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The Future Tradie Report will help you understand the emerging generation of residential tradies, who are starting businesses in the next five years.
You will get an understanding of what they care about, how they behave and how they want to work—so you can prepare your business to help them succeed.
The Future Tradie Report was created by three businesses that operate in the trades, construction and home renovation space:
These three businesses are part of the Reece Group.
Our corporate partners helped us find tradespeople to weigh in on the future.
This report is put together using foresight methodologies. Foresight combines looking at what's happening currently in the world, with what is likely to happen in the future, to make credible predictions.
The Future Tradie Report combines quantitative and qualitative studies with desktop research, along with speaking to industry experts.
We screened over 20 trades business leaders and selected 13 trailblazers for in-depth interviews. We also spoke to three industry experts who deal with tradespeople every day.
Our survey gathered data from 1,075 trades professionals across Australia—plumbers, builders, bricklayers, carpenters, painters, HVAC installers, and electricians.
Beyond that, we analysed public-access data via ABS, industry bodies and more.
For more information on the methodology, download the full report.
The themes and mindsets in the Future Tradie Report 2024 are relevant for the next five years, so we don't plan on releasing another report soon.
If you would like to be involved in the next report, please drop us a line at catch@trout.com.au.
We work with Australia's leading trades, construction, renovation and homemaking businesses, to help them look for opportunities for impact.
Big or small, we'd love to hear from you. To reach out, email us at catch@trout.com.au.