Business coaching in Swansea
Swansea has a strong construction and hospitality mix, with construction the largest group of businesses. 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.
Swansea has 995 construction businesses, 14.5% of the total. Coaching for contractors and trades starts with what each job earns and the cash between stage payments and supplier bills.
Hospitality is one firm in ten.
Accommodation and food businesses make up 10.4% of Swansea firms. Coaching covers margin, wage cost on each shift and the managers who run a service without the owner.
Professional firms grow by hiring.
Swansea has 825 professional, scientific and technical businesses. In a firm that sells time, coaching looks at what each client and each person earns before the next hire.
Swansea businesses in numbers
ONS counted 6,850 VAT or PAYE registered businesses in Swansea in March 2026. 5,995 employ fewer than ten people, which is 87.5% against 89.1% for Wales, and 6,700 (97.8%) employ fewer than fifty. Construction is the largest group with 995 businesses (14.5%), followed by professional, scientific and technical with 825 (12.0%) and accommodation and food with 710 (10.4%).
Source: ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026, published 24 September 2026.
Business support in Swansea
Business Wales, the Welsh Government’s business support service, offers tailored support and guidance on 03000 6 03000. Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid covers Swansea and runs membership and events. Coaching is a paid, regular, one-to-one arrangement focused on the owner, and many owners use free support and coaching for different jobs. UK coaching options compared sets out the routes side by side.
Where do sessions happen?
Sessions for Swansea owners run by video, at a fixed fortnightly time that survives a busy week. Owners who want to meet in person can do so by appointment at the Salford or East Finchley offices. 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
I run a building firm in Swansea. Where would coaching start?
With the numbers on each job. Many contractors know their turnover but cannot say which jobs made money once materials, labour, plant and their own hours are counted. The first sessions work that out from your recent jobs. From there the work moves to pricing and quoting, to the cash cycle between stage payments and supplier bills, and to the site leadership that lets you step off the tools. The construction business coaching page and the page for tradesmen cover this in more detail.
I own a hospitality business in Swansea. Is coaching useful in a seasonal trade?
Yes, and seasonality is often where the work starts. A business that earns most of its profit in a few months needs a cash plan for the quiet months, a staffing model that flexes without losing the best people, and pricing that reflects demand. Financial Coaching with Peter Allen builds the cash view a year ahead. Business Coaching covers pricing, the off-season offer and the managers who run the busy months without the owner on every shift.
Do you coach businesses elsewhere in Wales?
Yes. Coaching runs by video, so Swansea, Cardiff and the rest of Wales are served the same way, with the same fortnightly rhythm. The Wales page has the figures for the whole country, and there is a separate page for Cardiff. Where Welsh rules differ, such as the Welsh rates of income tax, Financial Coaching takes them into account when working out the owner’s pay.
Book a free discovery call for your Swansea 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.