Google Ads for electricians

Google Ads for electricians that book fuse boards and rewires

We run PPC for electricians across the UK: fault calls and planned installs in separate campaigns, Local Services Ads, and every call tracked. Flat fee from £395 a month, and the account stays in your name.

From £395 a month

No % of ad spend

One electrician per town

Get your free electrician ads plan
Tell us your towns and the electrical jobs you want more of. Keywords, a budget and a target cost per call land in your inbox within one working day.

What your ad looks like

The Google ad we would write for your electrical firm

A strong electrician Google Ads advert names the job and the town, shows your NICEIC or NAPIT registration, then lands on a page about that one job. Sitelinks carry your other work, and a call button lets someone whose power just tripped ring you straight from the results. Each advert is a responsive search ad with callouts for same-day visits and clear prices, and ad tests show which wording wins the call.

✓ Headlines written per job and town

✓ NICEIC, call and location assets set up

emergency electrician bolton

Sponsored

YEYour Electrical Coyourelectricalco.co.uk › emergency-electrician

Emergency Electrician in Bolton | NICEIC Approved, Local Team

Tripping fuses, power loss and dead sockets traced by qualified local sparks. Ring now for a same-day slot and a clear price before we start.

Fuse boardsEV chargersEICRsReviews
Electrician testing a consumer unit with a multimeter, the kind of job Google Ads for electricians should win

QUICK ANSWER

How does PPC for electricians work?

PPC for electricians puts your firm above the map when someone near you searches “electrician near me” or “fuse board replacement”. Search ads bill per click and Local Services Ads bill per lead. Accounts that pay their way split fault calls from planned installs, stay within your towns, block trainee and DIY searches, and track every call.

What you get

What our electrician PPC management includes

Made for domestic electricians and electrical contractors, from the first keyword list to the last booked job, as part of our Google Ads management service. No setup fee and no percentage of your ad spend. Ads Growth adds Meta lead ads on Facebook and Instagram. Want rankings too? See SEO for electricians, or marketing for electricians for the full mix.

Pay per lead

Local service ads for electricians

Electricians are a UK category. We set up local service ads for electricians, pass Google Verified checks, answer fast and dispute bad leads.

✓ Setup

✓ Verification

✓ Disputes

✓ Reviews

Pay per click

Search campaigns per electrical job

Consumer units and rewires often lead, then fault calls, EV chargers or EICRs, each with its own ads, budget and landing page.

✓ Keywords

✓ Ad copy

✓ Bidding

✓ Areas

Conversion tracking

Calls and forms tracked in Ads and GA4.

Negative keywords

Trainee, wholesaler and DIY searches blocked.

Ad schedule

Fault-call ads run only while you answer.

Landing pages

Job pages with your NICEIC number.

Won-job import

CRM-booked jobs fed back to bidding.

Monthly video report

Ten minutes, plain words, jobs booked.

Electrical searches we bid on

Electrician Google Ads and PPC planned around the work you want

A power cut at 9pm and a fuse board upgrade next month are two different buyers. Each gets a campaign of its own, so the search, the advert and the landing page all describe the same job. Fault searches get call-only electrician pay per click advertising within a short drive of your van. Rewires, EV chargers and landlord EICRs, which gov.uk says private landlords need at least every 5 years, get quote forms and remarketing while people compare prices. Need the job pages built too? See web design for electricians.

Fault finding

Trips and power loss, call-only, tight radius.

Faults page

Fuse boards

Consumer unit swaps, won on clear quotes.

Fuse board page

Rewires

Full and part rewires, bid on bigger homes.

Rewire page

EV chargers

Home chargers fitted, won on reviews and price.

EV page

EICR tests

Landlord reports every five years, repeat work.

EICR page

Lighting

Downlights and garden lights, sold with photos.

Lighting page

Solar & batteries

Solar PV and storage, longer quote cycles.

Solar page

Landlord work

Letting agents and portfolios, booked in bulk.

Landlord page

Commercial

Shops, offices and units, won on tender.

Commercial page

Account structure

Google Ads and local service ads for electricians: how we lay out your account

Fault calls and planned installs never share a budget. A dead circuit on a Friday night and an EV charger quote on a Tuesday need different bids, hours and pages. So each gets its own campaign with tight ad groups inside. One negative keyword list, call tracking and booked-job import sit across all of them. Ads Starter runs one Search campaign; Growth and Premium add the rest. Electrician Local Services Ads sit alongside as a fourth, pay-per-lead route. Keywords start on phrase match and exact match, and broad match waits for booked-job data.

