Bath, United Kingdom

What Bath is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 4,397 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.

4,397 businesses on file · 110 trades · 108 sectors · · built from geonet.bristol on 2026-11-07

Businesses4,397
99% carry coordinates
Specialised in10
trades above the national pattern
Places of worship36
Franchise brands40
already operating here

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The local economy

What the business base is made of, what it is specialised in against the national pattern, and what that mix implies. This is the part a development office would read first.

Composition, not health. geonet records what trades exist and where; it does not record formation, closure, employment or revenue, so none of those appear here. What makes this economics rather than a directory is the NAICS coding: it lets the local mix be read against the BLS survival curves and against the 323 industry groups this research has screened.

The two biggest markets here

Every industry group on this page links through to its NAICS page, and to the screened market report where this research has one — that is what the trait-to-NAICS coding buys.

Business density—
Breadth of the base345
broad — 85 industry groups, top three 22.5%
Survival the mix implies56.7%
at five years, against 51.4% for all private establishments
Coded to NAICS23.1%
of which 70.4% unambiguous

What this city is specialised in

Location quotient is this city's share of a trade divided by the same share across 2 UK metro tables. Above 1.25 is the conventional threshold for a local specialisation.

Thin against the national pattern

Common trades that are under-represented here. For someone deciding what to open, this is the more useful half of the table — though a gap can mean unmet demand or a market that does not work here, and this does not tell you which.

The base against the entry screen

Businesses by the entry signal of the industry group they sit in, from the /markets screen. A large "structure decides" share means most local trades are ones where being better than the incumbent does not by itself win. A trade is matched to the screened record at whatever level the research wrote it — the same code, a broader one, or a narrower one. Where a group holds several screened sub-markets the count is shown, because no single one of them speaks for the whole group.

Enter
20.6%
209 businesses
Caution
55%
559 businesses
Structure decides
24.4%
248 businesses
Not screened
0%
0 businesses

How to read the survival figure

Each sector's five-year establishment survival rate, weighted by how many of this city's businesses sit in that sector. It is a property of the MIX, not of these businesses — it says what survival this composition would imply at US private-sector rates, because no Canadian equivalent series exists.

Weighted over 99.7% of the coded base — public administration carries no curve. Source: Business Employment Dynamics — Table 7, Survival of private sector establishments by opening year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

And what it does not measure

A "mixed" trait is one that genuinely spans codes — "computers" covers systems design, repair and supply. The clear share is how much of this reading rests on unambiguous coding. Business density also reflects how completely the directory covers a place, not only how many businesses are in it — so it compares poorly between a city the register knows well and one it does not.

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Who lives here, and who the city is for

The census: the only figures on this page that count people rather than businesses, and the three cohort readings they make possible.

No census subdivision is mapped for uk-bath in local/census-map.json, so this page carries no census figures. The mapping is kept explicit because Canada has several places called London, Toronto and Kelowna, and attaching the wrong one would put another city's demographics on this page.

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The communities the register shows

A community appears in the business register before it appears in prose — a national church, a society, a credit union, a newspaper. Those are counted as institutions, and they are what suggests residents. A restaurant serving a cuisine is counted separately as trade, because every city has those and they say nothing about who lives nearby. The ranking is by institutions.

CommunityInstitutions WorshipTrade Where it shows
German 1 — —
German Lutheran Housing Association
Chinese — — 8
French — — 6
Thai — — 4
Italian — — 3
Dutch — — 3
Scottish — — 2
Russian — — 1
Arabic-speaking — — 1
Islamic — — 1
Caribbean — — 1
Irish — — 1
Welsh — — 1
Indigenous — — 1
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Where the communities are

Streets, not neighbourhood names. The data knows that Greek institutions sit on one street and Greek restaurants on another; it does not know the word "Greektown", so it does not use it.

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What the city is made of

Every business on file, grouped by the sector it trades in. This is the economic-development view: where the 4,397 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.

