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Insights for electrical business owners: guides and articles

Guides to download and articles to read, on valuing, preparing, selling and buying an electrical business.

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If you are selling

Where to begin, in this order.

  1. Can your electrical business run without you?A 90-day test of owner coverGuide to download, 12 pages
  2. Why an electrical business price can fall after 'yes'The evidence behind the offerGuide to download, 12 pages
  3. The 2026 Sellers GuideWhat your business could sell for, who is buying now, and what to do next.Guide to download, 27 pages

If you are buying

What to read before you agree a price.

  1. Buying an electrical business in 2027What to check before you agree a priceGuide to download, 14 pages
  2. Reading an electrical business listingThe evidence behind the headlineGuide to download, 14 pages
  3. Register as a buyerTell us what you are looking for and hear about businesses that fit.Free to register

Guides to download

Seven 2027 guides, and our 2026 Sellers Guide. Each 2027 guide comes with a tool you can use on your own business, or on one you are thinking of buying.

  • Buying an electrical business in 2027

    Check electrical capability, signed work, job records and cash before progressing an offer, with a fillable buyer checklist.

    For buyers 14 pages Includes the electrical buyer checklist Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Can your electrical business run without you?

    Test who covers quoting, technical responsibilities, customer work and collections with a practical electrical owner cover log.

    For sellers 12 pages Includes the electrical owner cover log Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Electrical business add-backs

    Build an electrical contractor's profit bridge with evidence for each adjustment and a separate view of disputed costs.

    For sellers 13 pages Includes the electrical add-backs worksheet Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Why an electrical business price can fall after 'yes'

    Connect electrical job records, profit adjustments and retained sums to the questions behind an offer, with a fillable evidence bridge.

    For sellers 12 pages Includes the electrical offer evidence bridge Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Working capital when an electrical business changes hands

    Trace electrical jobs, retentions, deposits and unpaid bills into a dated working-capital schedule before you agree completion terms.

    For sellers 13 pages Includes the electrical completion cash checklist Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Electrical work in 2027

    Connect electrical standards, competent people and job records to sale evidence with a two-page readiness matrix.

    For sellers and buyers 12 pages Includes the electrical 2027 readiness matrix Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

  • Reading an electrical business listing

    Turn electrical listing headlines into evidence requests on income, profit, competence, scheme status, jobs and cash.

    For buyers 14 pages Includes the electrical listing evidence map Updated Oct 2026

    Get the guide

Also available: our 2026 guide for sellers

Browse by topic

Every article and guide sits under one topic, newest first.

Valuation and price

What a buyer pays for, and how the number is reached.

17 articles and 2 guides

Market and policy

EV charging, the testing cycle, the rules and who is active in the market.

2 articles

Buyers and the sale process

Who buys, what they check and how a sale runs.

14 articles and 2 guides

Compliance and accreditation

NICEIC, NAPIT, BS 7671 and EICRs, and what each is worth at a sale.

4 articles and 1 guide

Preparing to sell

The work that makes a business easier to sell, in the order to do it.

12 articles and 3 guides