Hertfordshire · England
St Albans web design, built to get you called.
We design and write websites for businesses in St Albans, from sole traders to multi-site firms. St Albans is about 155 miles north-east of Exeter, where we are based, and we work with businesses there remotely. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
Business in St Albans, by the numbers.
ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the St Albans 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.
There are 54.4 businesses for every 1,000 people in the St Albans council area, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 31st of 350 council areas by business density.
Compared with the UK as a whole, the St Albans council area has more management consultancies than its size would suggest (2.3 times the national share) and more physical well-being businesses, such as massage and spa services (2.1 times).
By count, the largest group is management consultancies, with about 900 businesses. At the other end, roofing businesses are scarcer than usual: about half the UK share.
3,325
businesses across 78 of the trades we build for, in the St Albans council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 900 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 165 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 140 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 130 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 125 |
| Specialised design businesses, including interior designers,Interior Designers | 115 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 100 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 95 |
| 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 | 90 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 90 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 90 |
| Estate and letting agenciesEstate Agents | 85 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 80 |
| Other education providers, including tutoring and learning centres,Tutors & Tuition Centres | 75 |
| Financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers,Mortgage Brokers | 75 |
| Landscaping and gardening businessesLandscapers & Gardeners · Tree Surgeons · Gardeners | 70 |
Around St Albans.
St Albans is an affluent cathedral city with Roman roots, a busy street market and fast trains into London, which means a large commuter population with high incomes and little free time. Customers expect polish, clear pricing and easy online booking, and they will compare several options before calling. Period homes in the older streets reward trades that show relevant experience, and evening and weekend availability is a genuine selling point for people who are in London all day.
Harpenden (5 miles) is the nearest in the same council area. Elsewhere in Hertfordshire, Hatfield (5 miles), Hemel Hempstead (6 miles), Welwyn Garden City (7 miles) and Watford (7 miles) are within reach. Across the boundary into the next council area, Chipping Barnet (9 miles) and Luton (9 miles) are also close. Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Within St Albans itself, we build for businesses in Fleetville, Marshalswick, Bernards Heath, London Colney, Park Street and How Wood.
St Albans addresses fall in the AL postcode area, about 155 miles north-east of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with St Albans businesses.
155 miles from our Exeter studio
Projects for St Albans 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 St Albans, 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.