Bournemouth-Poole, United Kingdom
What Bournemouth is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 11,262 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.
11,262 businesses on file · 136 trades · 116 sectors · registry population 196,455 · built from geonet.portsmouth on 2026-11-07
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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.
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.
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.
| Industry group | LQ | Businesses | Entry signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4412 Other motor vehicle dealers | 4.3 | 67 | Caution+1 more |
| 5313 Activities related to real estate — Property Management Services | 3.76 | 38 | Caution |
| 7211 Traveller accommodation — Small Motel & Roadside Accommodation Acquisition | 3.17 | 220 | Structure decides |
| 4411 Automobile dealers | 2.49 | 119 | Enter |
| 2381 Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors | 1.52 | 68 | Caution |
| 8131 Religious organizations | 1.35 | 101 | Caution |
| 4452 Specialty food retailers | 1.32 | 31 | Structure decides |
| 5222 Non-depository credit intermediation | 1.27 | 28 | Caution |
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.
| Industry group | LQ | Businesses | Entry signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4592 Book retailers and news dealers — Independent Bookstore | 0.09 | 1 | Enter |
| 4561 Health and personal care retailers | 0.12 | 2 | Caution |
| 4451 Grocery and convenience retailers — Independent Grocery Operation | 0.17 | 7 | Caution |
| 4453 Beer, wine and liquor retailers — Private Liquor Retail | 0.18 | 6 | Structure decides |
| 6214 Out-patient care centres | 0.27 | 4 | Caution |
| 7139 Other amusement and recreation industries — Golf Course Acquisition | 0.34 | 5 | Caution+6 more |
| 5415 Computer systems design and related services — IT Services & Systems Integration | 0.38 | 28 | Caution |
| 8121 Personal care services | 0.42 | 12 | Caution+1 more |
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.
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 99.5% 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.
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-bournemouth 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.
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.
| Community | Institutions | Worship | Trade | Where it shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | 1 | — | 6 |
Le Club Francais |
| Dutch | 1 | — | 4 |
Holland School of Motoring |
| German | 1 | 1 | 2 |
German Lutheran Church |
| Islamic | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bournemouth Islamic Centre |
| Chinese | — | — | 15 | trade on Wimborne Road (2)
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| Thai | — | — | 6 | trade on Christchurch Road (2)
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| Italian | — | — | 4 | |
| Swiss | — | — | 3 | |
| Swedish | — | — | 2 | |
| Jewish | — | — | 2 | |
| Caribbean | — | — | 2 | trade on Rossmore Road (2)
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| Scottish | — | — | 2 | |
| Welsh | — | — | 2 | |
| Japanese | — | — | 1 | |
| Spanish-speaking | — | — | 1 | |
| Polish | — | — | 1 | |
| Russian | — | — | 1 | |
| Norwegian | — | — | 1 | |
| Irish | — | — | 1 |
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.
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 11,262 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.
| Sector | Businesses | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living | 323 | 2.9% | place of worship (101) · cleaning (66) · furniture (42) · property management (38) · appliances (22) · fire safety (16) · apartment (15) · veterinary (8) |
| Travel | 302 | 2.7% | hotel (213) · travel agent (71) · motel (7) · bnb (4) · parking (3) · airline (3) · bank (1) |
| Construction | 301 | 2.7% | plumbing (88) · roofing (67) · painting (34) · machinery (33) · electrician (18) · flooring (15) · carpet (15) · heating and cooling (14) |
| Education | 231 | 2.1% | school (196) · library (22) · garden (9) · writing (4) |
| Dining | 226 | 2% | restaurant (139) · fast food (40) · pizza (36) · chinese restaurant (3) · diner (3) · pubs (2) · steakhouse (1) · mexican food (1) |
| Business | 199 | 1.8% | accounting (82) · association (70) · consulting (24) · government (8) · foundation (6) · auction (4) · bank (4) · vending (1) |
| Retail | 180 | 1.6% | flowers (53) · photography (34) · jeweler (26) · gifts (17) · pet supply (17) · antiques (15) · department store (9) · toys (3) |
| advertising | 179 | 1.6% | |
| Automotive | 144 | 1.3% | autos (119) · tires (11) · scooter (7) · auto repair (5) · detailing (1) · motorcycle (1) |
| construction | 124 | 1.1% | |
| cafes | 120 | 1.1% | orchard (1) |
| engineer | 111 | 1% | |
| beautysalons | 91 | 0.8% | |
| Finance | 86 | 0.8% | insurance (47) · mortgage (28) · bank (11) |
| electric | 84 | 0.7% | |
| housewares | 79 | 0.7% | |
| Media | 73 | 0.6% | advertising (39) · signs (33) · books (1) |
| nursing | 72 | 0.6% | garden (7) · insurance (1) |
| Food | 66 | 0.6% | baker (23) · catering (21) · seafood (7) · fruit (6) · grocer (5) · ice cream (4) |
| consulting | 62 | 0.6% | insurance (1) |
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.
