Emergency electrician
A same-day attendance for a fault that is unsafe or has cut power, charged as a call-out plus time rather than a fixed price. Emergency electrician work is urgent attendance, also called emergency call-out, 24 hour electrician and same day electrician. Across 11 UK towns researched August 2026, the national median of the prices firms publish is £110 per visit. Emergency electrician cost guide
What needs doing?
Tell us what you need done. We'll tell you the price, then find a local electrician to do the job.
Electricians who do emergency callouts
Worth knowing
- On Tradehand, 267 of the 519 businesses are in London, ahead of 26 in Birmingham, 17 in Liverpool, 16 in Bristol and 13 in Poole. Among the London boroughs, Croydon has 20, Barnet 19, Havering 15, and Ealing and Enfield 14 each.
- 126 of the 519 are active companies at Companies House, incorporated between 1998 and 2025, with a median year of 2019.
- 460 of the 519 have their own website.
- Of the 519, 211 also offer EICR, 204 house rewiring, 201 consumer unit replacement, 185 electrical fault finding and 165 emergency lighting, and the businesses carry out 94 other services between them.
Common problems
No Power In The Whole House
Your entire home has lost electricity. No lights, no sockets: everything is dead.
Circuit Breaker Won't Reset
A trip switch in your consumer unit will not stay in the on position no matter what you try.
Lights Flickering In The Whole House
Every light in your home is flickering or dimming at the same time: this affects the entire property.
Fuse Box Buzzing Or Humming
Your consumer unit or fuse box is making a buzzing or humming noise that was not there before.
Burning Smell From A Socket
You can smell burning coming from a plug socket: a sign of potential electrical fire.
Socket Sparking
A plug socket is sparking, arcing, or producing flashes of light during normal use.
Browse by area
Popular
London
- Emergency electrician in Croydon 23
- Emergency electrician in Barnet 20
- Emergency electrician in Enfield 18
- Emergency electrician in Havering 17
- Emergency electrician in Ealing 14
- Emergency electrician in Hounslow 13
- Emergency electrician in Brent 12
- Emergency electrician in Lewisham 12
- Emergency electrician in Waltham Forest 12
- Emergency electrician in Bexley 11
- Emergency electrician in Bromley 11
- Emergency electrician in Sutton 11
- Emergency electrician in Haringey 10
- Emergency electrician in Hillingdon 10
- Emergency electrician in Merton 10
- Emergency electrician in Lambeth 9
- Emergency electrician in Tower Hamlets 9
- Emergency electrician in Barking and Dagenham 8
- Emergency electrician in Wandsworth 8
- Emergency electrician in Hackney 7
- Emergency electrician in Kingston upon Thames 7
- Emergency electrician in Westminster 7
- Emergency electrician in Greenwich 6
- Emergency electrician in Redbridge 6
- Emergency electrician in Hammersmith and Fulham 5
- Emergency electrician in Camden 4
- Emergency electrician in Kensington and Chelsea 3
- All of London 302