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Search a suburb to see who is listed there.
Every tradie here can claim their listing and keep it right.
No ads, no sponsored spots, no pay-to-rank, no lead fees.
You choose who gets it. We never blast your job out.
Free to search, and free for a tradie to be listed.
You do not need an account to search.
Type it how you would say it out loud. We work out the trade and you can correct us.
Trade, suburb, and licence details where we have them.
Send your request to one tradie. Send another if you want a second price.
Everything we hold, by trade and by suburb.
Written from the regulators’ own pages, and dated so you can see how fresh they are.
The class is the regulator's word.
Gas is separate again.
The regulator’s search is the live answer. How to check
A scope and a price you can hold someone to.
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. We have not seen their work, we hold no reviews, and nobody here is recommended. Ask for references before you hire.
We cannot tell you, and we would rather say so. QBCC's own dataset includes licences that were already suspended when it was published, and it does not tell us which — so a listing here means somebody was on the register, and nothing more. Every listing shows which register it came from, and links to that regulator's search, which is the answer that counts.
That does not mean it is not a real licence. We hold one state's register, read on one date, so an interstate or newly issued licence will not be here. Check it with the regulator for that state.
Only the ones you tap. There is no broadcast and no bidding. You send to one, then send to another if you want a second price.
No. Tradies do not pay us for leads and cannot buy a better position on this page. Being listed is free.
Fair enough. Every listing has a link that asks us to take it down. A person reads it, because no web page can tell who is clicking, and once it is removed the next update will not put it back.
Free to be listed, no lead fees, and we will take it down if you ask.
These tradies are not affiliated with Yamate. We have not checked their work, we do not recommend anyone, and nobody has paid to be here.
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Licence data from the QBCC licensed contractors register, published by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission under CC BY 4.0.