South Tyneside · England
South Shields web design, built to get you called.
We design and write websites for businesses in South Shields, from sole traders to multi-site firms. South Tyneside has 22 active businesses for every 1,000 residents, below the figure for Great Britain. A £299 setup fee, then £99 a month. We aim to have you live in 3 working days.
The South Tyneside figures that cover South Shields.
Council-wide figures: the ONS publishes business counts and population for South Tyneside as a whole, not for South Shields, and 1 other town on this site sits in the same council area. 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.
Per head of population, South Tyneside is quieter than most: 21.6 active businesses per 1,000 residents puts it 342nd of 350 council areas in Great Britain, where the overall figure is 39.3.
Technical testing and analysis businesses are unusually common here, at 2.8 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by shops selling flowers, plants, seeds and pet supplies at 2.4 times.
The biggest single category is takeaways and mobile food businesses: around 120 of them. At the other end, solicitors’ firms are scarcer than usual: 32% of the UK share.
1,360
businesses across 72 of the trades we build for, in the South Tyneside council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 120 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 115 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 105 |
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 100 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 80 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 70 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 70 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 60 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 45 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 45 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 35 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 35 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 35 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 30 |
| Other education providers, including tutoring and learning centres,Tutors & Tuition Centres | 25 |
| Estate and letting agenciesEstate Agents | 25 |
South Shields and the places nearby.
South Shields sits at the mouth of the Tyne, a former shipbuilding and mining town that is also a seaside resort, with Sandhaven beach, Marsden Rock and a promenade busy with summer day-trippers. Its long-established Yemeni community is one of the oldest in Britain. Much of the housing is terraced and exposed to the North Sea weather, which keeps roofers and window fitters busy. Cafés and leisure businesses see a strong seasonal swing, while trades benefit from naming areas like Westoe, Harton and Cleadon.
Jarrow (3 miles) is the nearest in the same council area. Across the boundary into the next council area, Tynemouth (1 mile), Wallsend (4 miles), Sunderland (7 miles) and Newcastle upon Tyne (7 miles) are also close. Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Within South Shields itself, we build for businesses in Westoe, Harton, Cleadon, Whitburn, Simonside, Marsden, Biddick Hall and Horsley Hill.
From our base in Exeter, South Shields is about 308 miles to the north. Its postcodes start NE.
How we work with South Shields businesses.
308 miles from our Exeter studio
Projects for South Shields 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 South Shields, 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.
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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.