County Durham · England
Web design in Consett, written for the people who hire you.
Custom websites for Consett businesses: your line of work, your area, your words written for you. Consett is about 294 miles north 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.
Business across County Durham, including Consett.
Consett has no ONS figures of its own. These cover the whole of the County Durham council area, which Consett shares with 16 other towns on this site. Business counts are rounded to the nearest 5 (UK Business Counts, 2025).
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.
There are 27.0 businesses for every 1,000 people in County Durham, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 299th of 350 council areas by business density.
Compared with the UK as a whole, County Durham has more site preparation businesses than its size would suggest (2.8 times the national share) and more roofing businesses (2.3 times).
The biggest single category is management consultancies: around 470 of them. Solicitors’ firms are thinner on the ground, at 44% of the UK share.
5,435
businesses across 79 of the trades we build for, in the County Durham council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
These are the same County Durham figures shown on the Durham page, which lists every category.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 470 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 410 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 365 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 360 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 305 |
Consett and the places nearby.
Consett is a hilltop town in north-west County Durham best known for its former steelworks, whose closure reshaped the local economy. It sits high on the edge of the Pennines above the Derwent Valley, so winter weather is harsh and heating, roofing and insulation work matter a great deal. Customers are often on tighter budgets and trust local recommendations. A website that is straightforward about pricing, covers the surrounding villages by name and makes a phone call easy will do far more here than a polished but vague one.
Closest to Consett within County Durham: Stanley (6 miles), Tow Law (7 miles), Wolsingham (9 miles) and Stanhope (10 miles). Just over the council boundary, Prudhoe (8 miles) is close by. Further out, Corbridge (11 miles) is within commuting distance. It is worth saying plainly which of these you travel to, so people further out know whether to call.
Within Consett itself, we build for businesses in Blackhill, Leadgate, Delves Lane, Shotley Bridge, Moorside and Castleside.
From our base in Exeter, Consett is about 294 miles to the north. Its postcodes start DH.
How we work with Consett businesses.
294 miles from our Exeter studio
From Exeter we build for businesses across County Durham, Consett included. Everything happens by phone, WhatsApp and video, so you never lose half a day to a meeting.
£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.
Websites in Consett: what people ask
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