LEICESTER & LEICESTERSHIRE
Find businesses reporting coverage in your area, compare electrical services and check each profile’s status. Save your choices, then contact the business you choose.
Separate from everyday home jobs. Choose your premises and exact specialist service.
Read the specialist planning guide →Silent, with on-screen captions.
Choose your service and area, compare matching businesses, check each profile’s status, save your shortlist and contact the business you choose. Confirm exact scope, competence and all charges directly.
Local electricians. Less guesswork. Leicester and Leicestershire. A clearer way to find help for your home. Find services and coverage. Search by service, then confirm your exact job and address with the business. Compare public profiles and their actual status. A basic listing is not verification. Review stars do not prove competence. Save your own shortlist. Compare the businesses you choose, then contact the business yourself. Ask about the call-out fee, labour, parts and VAT. What is included, and what could cost more? Older customers, or anyone needing extra support, can ask for written prices and extra time. Involve a trusted person where arranged. Before booking, check relevant registration and competence for the exact electrical work you need. Our mission: fair, transparent customer service. Quality over quantity. Visit www.electricianshortlist.co.uk and make your own shortlist.
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Service illustrations help you explore the site. Confirm equipment, design and suitability with your electrician.
URGENT VISITS · CLEAR COSTS · YOUR CHOICE
Planned jobs and emergency visits use different schedules. Some firms offer urgent help alongside their usual work; others advertise out-of-hours cover. Choose the help you need, then call to confirm your exact address, the fault and the expected arrival window.
24/7 searches use sourced advertised hours for the selected service and area. Advertising round-the-clock cover does not confirm an engineer is available now. We do not dispatch tradespeople or guarantee attendance.
Ask who will attend and who you are contracting with, including whether a local engineer or subcontractor will carry out the work.
Check the attending person’s qualifications for your exact job. A national network, review score or 24-hour label is not a competence check.
Urgent and out-of-hours visits can cost more than planned work. Ask before booking about:
Ask for written confirmation and agree how extra work is authorised. Use the costs checklist →
Once safe, contact your policy’s helpline before booking privately. Ask whether the fault is covered, whether they arrange the engineer, and about authorisation, excesses and limits.
Some firms can supply itemised invoices, photos or reports for a claim. Confirm the exact assistance; it does not guarantee your insurer will reimburse you.
Safety comes first. Power cut or electricity-network danger? Call 105. Fire or immediate danger? Get to safety and call 999. Read electrical safety guidance →
Help local customers understand your real call-out area, advertised hours, charges and any insurance-claim assistance. Independent firms and wider service networks can enquire. Public listings and advertising are subject to our checks; payment does not buy qualification approval or a guaranteed recommendation.
YOUR LOCAL SEARCH
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Shuffle changes rotating positions. Name and distance choices order the remaining matches. Check each profile’s listing status.
Radius describes nearby reported service areas, not a promise that a business attends every address. Filters apply to both map and list.
Public business information · check each profile’s status, scope and source date.
KNOW WHAT TO ASK
Understand the work before arranging it. These guides help you plan and choose; electrical work needs a suitably competent person.
UPDATED 2026-11-01Choose the right help for a power cut, dangerous network equipment or a fault inside your property, while keeping clear of electrical danger.
Read the guide →UPDATED 2026-11-01Check the business, the relevant competence and the approval route before agreeing electrical work.
Read the guide →UPDATED 2026-11-01An Electrical Installation Condition Report assesses existing fixed electrics within an agreed scope. Understand the findings and arrange the right follow-up.
Read the guide →UPDATED 2026-11-01Plan the assessment, possible existing-circuit repairs, power interruption and paperwork before replacing a fuse box or consumer unit.
Read the guide →UPDATED 2026-11-01Establish what needs replacing, agree a room-by-room brief and budget for disruption and finishing work.
Read the guide →
UPDATED 2026-11-01Give an electrician a useful brief for safer, more usable rooms, including bathrooms, outdoor areas and accessible controls.
Read the guide →YOUR HOME · YOUR CHOICE · YOUR PACE
Ask for the call-out, minimum labour, parts, VAT, testing, certificates and any out-of-hours charge. Agree approval before extra work.
