Yorkshire and the Humber · England
York web design, built to get you called.
Websites for York businesses of every kind and size, designed from scratch and written for you. The York council area has 3.5 times the UK share of holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation. £299 setup and £99 a month on a 12-month plan, live in 3 working days.
Business in York, by the numbers.
ONS UK Business Counts (2025) and population estimates for the York 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 York council area is about average: 34.0 active businesses per 1,000 residents puts it 219th of 350 council areas in Great Britain, where the overall figure is 39.3.
Compared with the UK as a whole, the York council area has more holiday lets and other short-stay accommodation than its size would suggest (3.5 times the national share) and more veterinary practices (2.1 times).
By count, the largest group is management consultancies, with about 415 businesses.
2,945
businesses across 77 of the trades we build for, in the York council area.
Source: ONS UK Business Counts, 2025, rounded to the nearest 5. Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Category and businesses | Businesses |
|---|---|
| Management consultanciesConsultants | 415 |
| Hairdressing and beauty businessesBarbers · Hairdressers · Beauty Salons · Nail Technicians | 145 |
| Licensed restaurantsRestaurants | 145 |
| Plumbing and heating businessesPlumbers · Gas Engineers · Bathroom Fitters · Air Conditioning Engineers | 125 |
| Pubs and barsPubs | 125 |
| Electrical contractorsElectricians · Solar Panel Installers | 120 |
| Takeaways and mobile food businessesTakeaways | 120 |
| Domestic construction firmsBuilders · Loft Conversion Companies | 105 |
| Vehicle repair businessesCar Valeting & Detailing · Mobile Mechanics · MOT Centres · Garages & Mechanics | 105 |
| Cafés and unlicensed restaurantsCafés & Coffee Shops | 105 |
| Joinery businessesJoiners & Carpenters · Kitchen Fitters | 100 |
| Accountancy practicesAccountants | 80 |
| Other health practicesPhysiotherapists · Chiropractors · Counsellors & Therapists · Clinics & Private Healthcare | 70 |
| Financial services support businesses, including mortgage brokers,Mortgage Brokers | 70 |
| Estate and letting agenciesEstate Agents | 70 |
| Specialised design businesses, including interior designers,Interior Designers | 65 |
Around York.
York combines a heavily visited historic centre with a settled residential and professional population, producing two customer bases with quite different expectations. Tourism-facing businesses live or die on current information and visual presentation; those serving residents compete on the ordinary local terms. Conservation and listed-building constraints also make certain trades - roofing, joinery, decorating - a specialist proposition worth saying out loud.
Haxby (4 miles) is the nearest in the same council area. Across the boundary into the next council area, Tadcaster (9 miles) is also close. A longer drive takes in Easingwold (12 miles), Selby (12 miles), Wetherby (13 miles) and Pocklington (13 miles). Naming the towns you actually cover tells people straight away whether you will come to them.
Bishopthorpe Road, Fulford, Heworth, Clifton, Acomb and Bootham: if you work in particular parts of York, those names belong on the site.
York addresses fall in the YO postcode area, about 247 miles north-east of Exeter, where we are based.
How we work with York businesses.
247 miles from our Exeter studio
Projects for York 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 York, 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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