29.5% of the people in Wells are 65 or over, against 18.4% across England. Web design in Wells works best when the site answers the questions local customers actually ask. For £69 a month, we set up a professional website with your brand, email on your domain and hosting, with no setup fee.
No setup fee: you only pay the £69 monthly fee once you have approved your website.
Doing business in Wells
The Somerset local authority area grew by 2.6% between mid-2021 and mid-2024, to 588,173 people. New residents have no favourite plumber, café or hairdresser yet, so they search; a clear website is how a Wells business gets onto that first list.
With 14.7% of workers walking to work, Wells has real foot traffic. A website that shows your street, your opening hours and a photo of the shopfront helps people find the door.
Key numbers for Wells
Wells has 5,750 households; 37.2% are one-person households.
A few more figures
- Under-5s: 4.4%
- Higher managerial and professional jobs: 13.2%
- Bus commuters: 1.6%
- Households in semi-detached homes: 36.9%
- Average household size: 2.1 people
- One-person households: 37.2%
- Working 49+ hours a week: 11.5%
Wells against its local authority area and England
Adults with Level 4 qualifications or above: 37.6% in Wells, 34.0% across the Somerset local authority area and 33.9% in England. On home working, Wells (30.5%) compares with 30.7% for the Somerset local authority area as a whole and 31.5% nationally.
The business mix around Wells
Of the 28,585 business sites counted in the Somerset local authority area (2026), these groups stand out against the national mix:
- Farms and agricultural businesses (3,535 sites): seasonal opening times and what they grow or raise.
- Hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets (410 sites): the rooms with real photos and rates by season.
- Trades such as electricians, plumbers and roofers (2,405 sites): the services they offer and where and emergency contact details and hours.
- Veterinary practices (130 sites): a map and the vets.
- Car dealers and motor trade businesses (1,085 sites): current stock with photos and finance contact details.
The local count includes 285 accounting and auditing practices, 310 hairdressing and beauty businesses and 135 childcare day centres. 84.8% are micro businesses with up to nine employees.
Who your customers are in Wells
Outright owners: 45.6% of households in Wells. Before-and-after photos are what homeowners look for.
Part-time work: 36.2% of employed residents. People are around at different times of day, so show your opening hours clearly.
19.2% of workers travel less than 2 km to work. Most customers live and work nearby, so the streets you name matter.
Where Wells sits in the South West
Nearby towns and villages include Pilton (4.3 miles, pop. 1,104), Shepton Mallet (4.8 miles, pop. 9,645), Glastonbury (4.8 miles, pop. 8,304), Draycott (5.4 miles, pop. 1,069) and Wedmore (6.8 miles, pop. 1,424). Bristol is about 17 miles to the north. For local government, Wells is part of the Somerset local authority area. A website can name each place you serve, from Glastonbury to Draycott.
Pilton has 1,104 residents, 28.2% of them aged 65 or over, against 29.5% in Wells. In Pilton, 37.4% of workers were based mainly at home in 2021; in Wells, 30.5%.
Three steps to a website for your Wells business
Aria has been building business websites and online shops since 2008, and every project runs online. Nothing needs to happen in person: you send what you have by email and see the whole website on a temporary link before it goes live.
- Fill in the sign-up form at cadastro.ariaserv.com; it takes about 5 minutes.
- We put the site together with your logo, colours and photos, and send you a temporary link within 3 working days.
- Approve the site and pay the first month: only then does it go live on your domain.
New prices, new photos, a new service page: send it by email and it is done, with no extra charge.
- 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
Running a business website from Wells: the rules
Putting your business online brings no special licence, but these points are worth checking:
- Organisations, including sole traders, that use personal information need to pay a data protection fee to the ICO, although many can rely on an exemption; the tier 1 fee is £52. ICO: data protection fee
- 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.
Wells website questions, answered
Who keeps the website up to date?
Send the new details by email and we update the pages; it is included in the £69 plan.
Do we need to meet?
No meetings needed: support@ariaserv.com is where the conversation happens, and you see the full website on a temporary link before approving it.
I also work in Pilton. Can the website show that?
Yes. Email us the places you serve (say Pilton, Shepton Mallet and Glastonbury) and we put them on a page of their own.
How long until my website is ready?
Within 3 working days of receiving your material, the website is ready on a temporary link. It goes live on your domain after you approve it and the first monthly fee is paid.
Can I cancel?
You can stop the service whenever you need to; there is no setup fee and no long-term commitment.
Do I need a domain already?
If you already own one, we connect it to the new website and your email. If not, tell us in the sign-up and we will help you pick one, by email.
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 Wells
Put your Wells business on the map online
Tell us about your business in the sign-up form and we take it from there, by email.
- Census figures: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 tables by output area, added up for the Wells built-up area as defined in 2022. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
- Population of the Somerset local authority area: Office for National Statistics, mid-year estimates for 2021 and 2024.
- Businesses: ONS, UK Business Counts 2026 (local units), Somerset local authority.
- 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.