34 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.
| Brand | Category | Here | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Mail | post | 7 | 14,300 |
| Pizza Hut | pizza | 6 | 10,000 |
| Salvation Army | retail | 6 | — |
| Burger King | fastfood | 4 | 11,000 |
| Blockbuster Video | video | 3 | 5,900 |
| Furniture Medic | specialty | 2 | 600 |
| Laura Ashley | retail | 2 | — |
| Royal Bank | bank | 2 | — |
| The Body Shop | retail | 2 | — |
| Thomas Cook | travel | 2 | 700 |
| Whittard of Chelsea | retail | 2 | — |
| AAA Travel | travel | 1 | — |
| Driving Force | car | 1 | 10 |
| Holiday Inn | businesshotel | 1 | — |
| Home Hardware | home | 1 | 1,000 |
| House of Fraser | retail | 1 | — |
| Merry Maids | cleaner | 1 | 970 |
| Sign-A-Rama | specialty | 1 | 800 |
| Signs Now | specialty | 1 | — |
| Snappy Tomato Pizza | pizza | 1 | 75 |
| St. John | retail | 1 | — |
| Manor name only | retail | 15 | — |
| Michaels name only | retail | 8 | 805 |
| Tesco name only | retail | 7 | 1,780 |
| ASDA name only | supermarket | 5 | 243 |
| Coach name only | luggage | 5 | — |
| Hallmark name only | greetingcards | 4 | 5,600 |
| Limited name only | retail | 4 | — |
| Midas name only | auto | 4 | 1,800 |
| Debenhams name only | retail | 3 | 126 |
| Dillons name only | supermarket | 3 | 18 |
| Halfords name only | retail | 3 | 420 |
| Somerfield name only | supermarket | 3 | 1,132 |
| Burton name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Mothercare name only | retail | 2 | — |
| Safeway name only | supermarket | 2 | 1,767 |
| Waitrose name only | supermarket | 2 | 184 |
| Waterstones name only | retail | 2 | 193 |
| YMCA name only | fitness | 2 | — |
| Borders name only | book | 1 | 559 |
| Champion name only | supermarket | 1 | 1,000 |
| HomeBase locations name only | retail | 1 | 320 |
| InterContinental name only | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| Jacob name only | retail | 1 | 200 |
| Kingfisher name only | home | 1 | 680 |
| Lexus name only | luxurycar | 1 | — |
| Londis name only | supermarket | 1 | 2,100 |
| Makro name only | home | 1 | 33 |
| MANGO name only | retail | 1 | 850 |
| Marriott name only | upscalehotel | 1 | 2,800 |
| Nissan name only | auto | 1 | — |
| Raffles name only | luxuryhotel | 1 | 8 |
| Renaissance name only | upscalehotel | 1 | — |
| Starbucks name only | coffee | 1 | 3,500 |
| Toyota name only | car | 1 | — |
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
5312Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.
Named in the register
- Athertons Bournemouth — 508 Wimborne Road
- Aynsford Manor Residents Co — Flat 4 Aynsford Manor; 17 Boscombe Cliff Road
- Benellen Towers Residents Association — Flat 12 Benellen Towers; Benellen Avenue
- Bullock and Lees Southbourne — 192 Seabourne Road; Southbourne
- Church View Management Bournemouth — 42 Westbourne Park Road
- Clearwater Real Estate — 125 Penn Hill Avenue
- Flagcliff Management — Strand House; Strand Street
- Foxes Property Management — 37 Charminster Road
- Handston Properties — Broom Road
- Peverel Rentals — Seldown Road
- Realty Property Solutions — 1138 Christchurch Road
- Scott Baines Estate Agents — 14 Dorchester Road; Oakdale
- Sokoto — 54 Kings Avenue; Parkstone
Owning and letting
5311Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.
