County Durham · England
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We design and write websites for businesses in Durham, from sole traders to multi-site firms. The biggest group of businesses in County Durham is management consultancies, about 470 of them. £299 to set up, then £99 a month, live in 3 working days.
The County Durham figures that cover Durham.
These numbers are for all of County Durham, not Durham 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.
Source: UK Business Counts - enterprises by industry and local authority, Office for National Statistics, 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
County Durham has 27.0 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain. That ranks it 299th of 350 council areas.
Site preparation businesses are unusually common here, at 2.8 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by roofing businesses at 2.3 times.
By count, the largest group is management consultancies, with about 470 businesses. At the other end, solicitors’ firms are scarcer than usual: 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.
| 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 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 280 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 270 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 255 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 180 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 180 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 165 |
| Roofing businessesRoofers | 155 |
| Landscaping and gardening businessesLandscapers & Gardeners · Tree Surgeons · Gardeners | 155 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 135 |
| 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 | 120 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 115 |
Around Durham.
Durham is a small city dominated by its cathedral, castle and collegiate university, which together drive a steady visitor trade and a large student rental market. Landlords need letting, cleaning and compliance work turned round between terms, and the historic peninsula brings access and conservation constraints that matter for any trade quoting there. A Durham business site should say which of those markets it serves and whether it covers the surrounding former pit villages too.
Chester-le-Street (6 miles), Spennymoor (6 miles), Ferryhill (6 miles) and Crook (8 miles) are the nearest in the same council area. Across the boundary into the next council area, Washington (9 miles) is also close. Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Gilesgate, Elvet, Neville's Cross, Framwellgate Moor, Newton Hall and Belmont: if you work in particular parts of Durham, those names belong on the site.
Durham addresses fall in the DH postcode area, about 292 miles north of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with Durham businesses.
292 miles from our Exeter studio
Projects for Durham 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 Durham, not on where your designer sits.
£299to set up
£99a month
3working days to launch
You approve it before anything goes live.
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Questions from Durham businesses
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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.