SectorBusinesses ShareWhat is in it
Living 129 2.9% place of worship (36) · furniture (25) · cleaning (19) · property (17) · apartment (14) · veterinary (7) · appliances (4) · fire safety (3)
Construction 125 2.8% plumbing (41) · roofing (19) · machinery (17) · painting (15) · electrician (11) · heating and cooling (7) · carpet (5) · excavating (4)
advertising 107 2.4%
Business 101 2.3% association (40) · accounting (27) · consulting (19) · foundation (6) · government (3) · bank (2) · vending (2) · auction (2)
Dining 96 2.2% restaurant (69) · fast food (17) · pizza (7) · pubs (2) · diner (1)
Education 86 2% school (74) · library (9) · garden (2) · writing (1)
Retail 84 1.9% photography (26) · antiques (20) · flowers (17) · jeweler (6) · toys (4) · pet supply (4) · department store (4) · gifts (2)
Travel 82 1.9% hotel (49) · travel agent (30) · motel (2) · bnb (1)
engineer 71 1.6%
cafes 50 1.1%
construction 48 1.1%
Automotive 42 1% autos (35) · tires (4) · auto repair (2) · scooter (1)
Agribusiness 40 0.9% landscaping (22) · dairy (8) · farm (5) · livestock (2) · fertilizer (2) · forestry (1)
consulting 39 0.9%
Finance 34 0.8% insurance (18) · bank (11) · mortgage (5)
housewares 33 0.8%
Food 31 0.7% catering (11) · grocer (8) · baker (7) · fruit (2) · seafood (2) · ice cream (1)
booksmusic 30 0.7%
Media 29 0.7% signs (15) · advertising (9) · books (3) · irrigation (1) · printing (1)
beautysalons 27 0.6%
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The franchises already here

Brands from a register of 2,024 franchise systems, matched into this city by name. A high count is a signal in both directions: the territory works, and it may be taken.

25 of these brands are a single common word — Metro, Avenue, Budget — so their counts include businesses that merely share the word. They are marked rather than dropped.

BrandCategory HereWorldwide
St. John retail 4 —
Royal Mail post 3 14,300
Salvation Army retail 2 —
Thomas Cook travel 2 700
Whittard of Chelsea retail 2 —
Burger King fastfood 1 11,000
Disney Store retail 1 —
Fast Signs specialty 1 504
Hollywood Video video 1 2,700
Home Hardware home 1 1,000
House of Fraser retail 1 —
Laura Ashley retail 1 —
Pizza Hut pizza 1 10,000
Royal Bank bank 1 —
The Body Shop retail 1 —
Michaels name only retail 4 805
Blackwell name only book 2 6
Somerfield name only supermarket 2 1,132
Burton name only retail 1 —
Coach name only luggage 1 —
Halfords name only retail 1 420
Hallmark name only greetingcards 1 5,600
HomeBase locations name only retail 1 320
Manor name only retail 1 —
Midas name only auto 1 1,800
Mothercare name only retail 1 —
Origins name only haircare 1 —
Orvis name only retail 1 36
Papyrus name only retail 1 170
Renaissance name only upscalehotel 1 —
Sears name only inc 1 2,300
Sheraton name only upscalehotel 1 —
Starbucks name only coffee 1 3,500
Tesco name only retail 1 1,780
Toyota name only car 1 —
Travelodge name only economyhotel 1 —
TUMI name only retail 1 —
Waitrose name only supermarket 1 184
Waterstones name only retail 1 193
YMCA name only fitness 1 —
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Real estate as a local trade

Four unrelated jobs share the name: selling existing homes, owning and letting them, managing them for someone else, and building new ones. For anyone weighing a move or a licence these are the counts — and the ownership question goes to /property, which answers it building by building.

Real estate is a local job market in its own right, and four unrelated trades get the same name. Counts are businesses filed under each trade in the register, which lists a brokerage once however many agents work there — so this measures firms, not licensees.

Selling homes

5312
3 firms · LQ 0.33

Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.

Named in the register
  • Realty House — 35 Milton Avenue
  • Richardsons Real Estate South West — Lennox House; 3 Pierrepont Street
  • The Bath Colonnade Properties — Leeward; Lansdown Road

Owning and letting

5311
14 firms · LQ 11.95

Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.

