ADA web lawsuits up 37% in 2025 — and accelerating into 2026

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ADA website lawsuits are surging. Small businesses are the #1 target.

The data is clear — and the trend is accelerating.

4,000+
ADA website lawsuits filed in 2024, continuing years of steady growth
Home Furnishings Association ¹
37%
Increase in ADA web accessibility lawsuits in 2025 vs. prior year
Stacker ²
69%
Of ADA web lawsuits in 2025 targeted e-commerce retailers
Stacker ²
472
ADA website lawsuits filed in January 2026 alone — and accelerating
UsableNet Lawsuit Tracker ³

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22.6% of businesses sued in 2025 already had accessibility widgets installed. The FTC fined the largest widget provider $1M for misleading businesses. Overlays add a cosmetic layer — they don't fix the underlying code that violates ADA standards.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about ADA website compliance.

Under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, businesses that serve the public must ensure their goods and services are accessible — and courts have increasingly interpreted this to include websites. With over 4,000 lawsuits filed in 2024 and a 37% increase in 2025, the legal risk is real and accelerating.

Unfortunately, no. According to UsableNet's lawsuit tracker, 137 defendants in January 2026 alone were sued while using a third-party accessibility widget. Overlay widgets don't fix the underlying code issues that violate WCAG standards.

We use axe-core, the industry standard engine used by Microsoft, Google, and government agencies. It tests your HTML against 70+ WCAG 2.1 AA rules with a zero false-positive standard. The scan checks for issues like missing alt text, insufficient contrast, unlabeled form fields, and keyboard navigation problems.

Remediation means making the actual code changes to resolve your accessibility violations — things like adding alt text to images, associating labels with form fields, fixing color contrast, and implementing proper ARIA attributes. We currently support WordPress, Shopify, and standard HTML/CSS sites. For platforms with limited code access (like Wix), we provide a detailed developer handoff document with every fix specified. After remediation, we re-scan your site to verify compliance and generate a timestamped certificate documenting your good-faith efforts.

An AI chatbot can make educated guesses about common accessibility issues, but it can't programmatically test your live site. Our scans are powered by axe-core — the industry-standard engine used by Microsoft, Google, and government agencies — which tests every element of your rendered pages against 70+ WCAG rules with a zero false-positive standard. The result is specific, element-level violations with page URLs, measured contrast ratios, and WCAG criteria references. A timestamped audit from a professional scanning engine also serves as evidence of good-faith compliance efforts — something a chatbot response does not.

No service can guarantee immunity from lawsuits. What we provide is significant risk reduction through best-practice alignment with WCAG standards, demonstrating good-faith compliance efforts. Businesses that can show proactive accessibility efforts are in a much stronger position if a complaint is filed.

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Sources

  1. Home Furnishings Association, Why ADA Website Lawsuits Are Surging
  2. Stacker, Accessibility Lawsuits Rose 37% in 2025: Why Small Businesses Can No Longer Ignore
  3. UsableNet, ADA Website Compliance Lawsuit Tracker