How Much Does a Small Business Website Cost in Ireland?
Irish price guides published in 2026 put a custom small-business website at roughly €1,500 to €5,000. Here is what moves a quote up or down, and how to compare two fairly.
Ask three web designers to quote for a five-page website and you may get three very different prices. That does not necessarily mean anyone is overcharging. The quotes may describe different amounts of planning, design, writing, testing and support.
So the figures come first, below. The more useful question follows them: what exactly is included in the price you are being offered?
What Irish web designers advertise
Several Irish web designers publish price guides. They are not official statistics, and each comes from a business with its own services to sell, but read together they give a fair picture of what was being advertised in 2026.
| Source | Starter or template site | Custom small-business site | Online shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Web Story, September 2026 | about €600–€1,500 | about €1,500–€4,000 | part of its €4,000–€10,000+ band for complex builds |
| Vimar, updated September 2026 | €300–€1,500 | €1,500–€7,000 | €2,500–€20,000+ |
| Web60, March 2026 | — | €1,500–€5,000 | €2,500–€6,000 or more |
Taken together: a basic site built on a template is commonly advertised from a few hundred euro up to about €1,500. A site designed for a particular small business most often sits somewhere between €1,500 and €5,000. Online shops usually start at around €2,500 and can cost far more when the catalogue, payments or connections to other systems are complex.
The guides also say what their bands contain. Bold Web Story describes its lower band as a small number of pages on an existing template, with a mobile layout and a contact form; its middle band adds discovery, content planning, a tailored design and help with writing; its upper band covers original design, extensive content and features such as ecommerce, bookings or memberships. Vimar lists professional copywriting as an extra, at €50–€150 a page.
These are other providers’ advertised prices. EviLux does not publish a price list: every project receives a fixed quote once its scope is agreed, because the scope is what the price is made of.
Check whether a quote includes VAT
None of the guides above says whether its figures include VAT, so check every quote you receive. The standard rate in Ireland is 23%. A business supplying services has to register for VAT once its turnover passes €42,500 a year, and a smaller business may choose to register anyway.
In practice, one provider’s quote may include VAT, another’s may add it on top, and a third may not charge it at all. Compare every quote on the same basis. If your own business is VAT-registered, ask your accountant how the VAT on the quote affects you.
What the price pays for
Planning and page structure
A website needs a sensible route from the visitor’s question to the next step. A plumber who takes emergency call-outs needs the phone number on the first screen. A building contractor may need separate pages for each service and a set of completed projects. A manufacturer may need to show its capabilities and the kind of work it takes on.
That structure decides whether visitors understand the business, and whether each important service has a page of its own that can appear in search results.
Design and build
Starting from a template saves design time. A design made for the business takes longer, especially when there are several services or a portfolio to present well. Neither is automatically the right choice.
Whichever it is, ask whether the quote includes mobile layouts, testing on real phones, accessible navigation and working contact forms. A desktop mock-up shows very little about how the finished site will work on a phone.
Words and photographs
Who writes the copy? Who supplies the images, and will your own project photographs be selected, cropped and prepared? Are service descriptions included, or are you expected to write every paragraph yourself?
Content is easy to leave out of a quote, and it is one of the first things customers notice. Clear photographs of real work and specific descriptions often explain a business better than a page of general marketing copy.
Search groundwork
A new site should have clear page titles, descriptive headings, sensible internal links and pages that Google can crawl. For a local business, the service area and contact details need to be accurate and consistent.
Ask what technical and on-page SEO work is included, and what would be a separate, ongoing service. Treat any promise of a particular ranking with suspicion: as Google itself puts it, no one can guarantee a top position.
Features and connections
A brochure site is relatively simple. Bookings, a product catalogue, stock control, a checkout, a second language or a connection to software you already use all change the project. The more a site has to do, the more it matters to agree the requirements before the quote. If you sell physical products, see what goes into an online shop; a shop is a different job from a brochure site with a basket added.
One page or several?
A single page can be enough when you have one clear offer and customers mainly need to call or ask for a quote. It can also suit a short campaign.
Several pages earn their keep when people compare services, look through different projects or want detail before they get in touch. A business offering kitchens, bathrooms and full renovations has good reasons to explain each separately; a consultant selling one focused package may not.
Think about the pages the business will need in six months, not only on launch day. The cheapest page count is not always the cheapest decision.
Replacing a website you already have
Replacing a site adds work that a new business does not have: reviewing the existing page addresses, keeping what is useful, and redirecting the pages that change so that old links and search results still lead somewhere. When is it time to redesign your website? explains what that involves. If a quote does not mention your existing site, ask how the move will be handled.
The costs that continue after launch
The build is one part of what a website costs. Before you agree to a project, find out:
- who owns and controls the domain name;
- where the site is hosted, and what renewals cost;
- whether routine changes are included or charged separately;
- who looks after backups, security updates and a form that stops working;
- whether you can move the site to another provider later;
- whether booking tools, shop platforms or payment providers charge their own fees.
For scale, Vimar’s guide lists a .ie domain at about €15–€30 a year and hosting at €50 to €500 or more a year, depending on the type. Not every business needs a large monthly support package, but every business should know who is responsible when something needs changing.
How to compare two quotes fairly
Suppose two quotes both say “five-page business website”. Before comparing the totals, ask each provider the same questions.
| Question | A useful answer explains |
|---|---|
| What pages are included? | The pages by name and what each is for, not just a number |
| Who prepares the content? | Copywriting, image preparation and what you need to supply |
| Is VAT included? | Whether the total is with or without VAT |
| How is mobile handled? | Whether phone layouts and testing are part of the work |
| What SEO work is included? | Specific tasks, without ranking promises |
| What happens to old pages? | A redirect plan, if you already have a site |
| What happens after launch? | Hosting, updates, support and renewal costs |
| What will I own? | The domain, accounts and files handed over at the end |
The lower quote may still be the right one. The point is to compare like with like.
What to prepare before asking for a quote
A perfect brief is not needed. A short description is enough to start:
- What the business does and where it works.
- Which services or products matter most.
- What you want visitors to do: call, book, ask for a quote or buy.
- Whether you have a current website, branding or usable photographs.
- Any essential features or deadlines.
If some of it is still undecided, say so. A good first conversation should help settle the scope.
Questions people ask
Is a cheaper website always worse?
No. A small, focused site with clear content can serve a business better than an elaborate one full of features nobody uses. Compare what is included and whether it suits your customers.
Can I keep my existing domain?
Usually, yes. A new website does not need a new domain, and keeping the domain while carefully handling the existing page addresses is normally the sensible place to start.
Start with the job the website has to do
A sound website budget comes from a clear goal, a written scope and a clear answer to who owns what after launch. You should understand what you are buying before you agree to it.
EviLux builds new business websites and online shops for businesses across Ireland and further afield. If you are planning one, tell us about the project and we will come back with a scope and a fixed quote.