County Antrim · Northern Ireland
Web design in Ballymena, written for the people who hire you.
We design and write websites for businesses in Ballymena, from sole traders to multi-site firms. The biggest group of businesses in Mid and East Antrim is vehicle repair businesses, about 125 of them. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
Business across Mid and East Antrim, including Ballymena.
Ballymena has no ONS figures of its own. These cover the whole of the Mid and East Antrim council area, which Ballymena shares with 2 other towns on this site. Business counts are rounded to the nearest 5 (UK Business Counts, 2025).
Source: UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The ONS counts about 5,115 active businesses in Mid and East Antrim. The population estimates we use do not cover Northern Ireland, so there is no per-head comparison here.
Bakeries making bread, fresh pastries and cakes, are unusually common here, at 2.8 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by site preparation businesses at 2.6 times.
By count, the largest group is vehicle repair businesses, with about 125 businesses. Other building completion and finishing businesses are thinner on the ground, at 23% of the UK share.
1,505
businesses across 72 of the trades we build for, in the Mid and East Antrim council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 125 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 110 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 105 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 100 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 95 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 95 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 75 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 70 |
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 65 |
| Landscaping and gardening businessesLandscapers & Gardeners · Tree Surgeons · Gardeners | 50 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 45 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 35 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 35 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 35 |
| Other personal service businesses, a category that includes pet grooming, pet boarding and tattooing,Dog Groomers · Dog Walkers & Pet Sitters · Dog Trainers & Behaviourists · Kennels & Catteries · Tattoo Studios | 30 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 30 |
The area around Ballymena.
Ballymena is the main market town of mid-Antrim, with Slemish mountain on its eastern skyline and a manufacturing base that includes bus building at Wrightbus. The area has a strong Ulster-Scots heritage, and locals have a long-standing reputation for being careful with money. That makes clear, upfront pricing and a no-nonsense site more persuasive than marketing language, and naming villages such as Broughshane, Ahoghill and Cullybackey helps reach the prosperous countryside around the town.
Closest to Ballymena within Mid and East Antrim: Larne (18 miles) and Carrickfergus (21 miles). Elsewhere in County Antrim: Antrim (11 miles), Ballymoney (17 miles), Newtownabbey (19 miles) and Belfast (23 miles). Further out, Magherafelt (15 miles) and Holywood (23 miles) are within commuting distance. It is worth saying plainly which of these you travel to, so people further out know whether to call.
Broughshane, Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Galgorm, Kells and Harryville: if you work in particular parts of Ballymena, those names belong on the site.
From our base in Exeter, Ballymena is about 308 miles to the north. Its postcodes start BT.
How we work with Ballymena businesses.
308 miles from our Exeter studio
We run Ballymena projects from our Exeter studio, by phone, WhatsApp and video call. You approve every page on your phone, and how well you show up locally comes down to how the site is built and written.
£299to set up
£99a month
3working days to launch
You approve it before anything goes live.
Designed from scratch, every word written for you, hosting and Google setup included. Or pay £1,795 once and £49 a month with no minimum term.
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