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Web design in Montrose that gets your phone ringing.

We design and write websites for businesses in Montrose, from sole traders to multi-site firms. A good Montrose site also names the places around it, starting with Arbroath, 11 miles away. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.

ONS data

The Angus figures that cover Montrose.

Montrose has no ONS figures of its own. These cover the whole of the Angus council area, which Montrose shares with 2 other towns on this site. Business counts are rounded to the nearest 5 (UK Business Counts, 2025).

3,730
active businesses in Angus

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

114,610
people in the Angus local authority

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

Per head of population, Angus is quieter than most: 32.5 active businesses per 1,000 residents puts it 243rd of 350 council areas in Great Britain, where the overall figure is 39.3.

Holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation are unusually common here, at three times their share of all UK businesses, followed by roofing businesses at 2.6 times.

By count, the largest group is vehicle repair businesses, with about 100 businesses. At the other end, financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers, are scarcer than usual: 38% of the UK share.

Trades in Angus

1,345

businesses across 72 of the trades we build for, in the Angus council area.

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

These are the same Angus figures shown on the Arbroath page, which lists every category.

Businesses by ONS category in Angus
Category and businessesBusinesses
Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics100
Management consultanciesConsultants100
Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters85
Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers75
Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers70
Angus

Montrose and the places nearby.

Montrose sits on a tidal basin that fills and empties twice a day, between a long sandy beach and a working port that supports the North Sea industry. It is a handsome town of wide streets and gable-ended houses, with a pharmaceutical plant among its main employers. Customers come in from surrounding farmland and villages, so naming Ferryden, Hillside and St Cyrus helps. Trades working on older stone properties should say so plainly, because that expertise is in demand here.

The nearest towns in the same council area are Arbroath (11 miles) and Forfar (17 miles). A longer drive takes in Stonehaven (20 miles), Banchory (24 miles), Dundee (26 miles) and Portlethen (28 miles). If you cover some of these and not others, the site should name the ones you do.

Ferryden, Hillside, St Cyrus and Usan: if you work in particular parts of Montrose, those names belong on the site.

Montrose addresses fall in the DD postcode area, about 416 miles north of Exeter, where we are based.

How we work with Montrose businesses.

416 miles from our Exeter studio

Projects for Montrose 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 Montrose, 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

Websites in Montrose: what people ask

Can you build a website for a Montrose business?
Yes, remotely. We work from Exeter, 416 miles from Montrose, and the whole job runs by phone, WhatsApp and video call. You check the design on your phone and sign it off before launch; two rounds of changes are part of the price.
Are there business figures for Montrose on its own?
No. The ONS publishes business counts by council area, and Montrose is part of Angus, which it shares with Arbroath and Forfar. The figures on this page are for the whole council area.
How far is Montrose from you?
About 416 miles as the crow flies: Montrose is north of Exeter, in the DD postcode area. Nobody needs to travel: the whole job runs by phone, WhatsApp and video call.
Do you cover the towns around Montrose?
Yes. We work anywhere in the UK, so Arbroath, Forfar, Stonehaven and Banchory 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 Montrose 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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