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

Businesses11,262
0% carry coordinates
Specialised in8
trades above the national pattern
Places of worship101
Franchise brands55
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 density57.3
businesses per 1,000 residents, against the registry population of 196,455
Breadth of the base372
broad — 94 industry groups, top three 24.9%
Survival the mix implies56.8%
at five years, against 51.4% for all private establishments
Coded to NAICS23%
of which 72.2% 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
20.3%
527 businesses
Caution
54.1%
1,402 businesses
Structure decides
25.6%
663 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 99.5% 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.

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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-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.

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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
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)
Thai — — 6
trade on Christchurch Road (2)
Italian — — 4
Swiss — — 3
Swedish — — 2
Jewish — — 2
Caribbean — — 2
trade on Rossmore Road (2)
Scottish — — 2
Welsh — — 2
Japanese — — 1
Spanish-speaking — — 1
Polish — — 1
Russian — — 1
Norwegian — — 1
Irish — — 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 11,262 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.

SectorBusinesses ShareWhat 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)
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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.

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.

BrandCategory HereWorldwide
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 —
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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
13 firms · LQ 0.56

Offices 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

5311
15 firms · LQ 5.02

Lessors 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

5313
38 firms · LQ 3.76

Property 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

2361
7 firms · LQ 2.45

Residential 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

5222
28 firms · LQ 1.27

Mortgage 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.

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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
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.

school 196daycare 2
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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 clinics4
Pharmacies1
Dental practices49

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.

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