review-weighted rating, so a 4.9 from 148 reviews outranks a 5.0 from 1. Best IT MSP does not sell IT services and does not appear in its own rankings.
Verified Google rating, weighted by review depth
A star rating is only as trustworthy as the number of reviews behind it, so review volume pulls thin five-star records toward the market baseline.
Confirmed managed IT offering
Read on the provider's own homepage. This is how the two repair shops with the most reviews in Lawrence, a phone store and a police-software vendor were removed.
Distance from Lawrence, measured on driving routes
Every listed office sits within 25 road miles of downtown Lawrence; the Peabody, Woburn and Burlington offices were measured on real routes, and the label says where each firm actually is.
One company, one row
Multi-office firms appear once, carrying the rating of the office nearest Lawrence that their own site confirms. Franchise offices are separate businesses and are listed separately.
Published service scope and industries served
What the provider says it delivers, to which sectors, with which compliance frameworks, taken from its own pages rather than written for it.
✅ Check where the office actually is
Three providers here give the same North Andover suite, and Google pins one to a Lawrence address its own website does not list. Read the contact page, not the map pin, and ask what on-site response looks like from that address.
📄 Ask what is not included
A written list of exclusions is the fastest way to find the gap between what you think you are buying and what you are. Security tooling, data backup and disaster recovery testing, Microsoft 365 licensing, the project fee to migrate mailboxes and after-hours cover are the usual surprises.
🕐 Separate response from resolution
Radius Executive IT commits to respond on-site in Lawrence within 30 to 45 minutes, Microtime publishes 24/7 emergency support and Managed Technology Services a 24/7/365 help desk. A responsive provider also tells you its resolution time, the number that describes how long your staff cannot work, so ask for it separately.
🔐 Ask about the provider's own security
Your provider holds privileged access to your systems, so its own posture is part of yours. SOC 2 Type II, a named security leader and published partner audits are all evidence; marketing copy is not.
🏢 Match the size to your needs
A 5-person Essex Street office and a 60-person Merrimack Valley manufacturer want different things. Single-office teams offer a named engineer; iCorps publishes 70-plus staff and Harbor IT a 375-plus national bench with a vCIO and advisory practice. Both ends are on this page.
🚩 Red Flags to Watch For
✗A homepage that leads with laptop repair, phone repair, gaming PC builds or recycling
✗No written list of what falls outside the monthly fee
✗A Lawrence service page but no contact page naming a real office
✗Reluctance to give you direct access to your own logs and ticket history
✗No named contact for out-of-hours incidents
8 Questions to Ask Every Lawrence MSP Before You Sign
01Which office would dispatch to our Lawrence address, and how far is it by road?
02What is included in the per-user fee, and what is billed separately?
03Who answers out of hours, and what are they authorised to do without waking us?
04When was our backup last restored end to end, with a date?
05Which of your staff or subcontractors can access our systems?
06How quickly do you commit to containing a security incident, in writing?
07Have you taken a client through HIPAA, CMMC or PCI DSS, and can we speak to them?
08Can your help desk and security awareness training support Spanish-speaking staff?
Frequently Asked Questions
Lawrence Managed IT: Buyer's Guide
Most Lawrence managed IT providers charge about $50 to $120 per user per month for fully managed IT, or $50 to $199 per hour for break-fix and project work. Regulated healthcare and finance clients sit at the higher end because of added security and compliance work. Ask each provider what is bundled into the per-user rate so you can compare quotes on the same basis.
A standard Lawrence managed IT plan includes 24/7 monitoring, a help desk, patching and updates, endpoint security, and backup, usually for a flat per-user monthly fee. Major projects, new hardware, deep compliance audits, and large migrations are typically quoted separately. Get the line between recurring service and one-time project work in writing before you sign.
Managed IT gives a Lawrence business a flat monthly fee and proactive coverage, which fits firms that need predictable uptime. Break-fix ($50 to $199 per hour) can work for very small offices that rarely need support but leaves you exposed between incidents. A full in-house hire costs more once you include benefits and after-hours gaps, so many teams choose co-managed IT to extend the staff they have.
Choose a Lawrence MSP on verified reviews, a written service level agreement, and clear pricing, not marketing claims. Confirm the help desk is local or in-country and not offshored, ask for client references in your industry, and have them walk through their security stack. The providers on this page are ranked on real Google ratings and verified company data so you can shortlist three and compare.
Ask every Lawrence provider for a written response time in their service level agreement. Strong MSPs acknowledge critical, business-down issues within about 15 to 60 minutes and staff a 24/7 help desk for after-hours coverage. A response time you can hold them to in writing matters more than a vague promise of fast support.
Many Lawrence providers offer 24/7 monitoring and after-hours support, but coverage varies, so confirm it. Ask whether the help desk is staffed in-house and in-country or outsourced to an offshore call center, because that drives both response speed and how well technicians know your environment.
Most Lawrence MSPs bundle managed detection and response, multi-factor authentication, patching, backup and disaster recovery, and security-awareness training, with dark-web monitoring and a 24/7 SOC on higher tiers. Ask which controls are included in the base plan versus sold as add-ons, since that is where quotes diverge most.
