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Web design in Gloucester, written for the people who hire you.

We design and write websites for businesses in Gloucester, from sole traders to multi-site firms. A good Gloucester site also names the places around it, starting with Quedgeley, 3 miles away. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.

ONS data

How many businesses Gloucester has, and which kinds.

These are figures for the Gloucester 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.

3,710
active businesses in Gloucester

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

138,565
people in the Gloucester local authority

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

125
electrical contractors registered in Gloucester

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

The Gloucester council area has 26.8 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain. That ranks it 306th of 350 council areas.

Two kinds of business stand out against the UK average: gyms and fitness facilities, at twice the national share, and cafés and unlicensed restaurants, at twice.

The biggest single category is electrical contractors: around 125 of them. Specialised design businesses, including interior designers, are thinner on the ground, at about half the UK share.

Trades in Gloucester

1,525

businesses across 73 of the trades we build for, in the Gloucester council area.

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

Businesses by ONS category in Gloucester
Category and businessesBusinesses
Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers125
Management consultanciesConsultants120
Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies95
Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians95
Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers90
Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics85
Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways85
Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops75
Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters50
Licensed restaurantsRestaurants50
Other education providers, including tutoring and learning centres,Tutors & Tuition Centres40
Pubs and barsPubs40
Accountancy practicesAccountants40
Estate and letting agenciesEstate Agents40
Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors35
Child day-care providers, including childminders and nurseries,Childminders35
Gloucestershire

Around Gloucester.

Gloucester is a cathedral city whose historic docks have been redeveloped into a shopping and leisure destination, with a rugby club that draws big match-day crowds. It sits right next to Cheltenham, and many customers weigh up businesses from both. Being unmistakably from Gloucester, and naming the districts and suburbs you cover such as Quedgeley and Hucclecote, helps you stand apart from firms that simply list both towns and hope for the best.

Closest to Gloucester within the Gloucester council area: Quedgeley (3 miles). Elsewhere in Gloucestershire: Henley (5 miles), Painswick (6 miles), Cheltenham (8 miles) and Newent (8 miles). It is worth saying plainly which of these you travel to, so people further out know whether to call.

Within Gloucester itself, we build for businesses in Kingsholm, Longlevens, Hucclecote, Quedgeley, Tuffley and Barnwood.

Gloucester addresses fall in the GL postcode area, about 96 miles north-east of Exeter, where we are based.

How we work with Gloucester businesses.

96 miles from our Exeter studio

We run Gloucester projects from our Exeter studio, by phone, WhatsApp and video call. You approve every page on your phone, and how well you show up locally comes down to how the site is built and written.

£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

Websites in Gloucester: what people ask

Do you work with businesses in Gloucester?
Yes. We are based in Exeter, about 96 miles away, and build websites for businesses across the UK by phone, WhatsApp and video call. You see and approve the design before anything goes live, with two rounds of changes included.
How many businesses are there in Gloucester?
About 3,710 active businesses were registered in the Gloucester council area in 2025, according to ONS UK Business Counts, rounded to the nearest 5. That is 26.8 for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain.
Which kinds of business are most common in the Gloucester council area?
By count, the largest groups in the Gloucester council area are electrical contractors (about 125), management consultancies (120) and domestic construction firms (95), from ONS UK Business Counts 2025. Relative to the UK, the standout is gyms and fitness facilities, at twice the national share.
Do you cover the towns around Gloucester?
Yes. We work anywhere in the UK, so Quedgeley, Henley, Painswick and Cheltenham are all covered. If your jobs come from several of them, the site names each one you serve, so people there can see you come to them.

Let’s get your Gloucester 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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