SEO BOURNEMOUTH
Search work for businesses in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch. The results for this phrase are crowded, and we say so below with the official business count and a dated look at what Google showed. SEO Care is priced from £95 a month, with no contract.
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Last reviewed 4 October 2026 · Written by Sam Butcher, founder · Brambla, Northlew, Devon EX20 3BN · Our studio is in Devon; we do not claim a Bournemouth office.
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Brambla is an SEO agency working across Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch, based in Northlew in west Devon. SEO Care is our ongoing search service at £95, £175 or £295 a month, VAT-inclusive.
Below: how many businesses the official count shows in the area, what Google showed for “seo bournemouth” when we looked, and where we would start. If you need the website itself, that is on web design Bournemouth.
Fifteen Thousand Enterprises, One Council Area
The official count for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and what it suggests about your search.
From the ONS UK Business Counts 2026 (published through Nomis), covering VAT and/or PAYE registered enterprises. Very small unregistered sole traders are not in the count. ONS rounds each figure to the nearest five. The area is the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area. Ferndown and Wimborne have BH postcodes but sit under Dorset Council, so they are not in these figures.
- 15,800 registered enterprises, of which 14,110 (89.3%) employ fewer than ten people.
- Construction is the largest group, at about 2,830 enterprises (17.9%).
- Professional, scientific and technical firms follow at about 2,300 (14.6%), then wholesale, retail and motor trades at about 2,185 (13.8%).
- Administrative and support services come fourth at about 1,240 (7.8%), with information and communication at about 1,060 (6.7%).
Our view: builders and contractors are the biggest single group, so someone searching for one in the BH postcodes has a lot to choose from. We would look at those searches first, then the professional and retail firms. Nearly nine in ten enterprises here employ fewer than ten people, so the choice a customer sees is mostly small firms.
Nine Results and a Map: Google UK, 4 October 2026
One desktop capture of the search, set down as we read it.
Google showed a map pack of three businesses, with bournemouthseoguys.co.uk, tomcreweseo.co.uk and seoflatrate.co.uk among the domains listed. There was no AI Overview and no paid ads. Google gave a result count of 103.
We read nine organic results. By our reading of the URLs, seven were agency service or location pages, among them jdrgroup.co.uk, edirect.uk and seopoole.co.uk, and two were agency homepages, seoflatrate.co.uk and bournemouthseoguys.co.uk. No directories or blog posts appeared in the nine. Brambla was not among them. This is one capture rather than a ranking check, so results will differ by location and by day.
When we captured the same search on 29 August 2026 the map pack also had three businesses, and bournemouthseoguys.co.uk and seoflatrate.co.uk were in both captures. On 29 August Google's advertising data put the cost of one click on the phrase at just under £58. We mention it for scale only: two clicks cost more than a month of The Essential.
What does a month of SEO Care cost here?
SEO Care is £95 (The Essential), £175 (The Growth Partner) or £295 (The Elite Performance) a month, VAT-inclusive, with no setup fee and no minimum term. Upgrade or cancel any time. Google Business Page Setup & Verify is a £95 one-off add-on, separate from SEO Care. What each tier includes is on the SEO Care page.
For comparison: when we checked the three top-ranking pages in August 2026, none published a standalone monthly SEO figure. One said its programmes ran from a few hundred pounds a month to several thousand. One offered affordable packages without naming a price. The third showed £32.99, but that was for a rented website with hosting and updates included, which is a different product. The top results were different when we looked again on 4 October.
Where in the BH Postcodes We Work
Councils changed; customers still cross the old borough lines.
We work across the conurbation: Bournemouth itself with Boscombe, Westbourne, Southbourne, Winton, Charminster and Pokesdown; Poole and its harbour; Christchurch and Highcliffe; and Ferndown and Wimborne on the northern edge. Inland is a different market — a Blandford or Dorchester business belongs on the Dorset page rather than this one.
Local Agency or Devon Studio?
Which one suits you depends on how you like to work.
When a Bournemouth agency is the right answer
If you want someone in the room, or the relationship carries your account, hire locally. On 29 August the map results went to businesses with addresses in Bournemouth and Poole, and we do not compete for those slots. Your own address decides your map results; ours does not.
When we are
If you want the price on the page before the first call, and the same people able to change your website when the search work needs it. Our studio is in Northlew in west Devon and we have no Bournemouth office. The organic results below the map are decided by pages, and that is the contest we are in.
Need the site first? See web design Bournemouth or the full SEO Care service. Trading inland rather than in the conurbation? That is SEO Dorset. Along the coast, our SEO pages for Hampshire, Southampton and Devon cover the neighbouring areas.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Poole inside the business count you quote?
Yes. The 15,800 figure is for the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area, so Poole and Christchurch are in it. It comes from the ONS UK Business Counts 2026 and covers VAT and/or PAYE registered enterprises only. Ferndown and Wimborne have BH postcodes but sit under Dorset Council, so they are not counted.
Are builders really the biggest group in the area?
By the official count, yes. Construction is about 2,830 of the 15,800 registered enterprises (17.9%), ahead of professional, scientific and technical firms at about 2,300 (14.6%) and wholesale, retail and motor trades at about 2,185 (13.8%). ONS rounds each figure to the nearest five, and the sector figures are our own sums of its divisions, so treat them as approximate.
Who was in the map results when you looked?
On 4 October 2026 the map pack had three businesses, with bournemouthseoguys.co.uk, tomcreweseo.co.uk and seoflatrate.co.uk among the domains shown. The 29 August capture also had three, and bournemouthseoguys.co.uk and seoflatrate.co.uk were in both. This is one desktop capture each time, so another person on another day may see something different.
What kinds of site ranked on 4 October 2026?
We read nine organic results. By our reading of the URLs, seven were agency service or location pages and two were agency homepages. Google showed no AI Overview and no ads. Brambla was not among the nine. It is one capture, not a ranking check.
Why mention what a click costs?
For scale only. On 29 August 2026 Google’s advertising data put the cost of one click on this phrase at just under £58, so two clicks cost more than a month of The Essential. That is not an argument against paid ads. It shows that businesses value customers who search this way.
What does a month of SEO Care cost for a BH business?
SEO Care is £95 (The Essential), £175 (The Growth Partner) or £295 (The Elite Performance) a month, VAT-inclusive, with no setup fee and no minimum term. You can upgrade or cancel any time. Google Business Page Setup & Verify is a separate £95 one-off add-on. The SEO Care page sets out what each tier includes.
I trade in Blandford or Dorchester. Is this the right page?
Probably not. This page is about the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area. Inland Dorset is a different council area and a different search, so the Dorset page is the better fit. If you work across both, tell us where most of your customers are and we will say which to start with.
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Tell us what you sell and which BH postcodes your customers are in. We will tell you plainly which searches look winnable and which plan fits.
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