St. Helens · England
Web design for St Helens businesses that want more enquiries.
We design and write websites for businesses in St Helens, from sole traders to multi-site firms. A good St Helens site also names the places around it, starting with Prescot, 3 miles away. £299 to set up, then £99 a month, live in 3 working days.
Business across St. Helens, including St Helens.
These numbers are for all of St. Helens, not St Helens alone, because the council area is the smallest unit the ONS publishes them for. Source: UK Business Counts 2025, rounded to the nearest 5, and ONS population estimates.
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 24.2 businesses for every 1,000 people in St. Helens, compared with 39.3 across Great Britain, which places it 327th of 350 council areas by business density.
Compared with the UK as a whole, St. Helens has more roofing businesses than its size would suggest (2.4 times the national share) and more technical testing and analysis businesses (twice).
Management consultancies are the largest group, at about 140. Architecture practices are thinner on the ground, at 42% of the UK share.
1,700
businesses across 73 of the trades we build for, in the St. Helens council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 140 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 125 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 120 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 120 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 110 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 100 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 95 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 70 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 65 |
| Roofing businessesRoofers | 50 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 50 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 45 |
| Specialist construction businesses not classified elsewhereBricklayers · Fencing Contractors · Driveway Contractors | 40 |
| Other building completion and finishing businessesHandymen | 40 |
| 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 | 35 |
| Other education providers, including tutoring and learning centres,Tutors & Tuition Centres | 35 |
Around St Helens.
St Helens built its name on glassmaking, with Pilkington the best-known employer for generations, and on coal mining around its edges. Today it is largely residential, with rugby league a big part of local identity and good motorway links drawing warehousing to the area. The housing is a mix of older terraces and large post-war and newer estates, so trades demand is broad and steady. Customers tend to trust firms that are clearly from the borough, and naming townships like Haydock, Rainford and Eccleston helps a site feel local rather than generic Merseyside.
Inside St. Helens, the closest place is Newton-le-Willows (4 miles). Just over the council boundary, Prescot (3 miles), Widnes (6 miles), Skelmersdale (7 miles) and Halewood (8 miles) are close by. A list of the places you really serve is more useful to a customer than “and surrounding areas”.
Within St Helens itself, we build for businesses in Haydock, Rainford, Eccleston, Thatto Heath, Parr, Sutton, Billinge and Rainhill.
From our base in Exeter, St Helens is about 192 miles to the north. Its postcodes start WA.
How we work with St Helens businesses.
192 miles from our Exeter studio
From Exeter we build for businesses across St. Helens, St Helens included. Everything happens by phone, WhatsApp and video, so you never lose half a day to a meeting.
£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.