All supply tiers
5,983NSW plumbing businesses we observe
- Verified1,065
- ABN-confirmed2,052
- Listed only2,866
A listing does not prove a business is trading now.
Suburb × Trade × Time
Know what’s changing in the local trades.
Konnex keeps rechecking licence, ABN, map listing and website records, so you can see what exists and where.
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The evidence, with its limits attached.
Every figure carries its source, date and class. Figures measure different things and are never added together. Electricians and carpenters next.
Observedas a source reports it
Verifiedchecked against an authoritative record
Inferredan estimate, clearly labelled
Methodology →
Observed
What changed among rechecked licences
- Rechecked during –231 licences rechecked on the NSW Fair Trading register during this window
- 6businesses had a licence renewal recorded
- 0businesses had a licence lapse recorded. Checked, no change.
Separate ABR check: 7 businesses had their ABN cancelled.
Covers the 231 rechecked licences only. A lapse isn’t a closure.
Observed · provider-reported
12,100estimated monthly searches for “plumber” in NSW
Search interest, not jobs or capacity.
More of the evidence base
Each keeps its own source, area and date. None are added together, and none are counts of leads.
Demand context
- Search interestMonthly searches for plumbing services by suburb, across nine service types. Interest, not enquiries.Observed
- Work described in reviewsService types customers say were done, labelled from Google review text. What people needed, not a count of jobs.Inferred
- Planned constructionDetermined DAs and approved CDCs from the NSW Planning Portal. Planned activity, not plumbing jobs.Observed
- HomesCensus 2021 dwellings by type and tenure: the installed base that needs ongoing work.Observed
- WeatherHeavy-rain days and frost nights by council, from Bureau of Meteorology data.Inferred
Supply depth
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How a business moves up the tiers
- Listed onlyPublic Maps listing
- ABN-confirmed+ one active ABN on the ABR
- Verified+ a current NSW licence, same business
Listed only → ABN-confirmed → Verified
Each step is checked against an official register. Listings also show whether a business has a website. - Service areasSuburbs businesses add or drop on their websites, checked weekly. How supply responds to the market, not demand itself.Observed
- Apprentice pipelineQuarterly NCVER starts and completions, plus monthly search interest in apprenticeships, feeding forecasts of future licensed capacity.Inferred
- Online job adsMonthly plumber job ads from the Jobs and Skills Australia vacancy index.Observed
Built for the decisions around the trades.
One evidence base for the people who work in residential trades, the businesses that serve them, and the people who plan around them.
Tradies, builders, renovators and property managers
- Is competition entering or leaving my service area?
- Which nearby suburbs are worth expanding into?
Suppliers, trade software, finance, insurance, training and franchise networks
- Which territories deserve more attention?
- Where is demand rising faster than verified supply?
Consultants, investment analysts, councils and industry bodies
- Where is local trade capacity tightening?
- How are business formation and closure changing over time?
Founding Partner pilot
Help shape the first useful decisions.
We’re exploring a bounded Founding Partner pilot around NSW plumbing intelligence — a defined scope, an evidence pack and clear limits — to learn what belongs in a repeatable product. If that overlaps with the decisions your team makes, we’d like to hear from you.
Self-serve API and data access is on the way.
What the pilot would test
- 01A real question your team needs answered
- 02A workable recurring cadence
- 03Clear limits on what the evidence shows