{"id":7961,"date":"2020-11-30T09:23:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T09:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boilerguide.co.uk\/trade\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T12:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T12:49:44","slug":"boiler-breakdown-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boilerguide.co.uk\/trade\/blog\/boiler-breakdown-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Boilers on the Blink: UK Boiler Breakdown Study 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been introducing heating engineers to homeowners for nearly 20 years now and we’re proud to have helped thousands of businesses get more jobs and grow.<\/p>\n

Over 3 million homeowners visit our website each year seeking the expertise of a heating engineer – a number that\u2019s growing every year. Using the data we\u2019ve collected over the years, we analysed 10 years of boiler enquiries to find out which UK regions have requested the highest numbers of boiler repairs.<\/p>\n

Find out where boilers are most likely to be on the blink.<\/p>\n

Note on the data:<\/strong> Directly comparing the number of enquiries in each region wouldn\u2019t be a fair comparison as some regions are more densely populated than others. To solve this, we found out the total number of households in each region via the Office of National Statistics (as of June 2019). This information was then used to work out the number of boiler enquiries we received as a percentage. To finish, we multiplied them by 10,000 to get our final results for the comparison.<\/p>\n

Where are boilers breaking down?<\/h2>\n

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Households in London needed the most help with their boilers with 2.91% of households in the capital requesting boiler repair quotes in 2019. Following London was the West Midlands (2.75%) and the North East (2.42%).<\/p>\n

On the flipside, only 1.79% of Scottish households requested repair quotes while the North West of England wasn\u2019t too far behind (1.92%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
UK Region<\/th>\nPercentage of Homeowners Requesting Boiler Repair Quotes in 2019<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
London<\/td>\n2.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Midlands<\/td>\n2.75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North East<\/td>\n2.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Midlands<\/td>\n2.21%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East<\/td>\n2.17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South East<\/td>\n2.11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wales<\/td>\n2.05%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South West<\/td>\n1.97%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yorkshire<\/td>\n1.97%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\n1.92%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scotland<\/td>\n1.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now, we don\u2019t recommend moving your company to the area with the most breakdowns but there is something you can do to earn more business. Sign up to Boiler Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All of these boiler breakdowns have something in common. The owner of that boiler came to us and requested to be connected with a heating engineer in their area.<\/p>\n

Why are more boilers breaking down in London?<\/h2>\n

London may have more households than other areas of the UK but we took this into account when delivering the data. Yet, London still came out on top. There are a number of possible reasons why this is the case:<\/p>\n