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Dundee web design, built to get you called.

Websites for Dundee businesses of every kind and size, designed from scratch and written for you. The Dundee City council area has 2.7 times the UK share of laundry, dry-cleaning and carpet-cleaning businesses. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.

ONS data

Business in Dundee, by the numbers.

ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the Dundee City council area. The council boundary and the built-up city are not quite the same area, so treat these as council-area figures. Business counts are rounded to the nearest 5.

3,545
active businesses in Dundee City

Source: UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

148,390
people in the Dundee City local authority

Source: Population estimates by local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

135
hairdressing and beauty businesses registered in Dundee City

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 23.9 businesses for every 1,000 people in the Dundee City council area, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 328th of 350 council areas by business density.

Two kinds of business stand out against the UK average: laundry, dry-cleaning and carpet-cleaning businesses, at 2.7 times the national share, and painting and decorating businesses, at 2.2 times.

Hairdressing and beauty businesses are the largest group, at about 135. At the other end, other building completion and finishing businesses are scarcer than usual: about half the UK share.

Trades in Dundee City

1,550

businesses across 74 of the trades we build for, in the Dundee City council area.

Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Businesses by ONS category in Dundee City
Category and businessesBusinesses
Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians135
Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways125
Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics105
Management consultanciesConsultants105
Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers85
Pubs and barsPubs75
Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers65
Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters65
Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops60
Licensed restaurantsRestaurants55
Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies40
Accountancy practicesAccountants40
Painting and decorating businessesPainters & Decorators35
Child day-care providers, including childminders and nurseries,Childminders35
Dental practicesDental Practices35
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 Studios30
Dundee City

Around Dundee.

Dundee has turned a jute and shipbuilding past into a city known for its universities, video games industry and a waterfront anchored by V&A Dundee. It has a strong independent creative scene and an equally strong sense of neighbourhood, with Broughty Ferry operating almost as its own town. Customers respond well to a business that feels part of the city, and naming the districts you cover matches how Dundonians think about where they live.

Across the boundary into the next council area, Cupar (10 miles) is also close. A longer drive takes in St Andrews (11 miles), Forfar (13 miles), Arbroath (17 miles) and Perth (18 miles). Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.

Broughty Ferry, West End, Lochee, Stobswell, Menzieshill and Invergowrie: if you work in particular parts of Dundee, those names belong on the site.

Dundee (postcode area DD) sits about 397 miles north of Exeter.

How we work with Dundee businesses.

397 miles from our Exeter studio

Projects for Dundee 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 Dundee, 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.

Questions

Questions from Dundee businesses

Is Dundee too far away for you?
No. Dundee is about 397 miles north of Exeter, and distance makes no difference to how we work: calls, WhatsApp and a link to your design on your phone. Nothing goes live until you have approved the design, and two rounds of changes are included.
How many businesses are there in Dundee?
About 3,545 active businesses were registered in the Dundee City council area in 2025, according to ONS UK Business Counts, rounded to the nearest 5. That is 23.9 for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain.
Which kinds of business are most common in the Dundee City council area?
By count, the largest groups in the Dundee City council area are hairdressing and beauty businesses (about 135), takeaways and mobile food businesses (125) and vehicle repair businesses (105), from ONS UK Business Counts 2025. Relative to the UK, the standout is laundry, dry-cleaning and carpet-cleaning businesses, at 2.7 times the national share.
What if I work across Dundee and nearby towns?
Then the site should say so. Cupar, St Andrews, Forfar and Arbroath are the closest places to Dundee; tell us which ones you travel to and each gets named plainly.

Let’s get your Dundee phone ringing.

£299 setup, then £99 a month. Live in 3 working days. Tell us what your business does - we reply the same working day.

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