Private company

checkatrade.com

Logo: Checkatrade.com, PD, via Wikipedia3

British online trade directory

Vetted Limited, trading as Checkatrade, is a site which connects homeowners with approved local tradespeople. It is a subsidiary of Brookfield Corporation.2 It was founded by Kevin Byrne.1 It employed 400 people in 2019.1 Its revenue was £29.7 million in 2019.1 It is part of Homeserve.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • Industrymarketing1
  • HeadquartersCity of Portsmouth1
  • Websitewww.checkatrade.com
  • Legal formprivate company limited by shares1

Vetted Limited, trading as Checkatrade, is a site which connects homeowners with approved local tradespeople. It is a subsidiary of Brookfield Corporation.2

Corporate structure

checkatrade.com is part of a group headed by Homeserve. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Homeserve Walsall, United Kingdom
    • checkatrade.com City of Portsmouth

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Kevin Byrne in 1998.1

Leadership

Who has led checkatrade.com, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20194001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

checkatrade.com revenue by year129.7M GBP in 2019+33% since 2018
010.0M GBP20.0M GBP30.0M GBP2018: 22.4M GBP22.4M GBP20182019: 29.7M GBP29.7M GBP2019+33%
  • 201929.7M GBP1
  • 201822.4M GBP1

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

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