Essex · England
Web design in Braintree, written for the people who hire you.
Websites for Braintree businesses of every kind and size, designed from scratch and written for you. The biggest group of businesses in the Braintree council area is management consultancies, about 290 of them. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.
How many businesses Braintree has, and which kinds.
These are figures for the Braintree council area, whose boundary does not match the built-up town exactly. Sources: ONS 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.
Per head of population, the Braintree council area is about average: 39.6 active businesses per 1,000 residents puts it 146th of 350 council areas in Great Britain, where the overall figure is 39.3.
Two kinds of business stand out against the UK average: specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhere, at 2.2 times the national share, and glazing businesses, at twice.
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 290. Solicitors’ firms are thinner on the ground, at 32% of the UK share.
2,705
businesses across 76 of the trades we build for, in the Braintree 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 | 205 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 180 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 170 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 170 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 125 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 110 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 95 |
| Landscaping and gardening businessesLandscapers & Gardeners · Tree Surgeons · Gardeners | 85 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 85 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 85 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 85 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 75 |
| Roofing businessesRoofers | 55 |
| 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 | 55 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 55 |
The area around Braintree.
Braintree is a mid-Essex market town with an outlet shopping village on its edge, a growing ring of new housing and a commuter line towards London. The new estates, especially around Great Notley, bring households without local contacts who search online for everything from cleaners to electricians. That makes local search visibility more valuable than word of mouth alone, and naming the estates and villages you cover is an easy way to look more relevant than firms claiming to serve the whole county.
Closest to Braintree within the Braintree council area: Halstead (6 miles), Coggeshall (6 miles) and Witham (7 miles). Elsewhere in Essex: Great Dunmow (8 miles), Chelmsford (10 miles), Thaxted (10 miles) and Maldon (11 miles). Further out, Sudbury (13 miles) is within commuting distance. It is worth saying plainly which of these you travel to, so people further out know whether to call.
Great Notley, Bocking, Rayne, Black Notley and Cressing: if you work in particular parts of Braintree, those names belong on the site.
Braintree (postcode area CM) sits about 194 miles north-east of Exeter.
How we work with Braintree businesses.
194 miles from our Exeter studio
We run Braintree 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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£299 setup, then £99 a month. Live in 3 working days. Tell us what your business does - we reply the same working day.