Lawrence providers commonly support HIPAA, PCI DSS, CMMC and NIST, and SOC 2, aligning the right controls, documentation, and audit evidence to each. Tell a provider your specific obligation up front and ask for proof they have taken a client through that exact framework, not just general familiarity with it.
Common Lawrence specialties include healthcare, finance, and professional services, plus professional services and small-to-midsize businesses across the metro. An MSP that already supports firms in your sector will know your software, compliance needs, and workflows, which shortens onboarding and reduces risk.
Yes. Co-managed IT lets a Lawrence provider extend your internal staff rather than replace it, covering after-hours support, security, and specialized projects while your team keeps day-to-day control. It is a common fit for organizations that have one or two IT people who are stretched thin.
A good Lawrence MSP starts with a discovery and documentation phase, then a phased cutover planned around your schedule to keep downtime minimal. Ask any provider to walk through their onboarding and transition plan, how they handle your existing tools and data, and what the first 30 days look like.
The Lawrence ranking is earned on real Google ratings and verified company data, not payment. Organic position is never for sale. A provider can rent a clearly labelled Featured Partner or Sponsored spot, which is always marked as such and never mixed silently into the merit ranking below it.
This page lists 13 vetted managed IT providers serving Lawrence, MA, ranked best-first on verified Google ratings up to 5 stars. Compare them side by side on services, size, certifications, and reviews, then shortlist three and request quotes.
None confirms one on its own website. Google pins PrimiSmarts at 25 Marston Street Suite 105, in the Marston Medical Center building, but its site names only Boston, MA, so the card says both. The one Lawrence-based IT firm at 280 Merrimack Street, Delphi Technology Solutions, sells police-administration software and IT infrastructure to law enforcement agencies rather than managed IT to businesses, so it is not listed. Every ranked provider serves Lawrence from Andover, North Andover, Salem NH, Tewksbury, Peabody, Woburn or Burlington.
Because they are repair shops. The business with 225 five-star reviews on Common Street titles its site 'Mac PC Laptop Repair & IT Managed Services' and leads with repair, gaming PC builds and recycling; the one with 211 reviews on Essex Street titles its site around laptop, phone and iPad repair; and the one with 140 reviews on South Broadway is a cell phone store that also offers notary and translation services. Consumer repair shops are excluded from this ranking regardless of how well reviewed they are.
Lawrence, Massachusetts: the Essex County mill city of about 89,000 people on the Merrimack River, 30 miles north of Boston next to Andover, North Andover and Methuen. Google itself blurs the two for this query: M Cubed Technologies, a Fresno firm whose nearest office is in Lawrence, Kansas, ranks on page one for 'managed IT services Lawrence MA', and InfoMSP's Lawrence directory page lists only Kansas providers. Lawrence, Kansas has its own page in this directory.
CMIT Solutions of The Merrimack Valley, OnPoint Technology Group and Tech Solutions IT each give 800 Turnpike Street, Suite 300, North Andover on their own websites. OnPoint has served the Merrimack Valley since 2002 and gives that suite as its office, Tech Solutions IT also lists Woburn and Haverhill offices, and CMIT calls it the home of its Merrimack Valley franchise. The page reports what each site says; ask whichever you shortlist where its technicians actually sit and how far that is by road.
Yes. harborit.com carries pages titled 'ITMS is now Harbor IT' and 'NENS is now Harbor IT' and describes a cyber-first national platform with a 375-plus engineering bench, Microsoft Gold and Cisco partnerships and MSP 501 and CRN MSP 500 listings. Google still shows the three former identities separately, so Harbor IT appears once here, on the Salem, NH listing nearest Lawrence (4.9 across 148 reviews), and the Lowell (4.4 across 14) and Boston (4.1 across 13) listings are not counted again.
It depends on how often you need hands on hardware. Radius Executive IT's own Lawrence page asks why choose an IT company based in Andover rather than one in Lawrence, and the road distances answer it. Bluebox1 in North Andover is 1.7 miles from downtown Lawrence, the Andover offices on Shattuck Road are 3, the 800 Turnpike Street offices about 4, Harbor IT's Salem, NH office 6.4 and Unified System in Tewksbury about 8, close enough that on-site visits are routine. Measured on real driving routes, Managed Technology Services in Peabody is 18.8 road miles, iCorps in Woburn 19.2 and New England IT Partners in Burlington 22.1, which is fine for network monitoring and help desk work but worth confirming in writing for on-site response times.
Four list it on their own sites. PrimiSmarts works exclusively with healthcare practices, publishes SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA-compliant status with 24/7 support, and supports the athenaOne, Meditech and Tebra systems; Radius Executive IT publishes a HIPAA seal and names dental and medical practices among its clients; OnPoint Technology Group lists HIPAA compliance for dental and medical practices; and Bluebox1 offers HIPAA compliance consulting. Ask any of them to show you a client they have taken through a risk assessment, not just a services page that mentions the framework.
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