Northern Ireland only
Every trade and every job is in NI. We do not ship your enquiry to a builder in Devon to "match" you.
Why we built it
Because finding a good NI trade is harder than it should be
Finding a reliable tradesperson in Northern Ireland still mostly means asking around, hoping a Facebook group thread surfaces someone trustworthy, or paying premium rates to advertise on mainland-UK directories whose vetting standards are unclear and whose “leads” are sold to half a dozen trades at once.
NI homeowners deserved a directory built specifically for the local market - covering all 58 towns across the 11 statutory council districts, vetted properly at the point of application, free to post a job, and with a clear, honest set of rules about how listings work.
Good NI tradespeople deserved a platform that did not bleed them on per-lead fees, did not auction them off against five others, and did not own the customer relationship for the next ten years. That is what NI Trades is for, for homeowners and tradespeople equally.
What makes us different
Not another UK-wide lead-broker. Built here, for trades and homeowners alike.
Six honest differences between NI Trades and the platforms you already know.
How we operate
Two principles that are not negotiable
Independent
We are not owned by any trade body, franchise group or large contractor. Our only customers are the homeowners and tradespeople who use the platform.
Privacy by default
Your contact details are never published. Tradespeople only see your job description until you choose to connect with one of them.
Vetting at onboarding
How we check every tradesperson
Every trade that lists on NI Trades is checked at application stage. Customers must re-verify on the day of hire.
Vetting happens at application only. Insurance and credentials can lapse afterwards. Always re-verify directly with the tradesperson before any work or any money changes hands.
How it’s run
Everything here is done in house.
The research, the vetting, the social channels and the platform itself: all of it is made in Northern Ireland, in house. No agency, no outsourcing, no stock-photo executives.
Editorial
Guides, FAQs and trade content
Editorial & research
The NI Trades Research Desk
Northern Ireland
NI Trades content is researched and written in house in Northern Ireland: figures are compiled from written NI quotes and official published sources, drafted with the help of AI tools as disclosed in our editorial standards, then checked against the cited primary sources before publishing. Every page carries its sources and review date, and corrections are made fast when readers or tradespeople spot an error.
Researched in house, checked against the cited primary sources and reviewed on the date shown on each page.
Social media
Instagram, TikTok and storytelling
Run in house
Social channels
Northern Ireland
Our Instagram, Facebook and TikTok are run in house: platform updates, guide highlights and the stories of NI trades as the platform grows. What you see on social is made here, not by an agency.
Behind the scenes
Vetting, support and platform
- Vetting: checking insurance, ID and trade-register status before a profile goes live.
- Support: first-line help for homeowners and trades using the platform.
- Platform: the engineering that runs nitrades.co.uk, hosted in the EU.
Questions about any of it? The fastest way to reach us is hello@nitrades.co.uk, and a real person answers.
Editorial standards
Dated reviews, cited sources, primary-source-checked before publishing, no disguised ads.
Find out more
Read on, or get started
How we vet trades, our editorial standards, our complaints policy, or jump straight in and post a job.