Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Web design in Rotherham that gets your phone ringing.
Custom websites for Rotherham businesses: your line of work, your area, your words written for you. The Rotherham council area has 27 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, below the figure for Great Britain. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
Business in Rotherham, by the numbers.
ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the Rotherham 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 27.0 businesses for every 1,000 people in the Rotherham council area, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 300th of 350 council areas by business density.
Plastering businesses are unusually common here, at 5.4 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by floor and wall covering businesses at 1.9 times.
The biggest single category is vehicle repair businesses: around 205 of them. At the other end, solicitors’ firms are scarcer than usual: 28% of the UK share.
2,825
businesses across 75 of the trades we build for, in the Rotherham council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 205 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 200 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 190 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 185 |
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 185 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 175 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 115 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 115 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 105 |
| Plastering businessesPlasterers & Renderers | 100 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 100 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 90 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 85 |
| Roofing businessesRoofers | 65 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 65 |
| Financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers,Mortgage Brokers | 65 |
Around Rotherham.
Rotherham was built on coal and steel and now mixes traditional industry with advanced manufacturing along the Sheffield border, where the Advanced Manufacturing Park sits close to Meadowhall. The borough includes many distinct former mining towns and villages with their own identities. Customers are loyal to firms they trust and cautious with money, so honest pricing and real local reviews count. Naming places like Wickersley, Rawmarsh or Maltby matters because residents search by their own town, not just Rotherham.
The nearest towns in the same council area are Wath upon Dearne (5 miles) and Maltby (6 miles). Across the boundary into the next council area, Mexborough (5 miles), Sheffield (6 miles) and Conisbrough (6 miles) are also close. A longer drive takes in Barnsley (10 miles), Tickhill (10 miles) and Dronfield (10 miles). If you cover some of these and not others, the site should name the ones you do.
Wickersley, Rawmarsh, Parkgate, Kimberworth, Whiston, Herringthorpe and Maltby: if you work in particular parts of Rotherham, those names belong on the site.
From our base in Exeter, Rotherham is about 209 miles to the north-east. Its postcodes start S.
How we work with Rotherham businesses.
209 miles from our Exeter studio
Our studio is in Exeter and we work with Rotherham 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.
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