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How much does a website cost for a UK tradesperson in 2026?

If you run a plumbing, electrical, heating, building, landscaping or cleaning business, you may have seen website prices from "free" to several thousand pounds. They can all be honest. They just buy different things.

This guide covers what each route costs in 2026, what a trade website needs, and the running costs that are easy to miss. We build websites ourselves, so our prices are at the end.

The short answer

Going by UK price guides published this year:

• DIY website builder (Wix, Squarespace): roughly £9 to £29 a month on the plans most small firms use, plus your own time.
• Freelancer: commonly a few hundred pounds up to about £3,000, one-off.
• Agency: commonly £2,000 to £10,000 or more, one-off, often with a monthly fee on top.

Most of these guides are written by companies that sell websites, us included. Read the figures as ranges, not exact prices.

DIY: Wix, Squarespace and similar

ExpertSure's UK comparison lists Wix from £9 a month (Light) up to £25 (Business), and Squarespace from £12 a month (Basic) up to £29 (Plus), on annual billing (ExpertSure). Wix and Squarespace both include a free domain for the first year on annual plans, and Squarespace offers a 14-day free trial (Wix plans, Squarespace pricing).

That is the cheapest cash outlay. The real cost is your time. One trade-focused guide puts the three-year cost of a DIY site at about £760 plus 15 or more hours of evenings (Goodstanding).

If the site sits half-finished for six months, it was not cheap.

Freelancer

A freelancer builds the site for you. Prices vary a lot. One guide written for tradespeople puts a freelance build at around £300 to £1,500 (Goodstanding). Others put a five to ten page site at £500 to £3,000 (Cude Design) or £1,000 to £3,000 (Summers Solutions).

At the low end you often get a template with your logo dropped in. The main risk is that one person does everything: if they get busy or stop trading, nobody can update your site. Before you pay, ask who owns the domain, who controls the hosting, what changes cost after launch, and whether you keep the site if you stop paying.

Agency

Agencies commonly quote £2,000 to £10,000 or more for a build, with £50 to £300 or more a month for hosting and maintenance (Goodstanding). Cude Design puts small to medium agency brochure sites at £3,000 to £15,000 (Cude Design).

You are paying for a team, meetings and revision rounds. That can suit a firm with several vans and office staff. For a one or two person business, it is often more than the job needs.

What drives the price

• Number of pages. A page for every service and every town costs more than five pages.
• Words and photos. Copywriting is often extra; Cude Design lists it at £300 to £1,500 or more.
• Custom design or template. Design made for you takes more hours.
• Extra features. Online booking, payments or a shop add cost.
• Ongoing help. Some prices include updates. Others charge for each change.

What a trade website actually needs

Most people looking for a tradesperson are on a phone, with a problem they want sorted. The site does not need to be clever. It needs to:

• Load quickly on a phone. Check a designer's past work on your own phone, on mobile data.
• Have a clear call button and quote form near the top, easy to tap.
• Show your services and the areas you cover, so people know straight away.
• Show real reviews from your customers.
• Link to your Google Business Profile. Many local customers find you on Google Maps first, so the two should point to each other and match.
• Show photos of your own work. Clear phone photos are fine.

One more thing sits outside the website but decides whether a visitor becomes a job: a fast reply. If someone fills in your form and hears nothing for two days, they will probably ring someone else.

The running costs quotes leave out

The build fee is only part of it. Budget for these every year:

• Domain name. A .co.uk is usually around £5 to £15 a year (Summers Solutions). Watch out for cheap first-year offers: 123 Reg lists a .co.uk at £3.99 for the first year, with renewal priced separately (123 Reg). Make sure the domain is registered in your name.
• Hosting. About £5 to £30 a month if it is not bundled in (Goodstanding).
• Business email. An address like jobs@yourbusiness.co.uk through Google Workspace costs £5.90 per user a month on an annual plan (Google Workspace).
• Edits. Prices, services and areas change. Every change is either your evening or someone's invoice.
• Maintenance. Summers Solutions puts care plans for a small brochure site at around £30 to £120 a month.

A cheap build with paid edits can cost more over three years than a dearer one with updates included. Add up three years, not just the first invoice.

What Support Labs charges

We build websites, and small automations that follow up enquiries, for UK trades and local businesses. Our starting prices are on our pricing section:

• Website only: from £395 setup, then £29 a month.
• Animated or 3D website: from £595 setup, then £39 a month.
• Single automation (for example automatic replies to enquiries, quote reminders, review requests or online booking): £150 setup, then £50 a month each.
• Packages with a website and automations: Enquiry Basics from £720 setup and £149 a month; The Enquiry System from £975 setup and £239 a month; Enquiry System Plus from £1,230 setup and £319 a month, plus texts at about 5p each.

We are not VAT-registered, so there is no VAT to add. Bigger sites (more than 10 pages), online shops and restaurant table booking cost more, and we tell you the fixed price before you agree.

The monthly fee covers hosting, your domain, up to 3 small changes a month, and fixing faults. Your domain is registered in your name. If you stop, you give 30 days' notice and keep your website: we send you its files or move it to a host you choose, and you pay for your domain from then on.

If you would like a price for your business, get in touch. We reply by email within 1 working day.

FAQ

How much should a small trade business spend on a website? It depends how much you do yourself. DIY builders cost roughly £9 to £29 a month plus your time; freelancers commonly a few hundred pounds to about £3,000; agencies often from £2,000. Compare three-year totals.

Is a Wix or Squarespace site good enough for a tradesperson? It can be, if you have time to build it properly and keep it up to date. What matters is a fast mobile site, a clear call or quote button, your services and areas, and reviews, not which tool made it.

Do I need a website if I have a Google Business Profile? Many local customers find you on Google first, so the profile matters a lot. A website gives you room for full services, prices, areas, photos and a quote form, and the two work best linked together.

What ongoing costs should I budget for? A domain (around £5 to £15 a year for a .co.uk), hosting if it is not included (about £5 to £30 a month), business email (Google Workspace starts at £5.90 per user a month on an annual plan), and any paid edits or maintenance.