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Buying an electrical business in 2027

What to check before you agree a price

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

For buyers 14 pages 10-minute read Updated Oct 2026

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Who this guide is for

For buyers considering an electrical contractor. Use it to organise the records and technical questions behind an offer.

What you will take from it

  • Separate signed maintenance terms from repeat inspection instructions.
  • Match technical roles and scheme conditions to the people and entity behind them.
  • Trace a job to receipt and reconcile the profit and working-capital schedules.

What is inside

  1. Separate signed work from repeat custom
  2. Find the people behind the capability
  3. Ask the scheme before assuming continuity
  4. Follow one job from quote to receipt
  5. Open the cash schedule
  6. Test the profit behind your offer

The tool: electrical buyer checklist

A two-page checklist for documents, inspected results, open questions, reviewers and next actions. It has no pass score.

It comes as its own file as well as a page of the guide.

Two pages from the guide

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Tell us who you are and the guide opens on this page, with the electrical buyer checklist as its own file.

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Prepared by Simon Read

Founder & Managing Director, Reads Advice Partners Ltd

Simon founded Reads M&A Advisory to specialise in trades such as HVAC, electrical, fire safety and facilities management, and has spent many years selling businesses to independent buyers, trade companies and private equity-backed groups across the UK.

Updated Oct 2026. The Autumn Budget is scheduled for Oct 2026, and we review every guide after it.

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