City of Edinburgh · Scotland
Web design for Edinburgh businesses that want more enquiries.
We design and write websites for businesses in Edinburgh, from sole traders to multi-site firms. A good Edinburgh site also names the places around it, starting with Musselburgh, 5 miles away. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.
How many businesses Edinburgh has, and which kinds.
These are figures for the City of Edinburgh council area, whose boundary does not match the built-up city exactly. Sources: ONS 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.
There are 34.6 businesses for every 1,000 people in the City of Edinburgh council area, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 207th of 350 council areas by business density.
Two kinds of business stand out against the UK average: holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation, at 3.1 times the national share, and hotels, guest houses and similar serviced accommodation, at 2.3 times.
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 1,070. Domestic construction firms are thinner on the ground, at 37% of the UK share.
7,000
businesses across 79 of the trades we build for, in the City of Edinburgh council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 1,070 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 460 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 405 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 385 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 355 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 255 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 215 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 210 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 195 |
| Specialised design businesses, including interior designers,Interior Designers | 190 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 185 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 170 |
| Financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers,Mortgage Brokers | 170 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 165 |
| Architecture practicesArchitects | 165 |
| Solicitors’ firmsSolicitors | 165 |
Edinburgh and the places nearby.
Edinburgh is a capital with a heavy financial, legal and public-sector economy, a huge visitor trade and a festival month in August that changes how the whole city runs. Georgian New Town flats and Old Town tenements bring listed-building and shared-stair work that general trades are not always set up for. Hospitality businesses need hours and booking details kept current through the peaks, and trades do better naming the neighbourhoods they cover, since Leith and Morningside are quite different markets.
Just over the council boundary, Musselburgh (5 miles), Dalkeith (6 miles), Bonnyrigg (6 miles) and Penicuik (9 miles) are close by. Further out, Kirkcaldy (11 miles), Broxburn (11 miles), Cowdenbeath (12 miles) and Dunfermline (13 miles) are within commuting distance. A list of the places you really serve is more useful to a customer than “and surrounding areas”.
Within Edinburgh itself, we build for businesses in Leith, Stockbridge, Morningside, Bruntsfield, Portobello and Corstorphine.
Edinburgh addresses fall in the EH postcode area, about 362 miles north of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with Edinburgh businesses.
362 miles from our Exeter studio
From Exeter we build for businesses across City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh 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.
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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.