Campaign 1 · Search

Faults & emergencies

Tripping, power cut and burning smell ad groups.

Campaign 2 · Search

Fuse boards & rewires

Consumer unit, full and part rewire ad groups.

Campaign 3 · Search

EV chargers & EICRs

Home charger, landlord and EICR ad groups.

Pay per lead · LSA

Electricians

Google Verified, showing your Google reviews.

£0

SETUP

Want this plan for your electrical firm?

No sales call, no fee. Inside one working day you get keywords, a starting budget and a target cost per enquiry for your towns.

How it works

How we run pay per click for electricians, week by week

01

Week 1

Audit & plan

Current account audited or a new one built, tracking tested, answering hours and target jobs agreed.
02

Weeks 2–3

Build & launch

LSA profile and Search campaigns go live, every advert with a tracked number and its own job page.
03

Month 1–2

Cut & tune

Search terms read weekly, waste blocked, Quality Score checked, budget moved to jobs that book.
04

Every month

Report & scale

Calls, booked jobs, cost per enquiry and ROI in one report. Smart Bidding switched on once call data is solid.

Waste control

Negative keywords for electricians, checked every week

Most wasted electrical clicks come from people who will never hire you. Think apprentices hunting for jobs, people taking the 18th Edition course, trade buyers looking for a wholesaler and homeowners changing a fuse themselves. Each week we read the search terms report and block these as negatives the same day. Performance Max stays off until call tracking is proven, as it hides most of the searches you pay for.

✓ Negative keyword lists built for electricians

✓ Every call matched to the search behind it

Search terms report

“emergency electrician near me” → kept, bid up in your towns

“electrician jobs near me”, “18th edition course” and “how to change a fuse” → blocked as negative keywords the same week.

Weekly checks · negative keywords · call tracking

Ads vs quote sites

Google Ads vs Checkatrade and MyBuilder for electricians

Lots of electricians win good work through quote sites, and there is nothing wrong with that. What changes is who keeps the customer. Here is how electrician PPC advertising compares with Checkatrade, MyBuilder, Rated People and Bark, line by line, including the one place it is a draw. Our free tools help you put a number on each.

Quote platforms

Your Google Ads

Payment

✕ Membership or lead fees

✓ Per click or lead, you set the cap

Competition

✕ Often compared with rivals

✓ The enquiry comes to you

Job types

✕ Whatever gets posted

✓ Rewires, not just socket swaps

Your brand

✕ Listed next to other firms

✓ Your name, site and photos

Search data

✕ No search terms shown

✓ Every search term visible

Reviews

✕ Stay on the platform

✓ LSA shows your Google reviews

If you pause

✕ Leads stop the same day

✕ Leads stop too, data stays

Why Zainfy

Zainfy vs a typical electrician PPC agency

In September 2026, published fees at UK trade PPC firms started at about £395 a month plus VAT, and one construction specialist billed £180 an hour. Whichever electrician PPC agency you choose, get the monthly fee, the minimum term and who owns the ad account in writing. Here is how an electrician PPC company that only works with trades lines up.

Typical PPC agency

Zainfy

Who they work with

✕ Any sector that pays

✓ Electricians and trades only

Fee

✕ Hourly or a % of ad spend

✓ Flat fee from £395, on the page

Contract

✕ Long fixed terms

✓ 3 months, then rolling monthly

Ad accounts

✕ Often in the agency’s name

✓ Always in your name

Your competitors

✕ Rival electricians nearby too

✓ One electrician per town, always

Reporting

✕ Clicks and impressions

✓ Enquiries, jobs and cost per lead

Setup fee

✕ Common, billed up front

✓ None, ever

1

PER TOWN

One electrician per town. Is yours still open?

We take on one electrical firm per town, so you never bid against another Zainfy client for the same job. Send us your town and we will confirm it today.

Pricing

How much do Google Ads cost for an electrician?

Sound PPC advertising for electricians keeps two bills apart: our flat monthly fee for management, and the ad spend you pay Google direct. Electrician pay per click prices (CPC) move with the job and the town. So in week one we set a target cost per lead for each type of work. Every plan starts with a 3-month minimum, then runs month to month. Keyword Planner gives the click prices for your towns. Bidding moves from Maximise Conversions to Target CPA once calls are tracked, and each report shows impression share and conversion rate.

Ads Starter

 

£395

per month + ad spend

Local Services Ads and one tight Search campaign in one town.

Ads Growth

Most popular

£595

per month + ad spend

Fault, fuse board and EV campaigns across several towns.

