Kent · England
Margate web design, built to get you called.
We design and write websites for businesses in Margate, from sole traders to multi-site firms. The biggest group of businesses in Thanet is management consultancies, about 150 of them. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.
The Thanet figures that cover Margate.
Council-wide figures: the ONS publishes business counts and population for Thanet as a whole, not for Margate, and 2 other towns on this site sit in the same council area. 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.
There are 32.3 businesses for every 1,000 people in Thanet, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 245th of 350 council areas by business density.
Glazing businesses are unusually common here, at 2.9 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by licensed restaurants at 2.4 times.
By count, the largest group is management consultancies, with about 150 businesses. At the other end, child day-care providers, including childminders and nurseries, are scarcer than usual: 44% of the UK share.
1,990
businesses across 78 of the trades we build for, in the Thanet council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 150 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 135 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 130 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 125 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 115 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 95 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 95 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 95 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 85 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 80 |
| Specialised design businesses, including interior designers,Interior Designers | 80 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 55 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 55 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 50 |
| 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 | 45 |
| Other education providers, including tutoring and learning centres,Tutors & Tuition Centres | 40 |
Around Margate.
Margate is a classic Kent seaside resort that has seen a notable revival, with the Turner Contemporary gallery, Dreamland amusement park and an influx of creative people and Londoners. It remains a mix of deprived areas and gentrifying streets, with large Victorian houses being renovated alongside holiday flats. Trades working on older properties see steady demand. Independents do best with a website that has a clear personality, and trades should name Cliftonville, Westbrook and Garlinge.
Broadstairs (3 miles) and Ramsgate (4 miles) are the nearest in the same council area. Elsewhere in Kent, Sandwich (8 miles), Deal (11 miles), Fordwich (13 miles) and Canterbury (15 miles) are within reach. Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Cliftonville, Westbrook, Garlinge, Westgate-on-Sea, Birchington and Palm Bay: if you work in particular parts of Margate, those names belong on the site.
From our base in Exeter, Margate is about 218 miles to the east. Its postcodes start CT.
How we work with Margate businesses.
218 miles from our Exeter studio
Projects for Margate 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 Margate, 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.
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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.