Socket installation
Adding or moving mains sockets and switches, priced per accessory once the first one on a circuit has been done. Electricians carry out Socket installation nationally, with 254 businesses offering the work. London accounts for 122 businesses, followed by Eastleigh with 12, Birmingham with 10, Sheffield with 8 and Leeds with 7. The national median of published prices across 9 UK towns is £90, based on research in August 2026. Socket installation cost guide
Why people have it done
- Power reaches where it is used, so appliances stop running on trailing extension leads.
- Sockets move as a room changes use, rather than the furniture working around the wiring.
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Electricians who do socket installations
Capital Electrical Ltd
Cranham, Upminster
Electrician, NAPIT
County Electrical Solutions
Theydon Bois with Passingford, Stapleford Abbotts
Electrician, NICEIC
DEC Electrical
Great Warley
Electrician, NAPIT4.85 reviews
Signature Electrics LTD
Chigwell with Lambourne, Romford
Electrician, NICEIC5.0102 reviews
Theydon Electrical Ltd
Chigwell with Lambourne, Abridge, Romford
Electrician, NICEIC5.02 reviews
Elkay Electrics Ltd
Norwood Green, Southall
Electrician, NICEIC5.06 reviews
PD Electrical Services LTD
Perivale, Greenford
Electrician, NICEIC
Easton Electrical Ltd
Eastcote, Ruislip
Electrician, NAPIT5.01 review
Whizz Sparks
Ruislip, Hillingdon
Electrician, NICEIC5.016 reviews
Watkins Electrical
Feltham West, Feltham
Electrician, NAPIT5.045 reviews
Teddington Electrical
Hampton North, Hampton
Electrician, NAPIT5.016 reviews
Platinum Wiring Services
Richmond upon Thames, Hampton
Electrician, NICEIC
Omni Electrical Services Ltd
Molesey East, West Molesey
Electrician, NICEIC5.09 reviews
Adam Hart Electrical Services
Molesey West, West Molesey
Electrician, NICEIC4.833 reviews
Leverett Electrical Limited
Alexandra, Surbiton
Electrician, NAPIT5.09 reviews
Eco Power Services Ltd
Long Ditton, Thames Ditton
Electrician, NAPIT5.093 reviews
Brooks Electrical London
Halliford and Sunbury West, Sundury On Thames
Electrician, NICEIC5.0168 reviews
Powertec
Ashford Common, Ashford
Electrician, NICEIC5.058 reviews
ElectraWorks Limited
Ashford East, Ashford
Electrician, NAPIT5.055 reviews
Derek Clark Electrical
Hersham Village, Walton On Thames
Electrician, NICEIC4.932 reviews
Worth knowing
- The work is also known as plug socket installation, extra sockets, socket and switch installation and double socket.
- Published local prices range from £60 to £125 in Birmingham, £65 to £180 in Croydon, £100 to £145 in Bristol, £80 to £150 in Ealing and £75 to £150 in Hackney.
- The businesses have 6128 reviews in total. Ratings run from 4.0 to 5.0, with a median rating of 5.0 across 196 rated businesses; the most-reviewed business has 293 reviews.
- Among the businesses, 216 of 254 are on a trade register. This includes 141 registered as installers and 65 registered as inspectors.
- The named schemes include 128 with NICEIC, 61 with NAPIT and 27 with Part P.
- Trading history includes 56 of 254 active companies at Companies House, incorporated between 1991 and 2025, with a median year of 2018.
Common problems
Where we cover
Popular
London
- Socket installation in Enfield 11
- Socket installation in Bromley 10
- Socket installation in Croydon 10
- Socket installation in Barnet 9
- Socket installation in Wandsworth 8
- Socket installation in Brent 7
- Socket installation in Havering 6
- Socket installation in Sutton 6
- Socket installation in Waltham Forest 6
- Socket installation in Ealing 5
- Socket installation in Haringey 5
- Socket installation in Lewisham 4
- Socket installation in Merton 4
- Socket installation in Bexley 3
- Socket installation in Hackney 3
- Socket installation in Lambeth 3
- Socket installation in Redbridge 3
- All of London 122