Flats are home to 51.6% of households in Greenwich, well above the England share of 22.2%. People searching in Greenwich look for the basics first: what you do, where you are and how to reach you. Our £69 plan covers the website or online shop, your domain, email and hosting, ready within 3 working days on a temporary link.
No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website.
Doing business in Greenwich
With 43.1% of households living without a car, customers in Greenwich favour businesses they can walk or take the bus to. Your website should make the location and the nearest bus routes obvious.
Where 18.2% of residents have a main language other than English, clear and simple wording goes a long way: short sentences, photos that show the service and prices that need no explanation.
The Greenwich local authority area grew by 4.0% between mid-2021 and mid-2024, to 301,259 people. New residents have no favourite plumber, café or hairdresser yet, so they search; a clear website is how a Greenwich business gets onto that first list.
The business mix around Greenwich
UK Business Counts lists 11,880 business sites in the Greenwich local authority area in 2026. Compared with England as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- IT, software and digital firms, 745 in Greenwich: the site should show services and how projects run and a contact form for project briefs.
- Professional firms such as accountants, solicitors and engineers, 755 in Greenwich: the site should show office address and hours and the team with qualifications.
- Hair and beauty salons and other personal services, 375 in Greenwich: the site should show how to book by email or phone and opening hours.
- Restaurants, cafés and pubs, 825 in Greenwich: the site should show how to book a table or a private event by email and photos of the dishes and the room.
The local count includes 20 veterinary practices, 295 domestic building firms and 230 hairdressing and beauty businesses. 87.8% are micro businesses with up to nine employees.
Who is searching in Greenwich
At Census 2021, 40.6% of people in work in Greenwich worked from home. People at home during the day search for local services during the day.
45.7% of adults hold Level 4 qualifications or above. They read details: accreditations and precise descriptions help.
Young adults (20 to 34) make up 24.5% of Greenwich. Make it easy to send a message beats asking them to ring.
Where Greenwich sits in London
Within a short drive of Greenwich: Lewisham (3.5 miles), Newham (3.8 miles), Bexley (4.3 miles) and Tower Hamlets (4.8 miles). If you work in Lewisham or Tower Hamlets as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
In Lewisham, 44.9% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Greenwich, 40.6%. Next to Greenwich, Lewisham counted 300,764 people at Census 2021, with 41.8% of households owning their home.
Greenwich in numbers
10.5% of residents are 65 or over and 19.4% are under 15. Of the 113,688 households in Greenwich, 41.1% own their home and 25.5% rent privately. 43.1% of households have no car or van, and 14.4% have two or more.
Other numbers worth knowing
- Households in semi-detached homes: 17.7%
- Bus commuters: 10.7%
- No formal qualifications: 16.7% of adults
- Workers travelling less than 5 km: 16.0%
- Households paying a mortgage: 24.9%
Greenwich against its local authority area and England
The share of households renting privately is 25.5% in Greenwich, against 25.5% in the Greenwich local authority area and 20.5% in England. Households without a car or van: 43.1% in Greenwich, 43.1% across the Greenwich local authority area and 23.5% in England. On degree-level qualifications, Greenwich (45.7%) compares with 45.7% for the Greenwich local authority area as a whole and 33.9% nationally.
England rules for a business with a website
Some homework for Greenwich businesses before the website goes live:
- A limited company has to be registered with Companies House before it starts trading; registering online costs £100. GOV.UK: register a limited company
- A limited company must include its name on all company documents, publicity and letters, and on business letters, order forms and websites it must also show its registered number, its registered office address and where it is registered. GOV.UK: company names on websites
This is general information, not legal advice; confirm the details with the agency behind each item or with a professional adviser.
Getting a Greenwich business online: the steps
We have built business websites for small companies since 2008, always working online. The plan is the same in Greenwich as in any other town in the United Kingdom: one monthly fee, everything arranged by email.
- Start with the online sign-up (about 5 minutes) and tell us what the business does.
- Within 3 working days, your website is ready on a temporary link, built with your brand on a proven professional template.
- Approve the site and pay the first month: only then does it go live on your domain.
Once the site is live, hosting, SSL and daily backups are on our side, and the changes you email in are included.
- A business website or an online shop, for the same monthly fee
- Your own domain: bring the one you have, or we help you choose one
- Email on your domain: unlimited accounts, 5 GB in total, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, an SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 3 working days on a temporary link
Questions about a website for your Greenwich business
Can I cancel?
You can stop the service whenever you need to; there is no setup fee and no long-term commitment.
Can I have an email address with my business name?
Email on your own domain comes with the plan, such as info@yourbusiness: unlimited accounts, 5 GB of storage in total, webmail and spam filtering.
How fast can I see the website?
The first version is ready within 3 working days, on a temporary link. Publication on your domain comes after your approval and the first payment.
Will customers in Lewisham and Newham see that I serve them?
Yes. A service area page can name Lewisham, Newham, Bexley and any other place you work in; email us the list and we add it.
Do we need to meet?
Everything happens by email: you send your material and any changes, and you check the whole site on a temporary link before anything is published.
Does the site look right on a mobile?
Yes. The layout adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and every page keeps the contact form and your details.
Can customers order from my website?
Yes. Tick the online shop option when you sign up and you get catalogue, basket and online payment at the same monthly fee.
Do I pay anything to get started?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website. No lock-in contract. You can stop the service whenever you need to.
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- Population, households, housing, travel to work, work and qualifications: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, summed for the Greenwich built-up area (2022 definition). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Mid-2021 and mid-2024 population of the Greenwich local authority area: ONS mid-year population estimates.
- Business sites in the Greenwich local authority area: Office for National Statistics, UK Business Counts 2026 (local units).
- Locations of Greenwich and the places around it: ONS Open Geography Portal, Built Up Areas 2022; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
- Figures are the latest official releases when this page was written; distances are straight-line.