Essex · England
Web design in Chelmsford, written for the people who hire you.
We design and write websites for businesses in Chelmsford, from sole traders to multi-site firms. Chelmsford is about 187 miles north-east of Exeter, where we are based, and we work with businesses there remotely. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
How many businesses Chelmsford has, and which kinds.
These are figures for the Chelmsford council area, whose boundary does not match the built-up city 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.
There are 42.9 businesses for every 1,000 people in the Chelmsford council area, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 107th of 350 council areas by business density.
Compared with the UK as a whole, the Chelmsford council area has more floor and wall covering businesses than its size would suggest (2.5 times the national share) and more laundry, dry-cleaning and carpet-cleaning businesses (1.9 times).
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 435. Takeaways and mobile food businesses are thinner on the ground, at 55% of the UK share.
3,305
businesses across 78 of the trades we build for, in the Chelmsford council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 435 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 230 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 190 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 185 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 155 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 130 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 110 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 100 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 100 |
| Landscaping and gardening businessesLandscapers & Gardeners · Tree Surgeons · Gardeners | 95 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 90 |
| 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 | 90 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 90 |
| Estate and letting agenciesEstate Agents | 85 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 75 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 75 |
The area around Chelmsford.
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex and one of England's newer cities, with a strong commuter link into Liverpool Street, a university and a large amount of newer housing on its edges. Customers here are busy, often out of town during the day, and used to booking things online. A local business that makes quoting and booking easy outside office hours, and names the growing suburbs it covers, will pick up enquiries that slower competitors lose.
Closest to Chelmsford within the Chelmsford council area: South Woodham Ferrers (9 miles). Elsewhere in Essex: Billericay (8 miles), Witham (8 miles), Maldon (9 miles) and Chipping Ongar (10 miles). It is worth saying plainly which of these you travel to, so people further out know whether to call.
Springfield, Great Baddow, Broomfield, Writtle, Moulsham and Chelmer Village: if you work in particular parts of Chelmsford, those names belong on the site.
Chelmsford (postcode area CM) sits about 187 miles north-east of Exeter.
How we work with Chelmsford businesses.
187 miles from our Exeter studio
We run Chelmsford 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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