500,000 jobs posted on My Local Toolbox create £750m of work for tradespeople

  • 7 Sep 2022

On the 25th August, My Local Toolbox reached their 500,000th job post on their platform by homeowners looking for local tradespeople.

Based on the budget homeowners specify when they post a job, approximately £750,000,000 worth of work has been generated over the last four years. Building projects were top of the list (with a value of £356m), roofers second (£100m) and plasterers third (£49m).

 

 

Table: Total value of jobs posted on My Local Toolbox since 2018 for the top ten trades (based on the budget homeowners specified when posting their job).

About My Local Toolbox

Mylocaltoolbox.co.uk was founded in 2018 by Adam Clark to help homeowners find and compare great tradespeople near them in a convenient way.

Working in partnership with some of the UK’s leading ‘find a tradesperson’ platforms and receiving up to 100,000 visitors per month, they’re able to offer homeowners every trade imaginable.

It’s this unique approach that allows them to service the needs of homeowners, whilst also driving new business for local tradespeople. Over 10,000 jobs are posted every month.

The easy-to-use job posting platform ensures users get matched with the right trades who then get in contact with a quote, allowing homeowners to easily compare prices and, most importantly, pick the best people for the job!

From builders to roofers, painters to electricians and more specialist trades like asbestos removal and house clearance professionals, landscape gardeners and tree surgeons, My Local Toolbox is home to them all.

Whether you’re a homeowner looking for a local tradesperson or you’re a tradesperson looking for your next customer My Local Toolbox, visit Mylocaltoolbox.co.uk for more information.

Adam Clark, Founder of My Local Toolbox, says: “We’re very proud to have reached this milestone. Over the past four years millions of people have visited our website and over 500,000 have posted a job to connect with quality tradespeople near them. This gives us confidence that our unique approach is the right way to best serve homeowners.”

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