Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland
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Business in Dumfries and Galloway, the council area covering Dumfries.
ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the Dumfries and Galloway council area, which includes Dumfries. The ONS does not publish figures for individual towns. 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.
Dumfries and Galloway has 43.6 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain. That ranks it 99th of 350 council areas.
Two kinds of business stand out against the UK average: hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation, at 4.5 times the national share, and veterinary practices, at three times.
Joinery businesses are the largest group, at about 130. At the other end, estate and letting agencies are scarcer than usual: 17% of the UK share.
1,945
businesses across 73 of the trades we build for, in the Dumfries and Galloway council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 130 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 125 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 110 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 105 |
| Hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation,Bed & Breakfasts | 105 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 100 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 100 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 95 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 85 |
| Landscaping and gardening businessesLandscapers & Gardeners · Tree Surgeons · Gardeners | 85 |
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 85 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 80 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 60 |
| 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 |
| Roofing businessesRoofers | 50 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 50 |
Dumfries and the places nearby.
Dumfries is the red sandstone "Queen of the South" on the River Nith, where Robert Burns spent his last years, and it serves as the main town for a wide rural region stretching into Galloway. Farmers, retirees and families from surrounding villages come in for services, so many customers travel some distance. A local business should name the villages it covers and give clear directions, and trades working on older sandstone property can make that specialism obvious because it is genuinely sought after here.
A longer drive takes in Silloth (16 miles), Wigton (25 miles), Maryport (25 miles) and Longtown (26 miles). Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Lochside, Lincluden, Heathhall, Locharbriggs, Georgetown, Troqueer, Maxwelltown and Summerhill: if you work in particular parts of Dumfries, those names belong on the site.
Dumfries (postcode area DG) sits about 300 miles north of Exeter.
How we work with Dumfries businesses.
300 miles from our Exeter studio
Projects for Dumfries 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 Dumfries, not on where your designer sits.
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