Website cost guide · Scotland

How much does a website cost in Scotland?

What a Scottish business, charity or public body pays for a website in 2026, in pounds. This guide also covers the parts that work differently in Scotland: what OSCR requires a charity's home page to show, the free advice available from Business Gateway, Gaelic language plans for public authorities, and how small disputes are handled under Scots law.

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The short answer

Website prices for Scotland, from £629

For a small business in Scotland, a website of up to 5 pages on a premium WordPress theme starts at £629 with us and takes about 15 days. A custom-coded site of up to 8 pages, built in Astro, Next.js or React, starts at £1,590 and takes about 4 weeks. Fixing an existing site starts at £199, and looking after it costs £39 a month. If you run a Scottish charity, make sure every quote includes the charity details OSCR requires on your home page.

01 · Basic Website
£629
02 · Business Website
£1,590
03 · Website Fix & Speed-up
£199
04 · Website Care Plan
£39

Our usual starting prices in GBP. You get a written quote before any work starts, and the price we agree is the price you pay.

Official figures · Scotland

Scotland's businesses in numbers

The Scottish Government's own business count, as at March 2025. It shows who is buying websites in Scotland: mostly very small firms, more than half of them not registered for VAT or PAYE, with construction and professional services at the top.

Private sector businesses in Scotland (March 2025)
384,280
That is the Scottish Government's estimate for March 2025. Of these, 175,035 were registered for VAT or PAYE, 950 more than a year earlier, so most website buyers in Scotland are small firms and sole traders rather than large companies.
Official source Scottish Government · Businesses in Scotland: 2025 – Headline results
Share of businesses that are small, 0–49 employees (2025)
98.3%
Nearly every Scottish business is small, so most website briefs are for a few pages, a contact form and a way to be found locally. A larger site is worth it only if the extra pages would bring you work.
Official source Scottish Government · Businesses in Scotland: 2025 – Business size
Businesses registered for neither VAT nor PAYE (2025)
54.5%
More than half of Scotland's private sector businesses in March 2025 were registered neither for VAT nor for PAYE. When you compare quotes, compare the total you will actually pay, VAT included.
Official source Scottish Government · Businesses in Scotland: 2025 – Business size
Businesses per 10,000 adults, Scotland vs UK (2025)
809 vs 1,020
In 2025 Scotland had fewer businesses per adult than the UK as a whole. Most of the gap is firms with no employees (594 against 766 per 10,000 adults).
Official source Scottish Government · Businesses in Scotland: 2025 – Comparisons with the UK business stock
Construction businesses, Scotland's largest sector (March 2025)
53,495
Construction was the largest sector in March 2025, ahead of professional, scientific and technical activities (47,185). For trades, a site that shows past jobs, the areas covered and a quick quote form usually matters more than page count.
Official source Scottish Government · Businesses in Scotland: 2025 – Industry sector

Only in Scotland

Rules and support that are specific to Scotland

The UK-wide points (VAT, accessibility, data protection) are covered in the UK guide. These apply in Scotland only. They are worth checking before you write a brief or sign a quote. They are not legal advice.

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    Scottish charities must show their details on the home page

    A charity on the Scottish Charity Register must show its registered name, any working name, its Scottish Charity Number (SC0xxxxx) and, if the name does not make it clear, that it is a charity. This is required on its website home page and on external letters and emails. OSCR calls showing the details on every page and on social media, and saying the charity is regulated by OSCR, good practice. Ask the studio to put them in the site footer.

    Official source OSCR (Scottish Charity Regulator) · Publicising that you are a charity
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    Small disputes go to the sheriff court under simple procedure

    In Scotland, a claim for payment of £5,000 or less goes through simple procedure in the sheriff court, which the court service describes as a speedy, inexpensive and informal way to resolve disputes. Bigger claims use the ordinary cause procedure. Before you sign, ask which country's law the contract follows, and get the pages, features, payment stages and sign-off steps in writing.

