Plumbing leads that arrive as
booked surveys, not a name sold four times.
MyTradeBuddy generates exclusive plumbing and heating enquiries for UK firms, qualifies every homeowner on area, job type, timing and intent, and follows up by phone, text and email until a survey is booked in your calendar. One plumber per area. You pay per booked survey, never per shared lead.
What are exclusive plumbing leads?
Exclusive plumbing leads are enquiries generated for one plumbing business, in one area, and never resold. MyTradeBuddy runs the ads, qualifies each homeowner with AI, chases every enquiry until it books or says no, and delivers the result as a confirmed survey in your calendar, so you quote at the property instead of racing three other firms to a phone number. It is built for survey-led work: boiler replacements, bathrooms, full heating systems and heat pumps, rather than £80 call-outs.
What plumbers pay for leads in 2026
Published prices where they exist, otherwise what tradespeople report to independent reviewers. Every shared source sells the same homeowner to several plumbers, so the price per lead is only the start of the bill.
| Source | How you pay | Reported cost | Shared? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bark | Credits per lead | £7–£40 a lead (5–20 credits at about £1.20–£1.80) | Yes, 3–5 plumbers |
| Checkatrade | Monthly membership | £30–£59+ a month published; £60–£500 a month reported | Yes |
| MyBuilder | Fee per shortlist | From £7 officially; typically £5–£35, £50+ on large jobs; non-refundable | Yes |
| Rated People | Subscription plus credits | About £35 a month + VAT, extra leads around £15 | Yes |
| MyTradeBuddy | Per booked survey | Quoted for your area; no monthly fee, no contract. Pricing | No, one plumber per area |
Sources: Checkatrade cost 2026, Bark for tradesmen, Rated People cost 2026, MyBuilder fees 2026. Platform prices change; check the current page before deciding.
From local ad to booked survey, step by step
1. Demand is generated for you
We run targeted local ads for boiler, bathroom and heating work in your area. The demand is created for your business alone: one plumbing business per patch, nothing resold.
2. Every enquiry is qualified
The AI qualifies each homeowner on area, job type, timing and intent before anything reaches your diary.
3. Follow-up until an outcome
The AI calls each enquiry, then text and email sequences chase until the homeowner books, reschedules or says no.
4. A survey lands in your calendar
A qualified homeowner with a confirmed slot in your diary. That booked survey is what you pay for; if nothing books, you do not pay.
Exclusive surveys vs shared plumbing leads
The five ways plumbers buy demand, and which one fits survey work
Directories (Checkatrade, TrustATrader) sell visibility for a monthly fee. Lead marketplaces (MyBuilder, Rated People, Bark) sell contact details per job. Local Services Ads and your own Google or Meta ads sell clicks and calls. All of them hand you a homeowner who is also talking to someone else, and all of them stop at the point the enquiry arrives. The full comparison of lead generation companies for plumbers sets them side by side.
For a dripping tap that is fine; the first plumber to answer gets a £90 job. For a boiler replacement, a bathroom or a heat pump the job is won at the survey, and a shared enquiry lost to a faster caller is hundreds of pounds of margin. That is the work MyTradeBuddy is built for: demand generated for one business per area, answered and qualified instantly, chased until it books, billed per booked survey. How to get more plumbing work covers the free channels to fix first.
Plumbing leads FAQs
No. You pay per booked survey: a qualified homeowner with a confirmed slot in your calendar. The lead is the input; the booked survey is what you pay for, and if nothing books you do not pay.
Completely. We run one plumbing business per area and the demand generated for your patch goes to you and nobody else. Enquiries are never resold or shared.
There is no per-lead price because we do not sell leads. You pay per booked survey, quoted for your trade and area, with no contracts and no minimum commitment. For comparison, shared plumbing leads elsewhere run £5–£40 a name and go to several firms.
Survey-led work: boiler replacements, full heating systems, bathrooms, heat pumps. It is not built for emergency call-outs or small repairs, where the phone being answered matters more than demand generation; our AI receptionist covers that side.
A homeowner in your coverage area who wants the work done as soon as possible and has answered qualification questions on job type, fuel, timing and finance before anything reaches your diary.
Across our clients over 70% of booked surveys convert to jobs overall. We also provide SOPs and sales material to lift face-to-face conversion.
Part of one plumbing and heating pipeline
Boiler leads
The boiler replacement version of this page, with the boiler-specific numbers.
Boiler leads UKHeat pump leads
Air source heat pump surveys, qualified on property and fuel before they book.
Heat pump leads UKAI receptionist for plumbers
The other half: every call answered and booked, 24/7, including the emergencies.
For plumbersSee if your area is free
Book a call. We check whether your patch is available and agree a price per booked survey that works for your numbers.