Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, the North East Combined Authority area. About 24,000 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Chester-le-Street can apply to the 368 schemes open across County Durham; 66 of them are only for County Durham or the North East Combined Authority area. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
Talk to someone in Chester-le-Street
In-person events in the next 30 days in Chester-le-Street, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
Wed 4 Nov
Durham · about 5 miles outside · North East Chamber of Commerce · Free
Tue 17 Nov10:00
New College Durham · about 3 miles outside · Business Durham
Thu 19 Nov08:30
Beamish Hall Hotel · about 3 miles outside · Business Durham
Schemes for County Durham or the North East Combined Authority area, not for the whole region, which businesses in Chester-le-Street can apply to.
Business Durham
Business support and advice service for Durham County Council, offering tailored help with starting, growing or relocating a business in County Durham, including finance advice and premises.
Business Durham
Support for businesses in all sectors in County Durham, including productivity advice, growth specialists, and grants for investment projects.
North East Growth Hub, TEDCO Business Support
Fully funded one-to-one support for people starting a business in County Durham, including access to specialist advisors and resources.
Maven Capital Partners
Flexible debt and equity funding from £150,000 to £2 million for businesses based in or relocating to County Durham, across all sectors.
Northumberland Small Business Service
Targeted support for rural businesses and eligible individuals across rural Northumberland, County Durham and Gateshead to start, grow and become more resilient, including enterprise, growth, food and drink and farm business support.
Digital Catapult, Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley (NETV)
Innovation support from Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley to help businesses explore and adopt advanced digital technologies, including fully-funded innovation residentials, workshops, one-to-one coaching and open innovation challenges. Open to startups and large businesses.
All 66, and everything else open in County Durham, on its page
Local services that help businesses in Chester-le-Street and the rest of County Durham. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Impartial advice, links to support and help finding finance for existing North East businesses.
North East Enterprise Agency (NEEAL)
Fully funded one-to-one advice, workshops and training for people starting a business.
See North East Enterprise Agency Ltd (NEEAL) on Local Landscape
Business Durham (Durham County Council)
Durham County Council's business service: start-up, growth, premises and funding help in County Durham.
Your chamber of commerce: North East England Chamber of Commerce (0300 303 6322)
Open to businesses in Chester-le-Street, local and national, soonest first.
What it does, how long it has been going, how many people work there, what it needs help with and what it is looking for: the best matches for County Durham come first.
No business in Chester-le-Street has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and pin you on the map at Chester-le-Street.
Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, the North East Combined Authority area. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Chester-le-Street; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to County Durham: Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Northumberland, Westmorland and Furness, North Yorkshire, Sunderland, Gateshead
Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics (built-up areas, 2022).
Local Landscape gathers these details automatically from public web pages, and only some have been checked by a person, so check them with the organisation before you apply. Part of County Durham. Every area