City of Portsmouth · England
Web design in Portsmouth, written for the people who hire you.
We design and write websites for businesses in Portsmouth, from sole traders to multi-site firms. A good Portsmouth site also names the places around it, starting with Southsea, 1 mile away. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
How many businesses Portsmouth has, and which kinds.
These are figures for the Portsmouth 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.
The Portsmouth council area has 28.5 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, against 39.3 across Great Britain. That ranks it 284th of 350 council areas.
Roofing businesses are unusually common here, at 2.7 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by painting and decorating businesses at 2.6 times.
By count, the largest group is management consultancies, with about 225 businesses. Landscaping and gardening businesses are thinner on the ground, at about half the UK share.
2,740
businesses across 78 of the trades we build for, in the Portsmouth council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 225 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 175 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 170 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 160 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 145 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 145 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 140 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 115 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 95 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 95 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 95 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 95 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 85 |
| Roofing businessesRoofers | 75 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 75 |
| Painting and decorating businessesPainters & Decorators | 70 |
Around Portsmouth.
Portsmouth is among the most densely populated cities in England, which compresses the practical service radius for local trades - a genuinely small catchment can still contain a great many customers. The naval presence and a large student population add distinct demand patterns, and the island geography makes access and parking a real, worth-mentioning practical factor.
Closest to Portsmouth within the Portsmouth council area: Southsea (1 mile) and Cosham (4 miles). Just over the council boundary, Gosport (1 mile), Fareham (5 miles), Ryde (6 miles) and Havant (6 miles) are close by. It is worth saying plainly which of these you travel to, so people further out know whether to call.
Inside Portsmouth, the site can name areas such as Southsea, Fratton, North End, Cosham, Old Portsmouth and Gunwharf.
Portsmouth addresses fall in the PO postcode area, about 107 miles east of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with Portsmouth businesses.
107 miles from our Exeter studio
We run Portsmouth 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.
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