Web design for Chester businesses
If you run a business in Chester and need a website that pulls its weight, this is what we do. We design and build sites for owner-run firms across the city, with every price published before you call, and you own the site outright. Chester's trade is a mix that template websites serve badly: retail on the Rows and Bridge Street competing with chains, cafés and salons in Hoole and Handbridge that live on being found from a phone, consultancies out at Chester Business Park that win work on referral and need a site that closes it. We build the site around the job yours has to do.
Who we build for in Chester
Retail and hospitality in the centre compete with every chain on the street. What wins is looking as sharp as they do while being obviously local: real photography, current opening hours, and a Google profile wired properly to the site.
Cafés, salons, trades and small shops here live on phone searches. The site's job is to load fast, say what you do and where, and make ringing or booking one tap.
Consultancies and B2B firms around Chester Business Park win work on referral. The site's job is to close what the referral opened: credible, specific about who you serve, easy to check out in two minutes.
Plumbers, electricians, landscapers and every trade that serves Chester rather than trading from one street: your customers search when something needs fixing and ring whoever looks solid first. The site's job is to come up, look legitimate, show your area and make the phone ring.
Dentists, physios, solicitors and accountants across the city live on trust and bookings. The site's job is to look established, answer the questions people check before choosing, and make booking or enquiring effortless.
The racecourse, the zoo and the walls bring footfall the city's independents live on. Sites for B&Bs, restaurants and tours win by showing up when visitors search and looking worth the detour.
Be the first site we build in Chester
Every town on this site started at zero. The first Chester business to build with us gets exactly what every client gets, and this page tells the story afterwards.
The state of Chester’s websites
In August 2026 we found 301 independent business websites in Chester and scanned 276 of them. This is what the scan recorded.
of 276 have no H1 heading
The H1 is the headline Google reads first to work out what a page is about. No H1 means Google guesses.
of 276 carry no structured data
Structured data is the labelling that tells Google this is a local business, serving this area. Without it, you rely on Google working it out.
of 276 have no meta description
The two lines of sales copy under your name in Google results. Missing means Google picks random text instead.
of 276 have no mobile viewport set
Not built for phones. Visitors get a shrunk desktop page they have to pinch and zoom.
of 276 do not redirect to HTTPS
Type the address without https and you land on an insecure version. No padlock, and browsers warn people about it.
of 276 loaded slowly when fetched
Slow sites lose visitors before they see anything, and Google ranks them lower.
of 276 have images missing alt text
Images with no written description are invisible to Google Images and to anyone using a screen reader.
median server response across the scan
How quickly the typical site answers when fetched. Under half a second is healthy.
median page weight across the scan
How heavy the typical page is. Light pages load fast on mobile data.
Every number above is a flaw we check for.
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Run the free audit →Scanned August 2026. Aggregate figures for the whole set; no individual business is named.
What we do for Chester businesses
Sites for Chester firms are built around the job each one has to do: get found in local search, load fast on a phone, say plainly what you offer and make getting in touch easy. Every price is published before you call, the site is yours outright, and if you want it looked after once it is live we do that too. If being found locally is your priority, the site gets built around Chester searches first.
Every price, published.
The same published price list applies in every town we serve. No quote theatre, no local premium.
| Basic Website | Business Website | Professional Website | Enterprise Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | £1,000 | £1,500 | £2,500 | £5,000 |
| Pages | up to 5 | up to 10 | up to 20 | agreed up front |
| Design | template-based | template-based | custom to your brand | fully custom |
| SEO | on-page basics | on-page basics | full foundation | full foundation |
| Support after launch | handover | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months |
| Analytics | GA4 | GA4 + Search Console | GA4 + Search Console | GA4 + Search Console |
| Enquiries to inbox + portal | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Blog | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Typical timescale | up to 2 weeks | up to 2 weeks | 3 weeks | from 4 weeks |
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