Electricians · part of our trades guide
AI receptionist for UK electricians
When you're on site or inside a consumer unit, picking up the phone is not always possible. Voco works alongside you to answer every call, capture job details, and book electrical work into your calendar so nothing slips while you focus on the job in front of you. Voco costs 29p a minute with no monthly fee, or a monthly plan from £49 if your call volume is steady.
29p a minute pay as you go, billed by the second. No contract.
The problem
What do electricians lose to missed calls?
Electricians lose jobs and enquiries to missed calls, because the caller rings the next business on the list the moment a call goes to voicemail.
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The electrician who answers first gets the job
Customers with urgent electrical faults call two or three electricians and book whoever picks up. If your phone is busy or unanswered, that job goes to someone else.
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You can't answer on site
Working in a fuse board, running cables, or on a commercial job means you can't take calls. But every missed call is a quote you never got to give.
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Evenings and weekends are peak enquiry time
Most electrical faults are noticed when people are home. Those calls come in evenings and weekends, exactly when most electricians have stopped answering.
How Voco helps
How does Voco help electricians?
Voco covers the calls you cannot take, and you stay in charge of every customer.
Every job enquiry answered, day or night
Voco answers calls to your existing number 24/7, captures the nature of the job, location, and urgency, and sends you the details instantly.
Emergency faults triaged immediately
Total power failures, sparking sockets, and trip issues are flagged as urgent in the transcript so you can prioritise and respond fast.
Routine work booked while you're on site
Consumer unit upgrades, EICRs, EV charger installs, and rewires are captured and scheduled into your calendar without interrupting your current job.
Full job brief in every transcript
Every call ends with the caller's name, address, job type, and preferred timing sent directly to you, everything you need to quote accurately.
What are missed calls costing you?
Cautious by design: we count half your missed calls as real enquiries, assume half of those ring someone else, and that you would win one in four.
Cost
What does an answering service for electricians cost?
Voco costs 29p a minute on pay as you go, billed by the second, with no monthly fee and no contract. A two-minute call costs about 58p, so a quiet week costs very little. Busier electricians can move to a monthly plan from £49.
See all prices- Pay as you go, a minute
- 29p
- A two-minute call
- About 58p
- Monthly plans from
- £49
- Contract
- None
Questions from electricians
Something else? Ring 0333 043 6661 and ask Voco directly.
Full guide
Electricians in detail
How Voco works alongside electricians
Voco is not a replacement for your customer relationships. It's a layer of cover that ensures no call goes unanswered while you're on a job. When a customer calls your number and you can't answer, Voco picks up, handles the conversation professionally, and sends you a structured transcript so you can follow up with the full picture. You stay in control of every job. Voco just makes sure they reach you.
Why electricians lose work to missed calls
Electrical faults rarely happen at convenient times. A customer with a tripped board or a sparking socket is not going to wait for a callback. They are going to call the next electrician on the list. For electrical contractors running jobs throughout the day, missed calls are not occasional. They are a constant leak in the pipeline. Voco closes that gap without pulling you away from billable work.
What Voco handles for electrical contractors
Voco covers the full range of inbound calls: domestic fault reports, quote requests for rewires and consumer unit upgrades, EICR bookings, EV charger installation enquiries, and commercial inspection scheduling. Each call is handled professionally in your business name, with the job details, urgency, address, and customer contact captured and sent to you within seconds. Emergency faults are flagged immediately. Routine jobs are queued for follow-up.
Call handling for electricians and electrical contractors UK
A dedicated call answering service for electricians gives you the coverage of a full-time receptionist without the cost or the management. Voco acts as a virtual receptionist for your electrical business, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you run a one-man operation or manage a small team, Voco scales with your call volume and only costs what your call traffic warrants on the pay-as-you-go plan.
Flexible pricing to match how electrical work actually flows
Electrical work is seasonal. New build pipelines, inspection cycles, and weather-driven fault reports mean your call volume is not the same in January as it is in October. Voco costs 29p a minute with no monthly fee, and monthly plans start at £49 with 75 calls included for contractors with steady inbound enquiries. If your volume varies, the pay-as-you-go plan has no monthly fee and you top up and pay per minute. Both include the same AI quality, transcripts, and calendar integration.
No setup, no hardware, no disruption
You keep your existing number. Calls forward to Voco when you are unavailable or on another call. You can set it to cover only out-of-hours, or run it all day. Setup takes under 10 minutes. There is no contract and a 30-day money-back guarantee. See pay as you go from 29p a minute.
Answers at 2am. Doesn't ask for overtime.
Hear Voco answer a call
Ring 0333 043 6661 and talk to Voco now, or set up your own AI front office today.