The short answer: A UK tradesman website costs about £195 to £499 at the budget end, £800 to £1,500 in the middle of the market, and £2,000 to £5,000 or more from an agency, based on our check of 19 UK providers on . Monthly plans start from about £99. Our trade websites start at £995 for five pages. Because the sticker price isn't the whole bill, work out 3 years of cost, not one invoice.
How much does a small business website cost in the UK?
We checked 19 UK providers that publish their prices on , and the bands for a small business website look like this:
| Market band | One-off price |
|---|---|
| Budget end | £195 to £499 |
| Middle of the market | £800 to £1,500 |
| Agency end | £2,000 to £5,000+ |
| Renozer | £995 to £1,495 |
Cheaper options usually mean a template, fewer pages and content you write yourself, while UK agency prices pay for account managers and offices. Our pricing page shows the full comparison, and our general website cost guide covers every kind of business in the UK.
What do trade-specific providers charge?
Three UK providers that build only or mainly for trades publish their own prices, and we read each page on . They price in 3 different ways, so a straight comparison is hard.
| Provider | What it publishes | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| websitesfortradespeople.co.uk | Three packages from £295, £595 and £995, or £24.58 a month over 12 months on the Starter | Prices include VAT |
| thewixguys.com | Trades websites from £849, or £85 a month for 12 months | Plus VAT |
| builtfortrades.co.uk | £99 a month, no set-up fee and no contract, with an app and an account manager | Plus VAT |
We aren't saying one is better. They sell different things: a fixed-price site, a Wix build and a subscription that includes ongoing work. Compare what's included in each, not just the headline number on a UK sales page.
Which costs more over three years?
A £99 subscription looks cheap each month, but the months add up. Here's the arithmetic over 36 months, using published prices from BUILT and Renozer. It's an example to show how to compare, and it isn't a Renozer quote.
| Route | Set-up | Monthly | 36-month total |
|---|---|---|---|
| £99 a month subscription | £0 | £99 plus VAT | £3,564 plus VAT, which is £4,276.80 with VAT |
| Renozer Starter plus Care Basic | £995 | £49 | £995 + £1,764 = £2,759 |
| Renozer Business plus Care Plus | £1,495 | £79 | £1,495 + £2,844 = £4,339 |
Three honest caveats. First, the BUILT subscription includes monthly work on the site, a jobs app and an account manager, so it isn't like for like, and that's why it costs more. Second, our care plans cover updates, backups, monitoring and small edits, and Care Plus includes UK hosting for WordPress sites. Third, you pay your own domain name and any platform subscription directly, whichever route you choose, whether that's Wix or WordPress.
Ask what you own at the end. With a one-off build, you own the website, domain and content, and the Renozer care plan is optional. If you stop paying a subscription like BUILT, what happens to your site and your domain?
What pushes the price up?
Page count is the biggest driver for a UK trade site, because you'll want a page per service and a page per town. Our website design for tradesmen page explains how Renozer plans them. These are our own Renozer add-on prices:
| Extra | Price |
|---|---|
| Extra page | £95 a page |
| Copywriting | £75 a page |
| Booking or appointment system | from £295 |
| Logo and brand starter | £195 |
| Blog post or guide | £125 |
Here's a worked example for a UK plumber, and it isn't a real client. Say they offer 4 services and cover 6 towns. With the home, contact and about pages, that's 13 pages. Our Business website includes ten pages at £1,495, so three extra pages at £95 make £1,780.
Our Starter website covers five pages at £995. At ten pages, Starter plus extras comes to £1,470, nearly the same as Business at £1,495. Past ten pages the gap stays at £25, but Business adds the main page copy written from keyword research and a second round of design changes. So plan your pages before you pick a Renozer package.
Only build a page for a town where you've something real to say, such as Bolton or Bury, so you don't pay for pages that can't help. A page per town with only the name swapped is easy for Google to ignore, so don't pay for a hundred of them.
What isn't included in the price?
Ask every UK provider for a written list, and don't sign until you've got one. For Renozer, the third-party costs you pay directly are your domain name, hosting or platform subscription, and any paid plugins or apps you choose. Our quote lists everything we charge for.
You'll also want to ask these questions:
- Who owns the domain and the site if you stop paying?
- Is the quote fixed, and does it include your own job photos?
- How many rounds of design changes are included?
- What do edits cost afterwards?
Google's own advice, on its Search Central page, is to be careful with any company that's secretive or won't clearly explain what it plans to do to your site. If an SEO guarantees you a number one ranking, Google says to find someone else.
How long does it take, and what comes next?
A Renozer site usually goes live in three to six weeks, and we'll tell you what we need from you up front. The trade provider thewixguys.com says 4 to 6 weeks. For most UK sites, plan for a few weeks, not a few days, because you'll need to supply photos and approve the design.
If you want to see how a trade site is put together, read our page on website design for tradesmen for the UK. If you want a fixed quote for your own trade and towns, our website design page explains how Renozer works. We're remote, so everything happens by phone, video and email from Karachi, Pakistan. For more calls from local searches once the site is live, see our local SEO service. Already on Checkatrade? Our guide on whether you need a website if you're on Checkatrade helps you decide.
Questions people ask
What's the cheapest way to get a website as a tradesman?
Is a monthly subscription cheaper than paying once?
Do tradesman website prices include VAT?
Can anyone guarantee my website will reach the top of Google?
Sources
- Renozer pricing and packages, including the check of 19 UK providers
- Websites for Tradespeople: packages and pricing (read )
- The Wix Guys: tradesmen website designers (read )
- BUILT: websites and local search for trades (read )
- Google Search Central: Do you need an SEO professional?
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