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

A five-page website from a UK trade specialist usually costs somewhere around £520 as a one-off, or nothing upfront if you pay monthly instead. The monthly route is not automatically cheaper, and the important difference is not the price at all: it is what happens to the site and the domain when you stop paying.

Every figure below is what the provider published on its own pricing page when we checked on 4 Nov 2026. Prices change, so treat them as a guide and check the page before you buy.

The one-off route

Whito surveyed 28 published UK website packages in June 2026 and found a median of £520, with the middle half falling between £399 and £898.

Trade specialists we checked sat either side of that:

| Provider | Published price | |---|---| | Websites for Tradespeople | £595 inc VAT for five pages, £295 for one page | | Get A Trades Website | £499 for five pages, £299 for three | | Trendjackers | From £297 for three to five pages |

VAT is not always stated. Websites for Tradespeople quotes its price including VAT; Get A Trades Website does not say either way. It is worth asking, because it moves the real figure by a fifth.

For comparison, a GrepIQ build is £495, once.

The monthly route

Here nothing is due upfront and you pay every month instead.

| Provider | Monthly | Minimum term | |---|---|---| | Websites 4 Trades | £30 | Not stated | | Opace | £50 | 12 months | | Liven Creative | £150 to £350 plus VAT | None stated | | UENI | £18.99 to £94.99 plus VAT, setup £49 to £599 | Cancel anytime | | Promoworx | Not published | 24 months |

There are also national bundles that fold in listings and reviews management. Yell Amplify starts from £299 and Trustmark Trades lists £299 plus VAT with no contract, both as monthly figures.

Do the arithmetic over the period you expect to keep the site. A £50 monthly plan on a 12 month term costs £600 across the first year, which is more than most of the one-off builds above. That is not an argument against paying monthly, because the monthly fee usually bundles hosting and changes you would otherwise buy separately. It is an argument for working out the total rather than comparing a monthly figure to a one-off one.

What happens when you leave

This is the part that varies most, and it is rarely on the pricing page.

Of the providers we checked:

• Websites for Tradespeople says the domain is registered in the client's name and describes its position as no hostage hosting.
• Websites 4 Trades says the client owns the domain.
• Get A Trades Website says the site is 100% yours. Trendjackers says you own everything.
• Opace holds the site as security until the 12 month term is served.
• Liven Creative says the site becomes yours after 36 months, or earlier if you buy it out.
• Promoworx states the site cannot be transferred.
• UENI does not state a position on its pricing page.

Two things are worth separating here. One is the website itself: the design, the pages, the photographs. The other is the domain name, and that is the one that matters most, because it is where your customers and your email go.

Phrases like "you own everything" are marketing language rather than legal description. Nominet, which runs .uk, puts it plainly in its registration terms: a domain name "is not an item of property and has no 'owner'". What exists instead is the registrant, the person entered on the register as responsible for the name. So the question to ask is not "do I own it" but "will my business be the registrant". If your designer already holds your domain, we have written about getting it put in your name.

What care plans cost on top

A care plan covers hosting, updates and a batch of changes. The entry tiers we checked ran from about £15 to £50 each month: eivo.uk starts at £15, Websites for Tradespeople charges £25 for care plus £15 for hosting, Matthew Temple starts at £35 excluding VAT and Codeguys at £59 excluding VAT. Whito's survey of 18 entry plans put the median at £50.

Higher tiers go a good deal further. Matthew Temple lists £149 excluding VAT at the top and Codeguys £159 excluding VAT.

One thing we looked for and did not find: none of the UK care plans in our sample included managing your Google Business Profile. Several separate SEO packages did, at extra cost. If your profile is the thing bringing you work, check whether anyone is actually looking after it, because a care plan alone usually does not.

What this will not tell you

A price range cannot tell you whether a particular site is any good, and the cheapest and dearest packages in this list are not far apart on what they actually include. Published prices also move, which is why every figure here is dated.

What you can do before you spend anything is look at what a new site would actually say about your business.

If your website needs work, ask us for a free preview of a new one. You pay nothing unless you approve it.