City of Southampton · England
Web design in Southampton that gets your phone ringing.
Custom websites for Southampton businesses: your line of work, your area, your words written for you. The Southampton council area has 28 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.
Business in Southampton, by the numbers.
ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the Southampton council area. The council boundary and the built-up city 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.
Per head of population, the Southampton council area is quieter than most: 27.9 active businesses per 1,000 residents puts it 287th of 350 council areas in Great Britain, where the overall figure is 39.3.
Two kinds of business stand out against the UK average: scaffold erection businesses, at 2.1 times the national share, and window cleaning businesses, at 2.1 times.
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 205. At the other end, landscaping and gardening businesses are scarcer than usual: 58% of the UK share.
2,755
businesses across 76 of the trades we build for, in the Southampton council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 205 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 185 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 165 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 165 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 160 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 150 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 140 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 135 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 95 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 90 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 85 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 80 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 80 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 75 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 65 |
| Painting and decorating businessesPainters & Decorators | 60 |
Southampton and the places nearby.
Southampton combines a working port and marine sector with a large university population and a substantial commuter base. The marine and waterfront economy is a genuine local specialism, and the seasonal cruise trade produces demand patterns in hospitality and personal services that do not exist in comparable inland cities.
Across the boundary into the next council area, Totton (4 miles), Hedge End (4 miles), Eastleigh (5 miles) and Romsey (7 miles) are also close. A longer drive takes in Fareham (11 miles) and Cowes (11 miles). If you cover some of these and not others, the site should name the ones you do.
Within Southampton itself, we build for businesses in Portswood, Bedford Place, Shirley, Bitterne, Woolston and Ocean Village.
From our base in Exeter, Southampton is about 94 miles to the east. Its postcodes start SO.
How we work with Southampton businesses.
94 miles from our Exeter studio
Our studio is in Exeter and we work with Southampton 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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£299 setup, then £99 a month. Live in 3 working days. Tell us what your business does - we reply the same working day.