South East · England
Web design in Reading that gets your phone ringing.
We design and write websites for businesses in Reading, from sole traders to multi-site firms. Reading is about 122 miles north-east of Exeter, where we are based, and we work with businesses there remotely. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.
Business in Reading, by the numbers.
ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the Reading council area. The council boundary and the built-up town are not quite the same area, so treat these as council-area figures. Business 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 36.2 businesses for every 1,000 people in the Reading council area, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 188th of 350 council areas by business density.
Compared with the UK as a whole, the Reading council area has more sports and recreation instruction businesses, including fitness and yoga instruction, than its size would suggest (1.5 times the national share) and more cleaning businesses (1.4 times).
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 355. At the other end, pubs and bars are scarcer than usual: about half the UK share.
2,185
businesses across 76 of the trades we build for, in the Reading council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 355 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 130 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 120 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 120 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 115 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 100 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 80 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 75 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 65 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 65 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 60 |
| Estate and letting agenciesEstate Agents | 60 |
| 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 | 55 |
| Other education providers, including tutoring and learning centres,Tutors & Tuition Centres | 55 |
| Cleaning businessesCleaning Companies | 45 |
| Financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers,Mortgage Brokers | 45 |
The area around Reading.
Reading has a substantial commuter population and a significant technology and business services sector, giving it higher-than-average household incomes and a customer base accustomed to well-built digital services. Commuting patterns matter commercially: a large share of customers are only available in the evening and at weekends, and businesses that make out-of-hours contact easy do measurably better.
Across the boundary into the next council area, Earley (2 miles), Woodley (3 miles), Wokingham (7 miles) and Bracknell (10 miles) are also close. A longer drive takes in Tadley (10 miles), Yateley (10 miles), Sandhurst (10 miles) and Marlow (12 miles). If you cover some of these and not others, the site should name the ones you do.
Within Reading itself, we build for businesses in Caversham, Earley, Tilehurst, Woodley, Whitley and Southcote.
From our base in Exeter, Reading is about 122 miles to the north-east. Its postcodes start RG.
How we work with Reading businesses.
122 miles from our Exeter studio
Our studio is in Exeter and we work with Reading businesses remotely, start to finish. Search engines weigh what your site says and how it is set up, so that is where the effort goes.
£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 from Reading businesses
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Let’s get your Reading 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.