Named in the register
  • 22 21 Henrietta Street Bath — 21/22 Henrietta Street
  • 3 Cavendish Place — 3 Cavendish Place
  • 3 Royal Crescent Bath Properties — 3 Royal Crescent
  • 4 Johnstone Street Bath — 14 Widcombe Crescent
  • 4 St Anns Place Management Co — St Anns Place; New King Street
  • 5 Darlington Street Bath — 5 Darlington Street
  • 7 and 8 Darlington Street Management Bath — 7-8 Darlington Street
  • 7 Belgrave Terrace — 7 Belgrave Terrace
  • 7 Cavendish Crescent Bath Management — 7 Cavendish Crescent
  • 7 Upper Church Street Bath — 7 Upper Church Street
  • 9 Widcombe Crescent Bath Management — 3 The Acorns; Oakhill
  • Bath Apartments — 8 Edgar Blds; Geroge Street
  • The Apartment Co — 22 Gay Street
  • Victoria House ManagementBathCo — Flat 4 Victoria House; Weston Road

Managing for owners

5313
17 firms · LQ 4.29

Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.

Named in the register
  • 1 Catherine Place Management Bath — 1 Catharine Place
  • 8 Spencers Belle Vue Bath — 8 Spencers Belle Vue
  • Bartlett Street Antiques — 5-10 Bartlett Street
  • Bath Investment Building Society — 17 Charles Street
  • Capitec — Newbridge Hill
  • Chilton Estate Management — 2nd Floor 6 Gay St
  • H P H — 5 Kingsmead Square
  • J F P Housing — 17 Gay Street
  • Locations Property — 4 Chapel Row
  • M F I Properties — Unit B Locksbrook Road
  • Orbacourt — 4 Prines St Queen Square
  • Palladian — 14 New Bond St
  • Sunrise Property Management — 2 Hay Hill
  • The Wiltshire Investment Agency — 18a Queen Square

Building new homes

2361
1 firms · LQ 0.89

Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.

Named in the register
  • Steels Caravans — Radstock Road; Midsomer Norton

Financing it

5222
5 firms · LQ 0.58

Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.

Named in the register
  • First Mortgage Trust — PO Box 2587
  • London and Country Mortgages — Queen's Square Ho, Queen's Sq
  • Mortgage Maestro — 11 Manvers Street
  • Mortgage Managers — 40 Great Pulteney Street
  • Simply Mortgages — 5 Princes Buildings; George Street

On "how many doors"

How many doors a landlord holds is not in any of this. The register files an apartment building under the building, not its owner, and carries no unit count; there is no open dataset of Canadian landlords by portfolio. Where this research has established ownership it is in the /property record for the city, building by building, which is a different and much slower exercise.

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Work on the go, mobile services

The Ultimate 411 half of local: everything where the customer does not have to come to you. Each service opens a page on Ultimate 411 to request a quote or book a time.

A shop needs the customer to walk in. These 320 services do the opposite — the mobile mechanic, the mobile groomer, the bookkeeper, the junk haul — and they are the ones a person can start without a lease. 1 of them already match a trait filed in this city's register.

The 320 Service=1 rows in search.local: work on the go, mobile services, where the provider travels to the customer. "present" counts businesses already filed under that exact trait name; a blank is a coverage gap, not proof of absence, because the two vocabularies were built separately.

