Essex · England
Web design in Basildon that gets your phone ringing.
We design and write websites for businesses in Basildon, from sole traders to multi-site firms. Basildon is about 182 miles east of Exeter, where we are based, and we work with businesses there remotely. £299 to set up, then £99 a month, live in 3 working days.
Business in Basildon, by the numbers.
ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the Basildon council area. The council boundary and the built-up town are not quite the same area, so treat these as council-area figures. Business counts are rounded to the nearest 5.
Source: UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: Population estimates by 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.
There are 39.5 businesses for every 1,000 people in the Basildon council area, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 148th of 350 council areas by business density.
Compared with the UK as a whole, the Basildon council area has more security systems businesses, including locksmiths, than its size would suggest (3.1 times the national share) and more scaffold erection businesses (2.8 times).
The biggest single category is management consultancies: around 290 of them. At the other end, pubs and bars are scarcer than usual: 36% of the UK share.
3,175
businesses across 75 of the trades we build for, in the Basildon council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 290 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 285 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 230 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 225 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 180 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 155 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 150 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 130 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 125 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 100 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 95 |
| 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 | 70 |
| Roofing businessesRoofers | 60 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 60 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 60 |
| Cleaning businessesCleaning Companies | 55 |
Around Basildon.
Basildon is a post-war new town in south Essex with large industrial estates, a significant manufacturing and logistics base and quick rail links into London. The town grew by absorbing older settlements like Laindon, Pitsea and Vange, and residents still identify with those areas. Customers are practical and value-conscious, and tend to pick firms that answer quickly. A website with tap-to-call, clear pricing guidance and named local districts will perform better than one pitched at Essex in general.
The nearest town in the same council area is Billericay (4 miles). Elsewhere in Essex, Rayleigh (7 miles), Canvey Island (7 miles), Brentwood (7 miles) and South Woodham Ferrers (9 miles) are within reach. Across the boundary into the next council area, Corringham (3 miles), Grays (8 miles) and Tilbury (8 miles) are also close. If you cover some of these and not others, the site should name the ones you do.
Inside Basildon, the site can name areas such as Laindon, Pitsea, Vange, Langdon Hills, Noak Bridge and Wickford.
Basildon addresses fall in the SS postcode area, about 182 miles east of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with Basildon businesses.
182 miles from our Exeter studio
Our studio is in Exeter and we work with Basildon businesses remotely, start to finish. Search engines weigh what your site says and how it is set up, so that is where the effort goes.
£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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Let’s get your Basildon phone ringing.
£299 setup, then £99 a month. Live in 3 working days. Tell us what your business does - we reply the same working day.