East Lothian · Scotland
Web design for Musselburgh businesses that want more enquiries.
We design and write websites for businesses in Musselburgh, from sole traders to multi-site firms. A good Musselburgh site also names the places around it, starting with Dalkeith, 4 miles away. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
Business across East Lothian, including Musselburgh.
Musselburgh has no ONS figures of its own. These cover the whole of the East Lothian council area, which Musselburgh shares with 2 other towns on this site. Business counts are rounded to the nearest 5 (UK Business Counts, 2025).
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.
Per head of population, East Lothian is quieter than most: 27.4 active businesses per 1,000 residents puts it 294th of 350 council areas in Great Britain, where the overall figure is 39.3.
Compared with the UK as a whole, East Lothian has more holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation than its size would suggest (2.9 times the national share) and more shops selling flowers, plants, seeds and pet supplies (2.5 times).
By count, the largest group is management consultancies, with about 150 businesses. Other building completion and finishing businesses are thinner on the ground, at 37% of the UK share.
1,315
businesses across 76 of the trades we build for, in the East Lothian 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 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 80 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 75 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 65 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 65 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 55 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 50 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 45 |
| Landscaping and gardening businessesLandscapers & Gardeners · Tree Surgeons · Gardeners | 45 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 45 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 40 |
| Painting and decorating businessesPainters & Decorators | 35 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 35 |
| Child day-care providers, including childminders and nurseries,Childminders | 35 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 35 |
| Financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers,Mortgage Brokers | 30 |
The area around Musselburgh.
Musselburgh, "the Honest Toun", sits where the River Esk meets the Forth, with a racecourse, the old Fisherrow harbour and an easy commute into Edinburgh. New housing at Wallyford and on the edges has brought many young families, while Inveresk has some of the finest period houses in East Lothian. That mix means both new-build owners hunting for their first local trades and owners of listed homes who want specialists. Naming both types of work, and the specific villages, gets a Musselburgh business better enquiries.
Inside East Lothian, the closest places are Haddington (10 miles) and North Berwick (15 miles). Just over the council boundary, Dalkeith (4 miles), Bonnyrigg (5 miles) and Edinburgh (5 miles) are close by. Further out, Penicuik (10 miles), Kirkcaldy (12 miles) and Broxburn (16 miles) are within commuting distance. A list of the places you really serve is more useful to a customer than “and surrounding areas”.
Fisherrow, Inveresk, Wallyford, Whitecraig, Levenhall, Stoneyhill and Craighall: if you work in particular parts of Musselburgh, those names belong on the site.
From our base in Exeter, Musselburgh is about 361 miles to the north. Its postcodes start EH.
How we work with Musselburgh businesses.
361 miles from our Exeter studio
From Exeter we build for businesses across East Lothian, Musselburgh 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.