2026 Contractor Survey This survey will take around five minutes to complete. For a chance to win monthly gift cards from the likes of Amazon, Greggs, M&S and Next, please complete the survey and provide your details on the next page. Providing your details is optional. Question Title * 1. Which best describes your organisation’s electrical contracting business? (Required.) Domestic Commercial Industrial Renewables / EV / Energy Solutions Mixed Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Which sectors do you mainly operate in? (Required.) Commercial Buildings Data Centres Education Healthcare Industrial / Manufacturing Transport / Infrastructure Question Title * 3. Does your organisation currently employ electrical apprentices? (Required.) We employ one apprentice We currently employ multiple apprentices We do not currently employ apprentices, but would like to in future Apprenticeships are not relevant for our business Question Title * 4. If so, would your apprentices be interested in training programmes led by manufacturers? (Required.) Yes No N/A, we do not currently employ apprentices Question Title * 5. Who is usually responsible for electrical design and specification on your projects? (Required.) We have an in-house electrical design team We carry out design ourselves as part of the installation work Design is usually completed by a consultant before it reaches us Design is usually led by the main contractor or end customer Design is usually completed by a panel builder or system integrator Question Title * 6. How much influence does your organisation have over the products and brands installed on a project? (Required.) We directly specify the brands used We influence the specialisation but don’t make the final decision We can suggest alternatives where appropriate We usually install what has already been specified We have very limited influence over product/brand selection Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. Which product categories do you buy, install, or specify most often? (Required.) Busbar, medium voltage, power quality, and UPS Control gear, contactors, and automation products Distribution boards, panel boards, and switchgear EV charging, energy monitoring, and connected products Wiring accessories, consumer units, and circuit protection Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. Which manufacturer(s) does your organisation most commonly use for electrical distribution and control products? (Required.) ABB Eaton Fusebox Garo Hager Mitsubishi Rockwell/Allen Bradley Schneider Electric Siemens Zucchini Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Please rank these factors based on the influence they have on the brands you choose (Required.) Question Title * 10. Please rank these factors based on the influence they have on where you choose to buy products from (Required.) Question Title * 11. Please rank these methods of manufacturer support based on how valuable they would be to your business (Required.) Next