Dorset · England
Dorchester web design, built to get you called.
We design and write websites for businesses in Dorchester, from sole traders to multi-site firms. Dorchester is about 48 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 Dorset figures that cover Dorchester.
These numbers are for all of Dorset, not Dorchester 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.
Per head of population, Dorset is busier than most: 45.9 active businesses per 1,000 residents puts it 78th of 350 council areas in Great Britain, where the overall figure is 39.3.
Holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation are unusually common here, at 2.5 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by landscaping and gardening businesses at twice.
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 725. At the other end, solicitors’ firms are scarcer than usual: about half the UK share.
6,810
businesses across 79 of the trades we build for, in the Dorset council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
These are the same Dorset figures shown on the Weymouth page, which lists every category.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 725 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 450 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 430 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 385 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 370 |
Dorchester and the places nearby.
Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, closely tied to Thomas Hardy, with a historic core, a market and a steady public-sector and professional economy. Poundbury, the planned extension on its western edge, has its own distinctive traditional building style and residents who care a lot about finish. The surrounding catchment is rural and spread out. A local business website that is clear about Poundbury, the nearby villages and how far out you travel reads as properly rooted in the town.
Chickerell (7 miles), Weymouth (8 miles), Bridport (14 miles) and Wareham (14 miles) are the nearest in the same council area. Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Poundbury, Fordington, Charminster and Stinsford: if you work in particular parts of Dorchester, those names belong on the site.
From our base in Exeter, Dorchester is about 48 miles to the east. Its postcodes start DT.
How we work with Dorchester businesses.
48 miles from our Exeter studio
Our studio is in Exeter and we work with Dorchester businesses remotely, start to finish. Search engines weigh what your site says and how it is set up, so that is where the effort goes.
£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.