Named in the register
- 16 Alum Chine Road Management Co — Flat 2 16 Alum Chine Road; Westbourne
- Aaron Holiday Apartments — 16 Florence Road
- Belle Reve Apartments — Studland Road
- Bellevue Court Poole Management Co — 78 Brackendale Road
- Braemar Lodge Management — 30 Glen Road; Boscombe
- Canford House Management — Canford House; Cliff Drive
- Cedar Manor Maintenance Co — 1 Cedar Manor; 19-21 Poole Road
- Denecourt Boscombe — 7 Watkin Road
- Langlea House Holiday Apartments — 18 St Anthonys Road
- Marchwood Management Co — Flat 23 Marchwood; 8 Manor Road
- Rose Court Poole Management Co — 81 Churchfield Road
- South Lodge Southbourne — 11 Wayside Road; Southbourne
- StWinifreds Courtresidents AssociationBournemou — 7 St Winifreds Court; 3 St Winifreds Road
- Sunnymount Holiday Apartments — 17 Meyrick Park Crescent
Managing for owners
5313Property managers, who run buildings the landlord does not.
Named in the register
- Allen and Bath — Hereford House; 4 Hinton Road
- Andrews Snape and Co — 3-5 Fir Vale Road
- Bursha Holdings — Sea Road; Boscombe
- Carbery Court Management Co — 89 Southbourne Road
- D D Management Co — 323 Holdenhurst Road
- David A Farrant — Wyncombe House; 2a Wyncombe Road
- Goran Managements — 6 Poole Hill
- Ivaville Co — 11 Undercliff Road
- Michaels Property Agents — 177 Old Christchurch Road
- Perseus Property Co — 128 Old Christchurch Rd
- Spain Direct — 67 Headswell Avenue
- Twentieth Century Investments — 1 Lansdowne Place; 17 Holdenhust Road
- Willow Way Management — 92 Southbourne Overcliff Drive; Southbourne
- Yvonne Johnstone and T Gadd — Grange Road; Southbourne
Building new homes
2361Residential builders and the general contractors who work for them.
Named in the register
- Holton Heath Park Homes — Oddridge, Wareham Rd
- Organford Manor Caravan Camping Site — Organford Manor; Organford
- Pear Tree Caravan and Camping Park — Organford Road; Holton Heath
- Pugh — 80 Lulworth Av
- Redhill Park Caravan Site — Wimborne Rd, Redhill
- Roi Mar Home Park — Roi Mar, Throop Rd
- Selwood Caravan Park — Weymans Av
Financing it
5222Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.
Named in the register
- Access Direct Mortgages — PO BOX 2708
- Arrow Mortgage Services — 82 Castle La Wst
- Capital Mortgage Solutions — 4th Floor/Richmond House
- Ideal Mortgage and Finance — 215 Seabourne Road
- J W Mortgage Solutions — Roddis House
- Mortgage and Loan Services — 15 Green Gardens
- Mortgage Intelligence — Roddis House
- Mortgage Intelligence — Queens Pk West Drive
- Munroe Mortgages — 48 Newstead Road
- Oakwood Independent Mortgage Consultants — 748 Wimborne Road
- Park Row Independant Mortgages — 51 Southbourne Grove
- Select Mortgage Services — 10 Delhi Road
- The Mortgage Directory — Waterloo Chambers
- The Mortgage Directory — Waterloo Chambers; Fir Vale Road
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.
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
construction
services
events
healthcare
pets
beauty
luxury
sporting goods
sports
business
outdoors
spas
travel
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.
| Institution | Type | Students | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUB Bournemouth | University | — | — |
| BU Bournemouth | University | — | 2006 |
In the business register
Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.
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.
Matched on the name "hospital"
- Boscombe Community Hospital — 11 Shelley Rd
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital — Castle La
- Hospital Radio Bedside — Royal Bournemouth Gen Hosp, Castle La East
- Hospital Radio Bedside Charity Shop — 735 Christchurch Road
- Winton Health Centre Inc Health Visitors Distric — Alma Rd, Winton
- Dunbar Veterinary Hospital — 1 Dunbar Road
- Poole Hospital NHS Trust — Longfleet Rd
- Nuffield Hospital The
- Hospital Chapel Of St Luke — Castle La East
- St Anns Hospital — Dorset HealthCare NHS Trust
- Alderney Hospital Dorset HealthCare NHS Trust — Ringwood Rd
- Hospital Radio Bedside — 304 Ashley Road
- Herbert Hospital Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust — Alumhurst Rd
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.
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.
- 100.0% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 100%.
Built from
geonet.portsmouth— the local business registerwander.regions— city name, population, metrosearch.local— trait vocabulary and the come-to-you servicessearch.cozfranchises— 2,024 franchise brands