Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Bournemouth web design, built to get you called.
We design and write websites for businesses in Bournemouth, from sole traders to multi-site firms. Bournemouth is about 72 miles east of Exeter, where we are based, and we work with businesses there remotely. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.
The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole figures that cover Bournemouth.
These numbers are for all of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, not Bournemouth alone, because the council area is the smallest unit the ONS publishes them for. Source: UK Business Counts 2025, rounded to the nearest 5, and ONS population estimates.
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.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 38.4 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain. That ranks it 160th of 350 council areas.
Compared with the UK as a whole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has more plastering businesses than its size would suggest (1.9 times the national share) and more removal firms (1.6 times).
By count, the largest group is management consultancies, with about 675 businesses. At the other end, pubs and bars are scarcer than usual: about half the UK share.
6,450
businesses across 79 of the trades we build for, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 675 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 460 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 350 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 350 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 335 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 315 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 255 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 225 |
| Estate and letting agenciesEstate Agents | 215 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 205 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 195 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 190 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 185 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 165 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 160 |
| Specialised design businesses, including interior designers,Interior Designers | 150 |
Bournemouth and the places nearby.
Bournemouth has a large retired and semi-retired population alongside a significant summer visitor economy, which produces both steady domestic demand and pronounced seasonal peaks. An older customer base means telephone contact remains disproportionately important, and websites that bury the phone number in favour of a form perform noticeably worse here than the national pattern would suggest.
Christchurch (4 miles) and Poole (5 miles) are the nearest in the same council area. Across the boundary into the next council area, Ferndown (6 miles), Wimborne Minster (7 miles), Swanage (9 miles) and Ringwood (9 miles) are also close. A longer drive takes in Wareham (11 miles). Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Within Bournemouth itself, we build for businesses in Westbourne, Boscombe, Southbourne, Winton, Charminster and Talbot Woods.
From our base in Exeter, Bournemouth is about 72 miles to the east. Its postcodes start BH.
How we work with Bournemouth businesses.
72 miles from our Exeter studio
Projects for Bournemouth businesses are run from Exeter: a call to start, designs shared to your phone, changes turned round quickly. Ranking locally depends on what your site says about Bournemouth, not on where your designer sits.
£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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£299 setup, then £99 a month. Live in 3 working days. Tell us what your business does - we reply the same working day.