Lancashire · England
Chorley web design, built to get you called.
Custom websites for Chorley businesses: your line of work, your area, your words written for you. A good Chorley site also names the places around it, starting with Adlington, 3 miles away. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.
Business in Chorley, by the numbers.
ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the Chorley 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 36.9 businesses for every 1,000 people in the Chorley council area, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 180th of 350 council areas by business density.
Compared with the UK as a whole, the Chorley council area has more financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers, than its size would suggest (2.1 times the national share) and more joinery businesses (1.8 times).
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 200. At the other end, dental practices are scarcer than usual: 44% of the UK share.
1,750
businesses across 74 of the trades we build for, in the Chorley council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 200 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 95 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 95 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 90 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 85 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 85 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 85 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 80 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 75 |
| Landscaping and gardening businessesLandscapers & Gardeners · Tree Surgeons · Gardeners | 65 |
| Financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers,Mortgage Brokers | 65 |
| 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 | 60 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 55 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 40 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 40 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 35 |
Around Chorley.
Chorley is a former cotton town with a traditional market and Astley Park at its heart, now a popular commuter base thanks to the M61 and M6. Big new developments, especially Buckshaw Village, have brought thousands of households who arrived without local recommendations and search online for everything. That mix of long-established terraces and brand-new estates means demand for both repair work and new-build snagging. Naming the newer areas alongside Euxton and the Whittle and Clayton villages makes a real difference.
Adlington (3 miles) is the nearest in the same council area. Elsewhere in Lancashire, Leyland (4 miles), Penwortham (8 miles) and Preston (8 miles) are within reach. Across the boundary into the next council area, Horwich (5 miles), Darwen (7 miles), Wigan (8 miles) and Westhoughton (9 miles) are also close. Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Buckshaw Village, Euxton, Whittle-le-Woods, Clayton-le-Woods, Astley Village, Coppull and Adlington: if you work in particular parts of Chorley, those names belong on the site.
From our base in Exeter, Chorley is about 206 miles to the north. Its postcodes start PR.
How we work with Chorley businesses.
206 miles from our Exeter studio
Projects for Chorley 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 Chorley, 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.