Ads Premium

 

£895

per month + ad spend

Full paid coverage for electrical contractors across a county.

SEO

from £495

Map pack and rankings: see SEO for electricians.

SEO and Ads bundle

from £795

Both channels together, cheaper as one.

Websites

from £1,195

Yours to keep: websites for electricians.
90

DAYS

No results in 90 days? We work for free.

Before launch we agree your targets for calls, booked jobs and cost per lead, each with a date. If we miss them in the first 90 days, management is free until we hit them, and that is written into your contract.

Watch for these

Four Google Ads mistakes that cost electricians calls

Most electrical accounts we audit leak money through the same four settings, and each one is a quick fix. Start with Google’s location options.

Mistake 1

Wide location

Presence or interest brings calls from miles away.

Mistake 2

One campaign

A power cut and an EV quote share one budget.

Mistake 3

Hidden registration

No NICEIC or NAPIT badge in the ad text.

Mistake 4

Untracked calls

Nobody knows which search booked the rewire.

Zayn Shah, Founder of Zainfy

Who runs your ads

Electricians’ Google Ads run by a specialist, not a sales desk

Zainfy is led by founder Zayn Shah, a Google Ads certified marketer with six years of paid search, SEO and website work for trades and home improvement firms. A small team builds your electrician campaigns and reviews them weekly, and you deal with the same people after signing, never a junior handover.

Google Ads

Local Services Ads

Google Analytics 4

Google Search Console

Meta Ads Manager

FAQ

PPC for electricians: questions electricians ask

Yes, when the account is split by job and every call is tracked. Google Ads for electricians do best on urgent searches such as power cuts and tripping fuses, where people ring the first local firm that looks qualified. They fail when one campaign covers every job across a county and nobody reads the search terms report.

Start from the jobs you want, not a round number. £10 a day is roughly £300 a month, enough to test one job, such as fault calls, in one town during hours you answer. Rewires, fuse boards and EV chargers across several towns need more. Our marketing budget calculator gives a starting split, and our plans manage up to £1,500, £5,000 or £15,000 of spend.

Most electricians combine three routes. A Google Business Profile with regular reviews, quote sites like Checkatrade or MyBuilder, and their own ads on Google or Microsoft Bing so enquiries come straight to them. Show your NICEIC or NAPIT registration and Part P notification everywhere. Van livery and word of mouth still matter. Our marketing for electricians page covers the rest.

You pay per lead rather than per click, and the price varies by town and job. Electricians are one of Google’s UK Local Services Ads categories. You set a weekly budget and reply to leads quickly, because Google says missed calls and messages can push your ranking down. Leads that are not genuine can be disputed.

Local Services Ads are Google adverts that sit above the normal ads for trades searches. They show your name, rating, Google Verified badge and a call button. You pay when a customer calls or messages you through the ad, not for clicks. For electricians they suit fault calls, where people want a checked, local firm fast.

Yes. Call assets add a phone button to your search ads, and call-only style ads push the call first on mobiles. For fault work that is usually right, because people with no power want to talk. For rewires, EV chargers and EICRs, a page with photos, prices and your registration usually converts better, so we keep both.

Yes, and often separate campaigns. An EV charger buyer compares brands and grants, while a rewire buyer worries about mess and time. Mixing them in one ad group means one advert tries to talk to both and one budget gets eaten by the cheaper clicks. Separate groups let each job have its own advert, bid and landing page.

Usually one of three things: the landing page, the search terms or the location. Clicks landing on a general homepage without a phone number rarely ring. Searches from trainees or DIYers never will. Presence or interest targeting sends clicks from outside your area. We check all three in a free audit of your account.

Not better, different. Quote sites send enquiries, often shared, and you pay membership or lead fees. With your own electrician Google Ads, the customer contacts you only, you see every search term and you choose which jobs to buy. Many electricians keep one platform while ads grow, then compare cost per booked job after three months. Our case studies show how we report.

An electrician PPC agency builds and runs your paid search so ad spend turns into booked jobs. That covers keyword research by job type, adverts, bids, ad schedules, negative keywords, landing pages and call tracking, then weekly changes as the data shows what books. As an electrician PPC agency, we run Local Services Ads and Meta lead ads too.

Fault and emergency ads can ring the day they go live, since someone with no power calls quickly. Rewires, consumer units and EV chargers take longer, because buyers compare quotes. Landlord EICR work builds over months as agents add you to their list. We judge cost per booked job over the first 90 days.