Business coaching in Lisburn
Lisburn and Castlereagh has grown its business count by nearly a fifth in ten years, and construction is the largest group. Coaching is one-to-one, fortnightly and ninety minutes at a time, in four areas: personal, leadership, business and financial.
Construction is the largest group.
Lisburn and Castlereagh has 750 construction firms, 14.0% of the total. Unlike most council areas in Northern Ireland, farming is not the largest group here. Coaching for contractors starts with job costing and cash.
The business count has grown by 18% in ten years.
The council area added 820 businesses between 2016 and 2026. Growing firms need pricing, cash planning and managers in place before the next hire.
Professional firms are the third largest group.
Professional, scientific and technical firms are the third largest group. For practices and consultancies the coaching work is utilisation, pricing and the owner’s own client load.
Lisburn businesses in numbers
NISRA counted 5,350 VAT or PAYE registered businesses in Lisburn and Castlereagh in March 2026, up 135 (2.6%) on 2025 and up 820 (18.1%) since 2016. 4,670 of them employ fewer than ten people, which is 87.3% against 89.4% for Northern Ireland, and 5,230 (97.8%) employ fewer than fifty. Construction is the largest group with 750 businesses (14.0%), followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing with 670 (12.5%) and professional, scientific and technical with 560 (10.5%).
Source: NISRA, Northern Ireland Business: Activity, Size, Location and Ownership 2026, published 10 June 2026.
Business support in Lisburn
Lisburn Enterprise Organisation on Enterprise Crescent is the local enterprise agency listed by Enterprise NI. Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council lists Go Succeed on its business programmes page. The Lisburn Chamber of Commerce runs membership and events. Coaching is a paid, regular, one-to-one arrangement focused on the owner, and it works alongside free support. UK coaching options compared sets out the routes side by side.
Where do sessions happen?
In-person sessions run by appointment at the Ballymena office, Unit 13, 62 Fenaghy Road. Lisburn owners can use video for the fortnightly sessions and meet in person for the first two. In person and online cost the same. Everything starts with a free discovery call, and the Performance on Purpose scorecard shows where you sit before it.
Frequently asked questions
My Lisburn business is growing quickly. What should coaching focus on?
On the three things that usually break first in a growing firm: cash, pricing and management. Growth uses cash before it produces it, so Financial Coaching with Peter Allen builds a thirteen-week cash view and checks that each new job or contract is priced to make a profit. Leadership Coaching works on the managers who need to be in place before the next round of hiring. The first sessions score the business on the Performance on Purpose quadrant and agree three priorities for the first ninety days.
I run a construction firm in Lisburn. Where would coaching start?
With the numbers on each job. Many contractors cannot say which jobs made money once materials, labour, plant and their own hours are counted. The first sessions work that out from recent jobs, and the work then moves to pricing, the cash between stage payments and supplier bills, and the site leadership that lets the owner step back. The construction business coaching page covers this in more detail.
Do you coach businesses elsewhere in Northern Ireland?
Yes, across the province. Sessions run in person at the Ballymena office or by video, with the same fortnightly rhythm everywhere. The Northern Ireland page covers coaching across the province, and there are separate pages for Belfast, Ballymena and Derry~Londonderry.
Book a free discovery call for your Lisburn business.
The call with Andy Jackson is free and lasts 30 minutes. You leave with your position on the Performance on Purpose quadrant, your money, time and mind scores, and your top three priorities in writing.