    Official source Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service · Guide to simple procedure
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    Public authorities may have a Gaelic language plan

    Public authorities in Scotland prepare statutory Gaelic language plans with Bòrd na Gàidhlig under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005. If your organisation has one, check what it commits to online before you write the brief. Then ask each studio how it would build Gaelic pages, menus and page addresses, and what that adds to the quote.

    Official source Bòrd na Gàidhlig · Gaelic language plans
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    Free advice from Business Gateway before you buy

    Business Gateway is a publicly funded service for people across Scotland. It offers free one-to-one expert advice from local teams on starting up, funding and business plans, plus free webinars and events. It has also introduced an AI Adoption Programme. Check what is open in your area before you commission a site.

    Official source Business Gateway · Home
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    Scottish Enterprise support for growing companies

    Scottish Enterprise says it supports ambitious companies that are committed to adopting fair work and net zero practices. Its support pages point to funding and grants and to help with changing business processes. What is offered changes, so check whether anything is open, and whether it can cover work you have already ordered, before you agree a start date.

    Official source Scottish Enterprise · Support for businesses

This is a builder's checklist, not legal or regulatory advice. Guidance changes, so check your regulator's current pages; we build the pages it asks for and make them easy for you to keep up to date.

What moves the price

Six things that decide the cost

Storvexa Your quote, line by line

  1. 01

    Pages and content

    Five pages cost less than twenty. Writing the copy, finding photos and moving content from an old site all take time, so say up front who supplies them.

  2. 02

    Theme or custom code

    A premium WordPress theme is the quickest and cheapest route. A site written in our own code costs more, loads faster and has no page-builder plugins to keep updating.

  3. 03

    What the site has to do

    A contact form is simple. Online booking, payments, client logins or a shop each add work, because each has to be built, tested and kept safe.

  4. 04

    Languages and markets

    Every extra language means translated pages and its own search setup. Prices in more than one currency add a little more.

  5. 05

    Connections to your tools

    Linking the site to a CRM, a booking calendar, an accounting tool or a payment provider is quoted per connection, after we have seen what the tool allows.

  6. 06

    Speed and search work

    Basic Google setup comes with every site. Full on-page SEO, a Google Business Profile and analytics come with the custom-coded package.

Total In your written quote, before any work starts

FAQ · 06

Website costs in Scotland: common questions

Asked before anyone asks for a quote.

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It depends mostly on how many pages you need, whether the site runs on WordPress or is custom-coded, and who looks after it afterwards. Ask every studio for a written quote that lists the pages, the features, the timeline and what is included after launch, then compare the total you will pay, VAT included, rather than the headline figure.

You book video calls in UK time, get a quote in pounds and agree a written scope before any work starts. Storvexa is a remote studio, so there is no office to visit. You share your content and feedback online, watch progress on a preview link, and sign off each stage in writing before the next one begins.

A charity on the Scottish Charity Register must show these on its home page: its registered name, any working name, its Scottish Charity Number in the form SC0xxxxx and, if the name does not make it clear, that it is a charity. OSCR calls showing them on every page and on social accounts good practice. Ask your web studio to put them in the footer.

Yes. Business Gateway is a publicly funded service across Scotland. It offers free one-to-one expert advice from local teams on starting up, funding and business plans, plus free webinars and events. Scottish Enterprise also points ambitious companies to funding, grants and help with changing business processes. Check what is open before you commission work.

First, look at what the contract says. In Scotland, a claim for £5,000 or less uses simple procedure in the sheriff court, which the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service describes as a speedy, inexpensive and informal way to resolve disputes. Before you sign, ask which country's law the contract follows, and make sure the pages, features and payment stages are written down.

Only if its Gaelic language plan commits it to them, or it chooses to. Public authorities in Scotland prepare statutory Gaelic language plans with Bòrd na Gàidhlig under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005. If your organisation has one, check what it says about your website before you write the brief. Then ask the studio how it would handle bilingual pages, menus and page addresses.

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