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A comparison aid using your figures, not a directory price or quote.What is affected? When did it start? Is there damage, water, heat or a burning smell? Don’t touch or open electrical equipment to find out.
Ask for written prices, a clear arrival window and identification. You can involve someone you trust, take time to decide and decline work you haven’t agreed.
Choosing with extra support →EVIDENCE BEFORE ASSUMPTIONS
Which electrical registers and qualifications should I check? →
A dated review of identity, advertised services, service areas and relevant public information. Unclaimed means the business has not approved this profile.
An authorised representative has agreed the exact information and permitted media. This alone does not establish every qualification or full directory verification.
A separate review of exact work scope, competence and relevant registration, authority, insurance, complaints arrangements, reputation and media permissions. Supporting documents stay private.
A scheme logo, company registration or customer score does not establish competence for every job. Domestic work, EICRs, industrial installations and renewable technologies have different scope. No payment buys verification.
Check the Electrical Competent Person Register → · NICEIC → · NAPIT →
Explore a fully completed fictional Deluxe profile. Try the section switches, gallery and video, then choose what suits your own business.
YOUR BUSINESS · CLEARLY PRESENTED
Start with one profile, whether you are a sole trader or a larger business. The four groups below are layout ideas: mix the services you actually offer. You do not need four applications. These examples are fictional, not listed or approved businesses.
Explore the complete Deluxe example → · Start one application or ask us to build it →
You choose: your services and areas, team introduction, photos, existing video, hours, emergency cover, quotes, published prices, insurance-claim assistance and extra customer support. Leave out what does not apply. Evidence and final approval are checked separately.
Repairs, lighting, rewiring and emergency enquiries
Explain the work you offer, show permitted project photos, choose whether to include video, and make coverage clear.
See this in the complete example →Landlord checks, EICRs and appliance testing
Describe property types and inspection work, relevant competence, report limitations and how remedial quotations are handled.
See this in the complete example →Chargers, solar PV and battery storage
Separate each technology, show relevant work and certification scope, explain design and handover, and present optional reviewed prices.
See this in the complete example →Workplace and specialist installations
Specify premises, electrical systems, relevant experience, testing, access and commissioning. Domestic evidence is not industrial approval.
See this in the complete example →THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE DIRECTORY
We’re building Electrician Shortlist to help customers find dependable local businesses, understand charges before booking and make informed choices. Fair treatment, clear information and extra support for vulnerable customers matter to all of us.
Public-information pilot launched 2 November 2026. Business-approved profiles are added following review.
Owner
Bringing extensive experience in the appliance industry and a commitment to clearer information, fair pricing and customer care.
Technical advice & design
Voluntary family advice & support
Scientist with a PhD in Quantum Physics. Supporting the website’s technical design and development.
IT development & research
Working with the team on IT development and research while studying for a degree in Travel and Tourism Management at De Montfort University in Leicester.
Directory coordination
Helping organise directory enquiries and business profiles.
Business profile support
Voluntary family advice & support
MD with specialties in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. Helping businesses prepare and update their directory information.
Older customers’ perspective
Voluntary family advice & support
Retired economics lecturer with a PhD in economics. Bringing an older customer’s perspective to fair pricing, clear information and protecting people from pressure or exploitation.
General management, research & oversight
Voluntary family advice & support
Qualified in business management. Supporting day-to-day management, research and oversight, with a focus on consistent standards and responsible directory development.
Anthony drew on his extensive experience in the appliance industry and the concerns customers shared with him about home-service customer care and pricing. He has also witnessed first-hand how older customers can face poor care or excessive charges when an urgent problem leaves them anxious and under pressure. This inspired him to create a directory focused on meaningful checks, clear information and fair, transparent pricing, with particular care for vulnerable customers.
Our team’s backgrounds support the project’s values. Every listed business is assessed separately for the services it offers; the directory’s team qualifications do not replace trade-specific checks.
Understand our listing checks →Choosing help and extra support →Your saved choices stay in this browser on this device until you clear them. They do not contact businesses or create a booking. Private browsing and clearing site storage can remove them.
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