With 107,754 residents in its built-up area at Census 2021, Solihull ranks 6th among the 562 towns and cities of the West Midlands. That says a lot about what a website for a Solihull business should show first. Aria builds the whole site for £69 a month, with your domain, business email and hosting, and you pay only once you have approved it.
No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website.
Who lives and works in Solihull
Working from home was common in Solihull at Census 2021 (39.1% of working residents). People who work locally shop locally, and they look up businesses on their laptops between calls.
The Solihull local authority area counted 10,010 business sites in 2026, and 83.3% of them employ fewer than ten people. Most of your competition is small and local too, so a professional website is a real differentiator.
Solihull by the numbers
Under-15s are 17.1% of the population, and people aged 65 or over 22.1%. 15.1% of households have no car or van, and 45.3% have two or more. Census 2021 counted 44,407 households in Solihull, with an average of 2.4 people each.
Solihull: more from the census
- Average household size: 2.4 people
- People aged 66+ living alone: 15.3% of households
- Cycle to work: 1.0%
- Adults with no qualifications: 15.4%
- Households of one person: 28.7%
- Bus commuters: 2.7%
How Solihull compares
The share of households renting privately is 13.8% in Solihull, against 12.9% in the Solihull local authority area and 20.5% in England. Households that own their home: 77.7% in Solihull, 72.2% across the Solihull local authority area and 61.3% in England.
The Solihull local authority area added 3,622 residents between mid-2021 and mid-2024 (1.7%).
Know your Solihull audience
42.6% of households own their home outright. Before-and-after photos speak to homeowners.
27.0% of adults in Solihull are retired. Daytime is when many of them get in touch, so show when you are open.
6.2% of people in Solihull have another main language. Simple wording and good photos make your site easy to follow for every customer.
Serving Solihull and nearby
Nearby towns and villages include Cheswick Green (2 miles), Dickens Heath (2.1 miles) and Tidbury Green (2.8 miles). If you work in Knowle and Dorridge or Cheswick Green as well, the site can say so on a service area page.
Next to Solihull, Cheswick Green counted 2,743 people at Census 2021, with 83.2% of households owning their home. In Cheswick Green, 39.7% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Solihull, 39.1%.
Solihull businesses and what their websites need
UK Business Counts lists 10,010 business sites in the Solihull local authority area in 2026. Compared with England as a whole, these sectors have a larger presence:
- Dental practices, clinics, physiotherapists and other health practices (490): what to expect on a first visit and the treatments offered.
- Hair and beauty salons and other personal services (320): the price list and opening hours.
- IT, software and digital firms (545): a contact form for project briefs and the team behind the work.
- Builders and renovation firms (455): the areas they build in and photos of finished projects, room by room.
- Estate agents and property managers (685): current listings with photos and a valuation request form.
Among the most common trades: 160 plumbing and heating installers, 70 landscape service firms and 195 electrical installation firms.
Registration and privacy basics for Solihull
Some homework for Solihull 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
- You must not send marketing emails or texts to individuals without specific consent; there is a limited exception for your own previous customers, often called the soft opt-in. ICO: email marketing
- When you sell online, you must tell the customer they can cancel their order up to 14 days after it is delivered, and they do not need to give a reason. GOV.UK: online and distance selling
General information, not legal advice. Each link goes to the official page, where the details for your situation are.
The process, from first email to launch
Since 2008, Aria has been setting up websites, domains and business email for small companies. It all runs online, so a Solihull business gets the same plan as anyone.
- Sign up online in roughly 5 minutes, then email us your logo and a few photos.
- Within 3 working days, the whole site is on a temporary link, with your colours and logo.
- Once you say it is ready, you pay the first month and the website goes live on your domain.
After it goes live, the technical side stays with us, 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
Web design in Solihull: frequent questions
What about my domain name?
If you have one, keep it: we point it to the website. If not, say so in the sign-up and we sort out the options with you by email.
What do I need to send?
Send what you have; we put it into a proven template with your colours and logo, and you review all the text before anything goes live.
Can customers order from my website?
Yes, an online shop costs the same £69 a month as a regular website: a catalogue of your products, basket and online payment.
Can I have an email address with my business name?
As many addresses on your domain as you need, sharing 5 GB in total, with webmail and spam filtering.
Who keeps the website up to date?
Our team does it for you: email what needs changing and we take care of it, along with hosting, SSL and backups.
What is the website built on?
On the Aria Platform, which is built on WordPress and set up by our team, so you get a professional site without dealing with the technical side.
Does the site look right on a mobile?
Yes, it is built to work on phones first, with buttons that are easy to tap and pages that load quickly.
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.
Web design near Solihull
Your website, ready within 3 working days
The sign-up takes about 5 minutes. You only pay after you approve the website.
- Census figures: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 tables by output area, added up for the Solihull built-up area as defined in 2022. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Population of the Solihull local authority area: Office for National Statistics, mid-year estimates for 2021 and 2024.
- Business sites in the Solihull local authority area: Office for National Statistics, UK Business Counts 2026 (local units).
- Distances to nearby places are straight-line, between ONS built-up area points (Open Geography Portal); contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
- Numbers come from the official sources above and are updated when new releases come out; distances are measured in a straight line.