North Lanarkshire · Scotland
Web design for Wishaw businesses that want more enquiries.
We design and write websites for businesses in Wishaw, from sole traders to multi-site firms. A good Wishaw site also names the places around it, starting with Motherwell, 3 miles away. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
Business across North Lanarkshire, including Wishaw.
Wishaw has no ONS figures of its own. These cover the whole of the North Lanarkshire council area, which Wishaw shares with 5 other towns on this site. Business counts are rounded to the nearest 5 (UK Business Counts, 2025).
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.
Per head of population, North Lanarkshire is quieter than most: 22.6 active businesses per 1,000 residents puts it 336th of 350 council areas in Great Britain, where the overall figure is 39.3.
Joinery businesses are unusually common here, at 2.7 times their share of all UK businesses, followed by security systems businesses, including locksmiths at 2.5 times.
By count, the largest group is takeaways and mobile food businesses, with about 305 businesses. Architecture practices are thinner on the ground, at 37% of the UK share.
3,365
businesses across 77 of the trades we build for, in the North Lanarkshire council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
These are the same North Lanarkshire figures shown on the Cumbernauld page, which lists every category.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 305 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 260 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 245 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 225 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 215 |
Wishaw and the places nearby.
Wishaw grew up beside Motherwell on coal and steel, and the two towns now run into each other with little obvious boundary. It has a busy main street, University Hospital Wishaw and a station on the main line south, with a lot of former council and private housing across Cambusnethan, Netherton and Overtown. Customers are practical and price-conscious and search for "near me" as often as by town, so a strong Google Business Profile and a list of the districts you serve does most of the work.
Inside North Lanarkshire, the closest places are Motherwell (3 miles), Bellshill (5 miles), Viewpark (6 miles) and Airdrie (7 miles). Just over the council boundary, Larkhall (3 miles), Hamilton (4 miles) and Blantyre (7 miles) are close by. A list of the places you really serve is more useful to a customer than “and surrounding areas”.
Cambusnethan, Netherton, Overtown, Waterloo, Newmains, Gowkthrapple and Pather: if you work in particular parts of Wishaw, those names belong on the site.
Wishaw addresses fall in the ML postcode area, about 349 miles north of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with Wishaw businesses.
349 miles from our Exeter studio
From Exeter we build for businesses across North Lanarkshire, Wishaw 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.
Questions from Wishaw businesses
Can you build a website for a Wishaw business?
Are there business figures for Wishaw on its own?
Where is Wishaw in relation to Exeter?
Do you cover the towns around Wishaw?
Let’s get your Wishaw phone ringing.
£299 setup, then £99 a month. Live in 3 working days. Tell us what your business does - we reply the same working day.