home services

Accessible Home Renovations Air Filtration & Purifier Installation Short-Term Rental Turnover Appliance Installation Artificial Turf Installation Babyproofing & Safety Installs Electric Baseboard Heater Installation Basement Renovation Bathroom Fan Replacement & Installation Bathroom Renovation BBQ Cleaning Blinds & Shutters Installation Cabinet Refacing Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Carpet Installation Caulking & Sealing Ceiling Fan Installation Ceiling Design & Repair Central Vacuum Installation Countertop Installation Custom Closet Design & Installation Decorative Rock & Gravel Deep Cleaning Drain Cleaning Dryer Vent Cleaning & Hose Installation Drywall Repair Air Duct & Furnace Cleaning Electrical Inspection Electrical Panel & Breaker Upgrade Errand Running EV Charger Installation & Service Exterior Painting Faucet Installation Fence & Deck Staining Furnace & Air Conditioner Installation Furnace & AC Repair Furniture Assembly Garden Weeding & Maintenance Grocery Pickup & Delivery Gutter Cleaning Handyman (General Repairs) Hardwood Flooring Installation Hedge & Shrub Trimming Home Project Design Consultation House Cleaning House Sitting HVAC Tune-Up & Maintenance Insulation Installation Interior Painting Junk Removal & Dump Runs Kitchen Design Consultation Kitchen Renovation Laminate & Vinyl Flooring Installation Landscape Design & Planting Lawn Aeration & Seeding Lawn Leveling Lawn Mowing Fall Leaf Cleanup Light Fixture, Switch & Outlet Installation Material Take-off & Estimate Move-In / Move-Out Cleaning Moving Help (Labour Only) Moving with Truck Office Cleaning Outdoor Blinds & Shades Personal Shopper Picture & Mirror Hanging Pipe Insulation Plaster Wall Repair Pot Light Installation Pressure Washing Move Things Around the House Wiring Upgrade & Rewiring Driveway & Sidewalk Salting Shelving & Closet Organizer Installation Shower Valve Replacement Sink Installation Smart Camera & Doorbell Installation Smoke & CO Alarm Installation Snow Shovelling & Removal Sod Installation Lawn Sprinkler Installation Irrigation Repair & Maintenance Packing & Unpacking Sump Pump Installation & Replacement Smart Thermostat Installation Tile Installation Toilet Installation Toilet Repair Interior Trim & Baseboard Repair TV & Picture Mounting Wall & Ceiling Texturing Wall Panels & Accent Walls Wallpaper Installation & Removal Wardrobe Styling Water Damage Extraction Water Heater Installation (Tank & Tankless) Water Softener & Filtration Water Valve Replacement Weed Control Window AC Installation Window Cleaning Window Film Installation Spring & Fall Yard Cleanup
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Schools and colleges

wander.schools is a post-secondary table — universities and colleges. K-12 public and private schools are not in it, and only 7 of its 1,686 rows carry coordinates, so these are listed and not mapped.

InstitutionTypeStudentsFounded
Bath University — —
Bath Spa University — —
University of Bath University — —

In the business register

Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.

school 74
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Health and care

What a person moving a parent here would ask first. The register files clinics and pharmacies; it has no category for a hospital at all, so hospitals are matched by name and the limit is stated rather than hidden.

Medical clinics0
Pharmacies0
Dental practices13

Matched on the name "hospital"

  • Bath Dolls Hospital The — 2 Grosvenor Pl London Rd
  • Bellotts Hospital — Beau St
  • Fairfield Park Health Centre — Tyning Lane
  • StCatherines Hospital — Bilbury Lane
  • St Johns Hospital — Chapel Ct
  • The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatoid Arthrit — The Finance Department; Upper Borough Walls
  • Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Nhs — Upper Borough Walls
  • St Johns Hospital — 4-5 Chapel Court
  • Bath and Wessex Orthopaedic Hospital — Royal United Hosp, Combe Pk
  • Bath Hospital Radio — Combe Park
  • St Martins Hospital — Midford Road
  • St Martins Hospital
  • St Martins Hospital

geonet carries no 'hospital' trait, so these are matched on the business name. A distance-to-hospital figure needs a source that states hospital locations.

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What this record cannot tell you

Named in full, because the gaps are the part most likely to be misread as an answer.

  • No census figures on this page: this region is not mapped to a census subdivision in local/census-map.json, so the community counts here are business-register institutions, which is a different measurement and cannot substitute for a population.
  • wander.schools is now readable, but it holds universities and colleges only and 1,679 of its 1,686 rows have no coordinates. K-12 public and private schools need a separate source — in Ontario the Ministry of Education school finder, in British Columbia the provincial school list. wander.citytowns, hotels and territories remain denied to the ru user.
  • No 'hospital' trait exists in geonet; distance to a hospital needs an external source such as StatCan's Open Database of Healthcare Facilities.
  • 0.5% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 100%.

Built from

  • geonet.bristol — the local business register
  • wander.regions — city name, population, metro
  • search.local — trait vocabulary and the come-to-you services
  • search.cozfranchises — 2,024 franchise brands