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Last updated: 2 January 2025
Building your business with Checkatrade
Are you a tradesperson looking to increase your customer base? Checkatrade can help you grow your business and reach new customers. Here's how:
What is Checkatrade?
We help people find the best tradespeople in any given industry, with just under 2 million homeowners visiting us each month.* This makes us the most popular website for finding tradespeople in the UK.
Becoming a member will enable you to reach more customers than ever before. So, to boost your marketing and keep your business busy all year, why not join Checkatrade?
How does Checkatrade work to promote your business?
We pride ourselves on our reputation for only advertising trusted tradespeople who have been vetted and approved by our experienced team. Becoming a member and affiliated with our brand will offer you a mark of excellence that proves your status as a reputable trader.
Each of our members must adhere to ‘The Checkatrade Standard’. This ensures everyone receives the highest forms of customer service no matter which tradesperson they choose. We constantly check all listings, remove any rogue ones and check reviews are real. If your website is promoted through Checkatrade, you can rest assured that this is a positive reflection on your brand.
We pride ourselves on the reputation we have built. Currently, around 2 million people a month trust Checkatrade to help them find a reputable tradesperson.* With such a large amount of customers across the UK heading to our platform, you are sure to see growth in the number of customers you serve.
How can Checkatrade help your business?
We spoke to Chris from Property Maintenance and Repairs to get his feedback on his experience as a member so far.
“I have struggled with my advertising in the past, trying to get more customers in the diary. I have used alternative competing platforms to Checkatrade before and not had much luck, so I wasn’t sure what to expect… but I loved the look of Checkatrade. The branding is so distinctive and they are a household name, so I signed up to see how things went."
About the signup process, Chris said this:
"Signing up was easy. Everybody I spoke to during the process was very helpful and helped me to ensure that things went smoothly. The vetting process was quick and simple and the most difficulty I had was with knowing what to put on my page to help make myself stand out!"
How did joining help your business?
"Since joining Checkatrade, I experienced a significant increase in calls. One of my favourite things about the platform is that I can tell immediately whether a call has come in via Checkatrade or through one of my other advertising methods, thanks to the call tracking numbers they use so that I can get a clear idea of whether or not I am receiving much value for money from my Checkatrade membership."
Anything else to add?
"Although I am yet to explore it in any detail, chatting with fellow tradespeople to discuss any work, ask questions or alerting other trades to issues would be good for my business. On the whole, my experience so far is a positive one and I would recommend using Checkatrade for your business”.
Join Checkatrade
Would you like to find more customers through Checkatrade, just like Chris has? Sign up today to become a member.
* Internal sessions data from the Checkatrade.com website - averaged across 1st January to 31st December 2024
