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Local Businesses in Dorset

Local businesses in Weymouth

Local Businesses in Weymouth, Dorset is new and filling up: choose a type below to see who is listed nearby. Dorset Council area has 18,000 business sites in all (ONS UK Business Counts, March 2026).

Businesses in Weymouth by type

St Mary Street, Weymouth: shops and businesses that take card payments
St Mary Street, Weymouth (2010). Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph.

About Weymouth

Weymouth is Dorset Council's largest town, with a seafront Esplanade and the St Thomas Street shopping area.

  • A footfall counter on St Thomas Street recorded 154,256 visits in February 2024 and 181,494 in August 2024; on the Esplanade summer footfall was 2.4 times the winter level. source
  • Shoppers spent an estimated £67.5m on retail in Weymouth town centre in 2025, and £84.3m at the Gateway and Mercery Road retail parks. source
  • About a third of comparison spending in the town centre comes from outside the Dorset study area, and Weymouth is the leisure destination Dorset residents use most. source
  • Weymouth's built-up area had 55,543 residents at the 2021 Census. source

For business owners in Weymouth

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Questions

How many businesses are there in Weymouth?

Dorset Council area has 18,000 business sites in all (ONS UK Business Counts, March 2026). Local Businesses on GetBrent is new and filling up.

Can any business in Weymouth list on GetBrent?

Yes. Hire, sales and trade businesses list in their own sections, and every other kind of business, from hairdressers and cafes to gyms, spas and vape shops, lists in Local Businesses. Listing is free.

Where can a business in Weymouth get free support?

Free one-to-one business support is available from Business Growth Dorset, the Growth Hub covering Dorset and BCP.

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Listings are added and kept up to date by the businesses themselves or from their own public pages. Local figures: ONS UK Business Counts (March 2026), read 26 October 2026. GetBrent may be paid by partners marked Ad.