Is that rating actually good?
Star ratings cluster near the top: half the rated profiles we track in this market show 5.0 or higher, and 70 in 100 show at least 4.8. So the question is not whether a rating sounds good, but where it sits in the real distribution. Check any rating and review count against the 4,842 rated profiles we track, as of 2026-07-17.
Is that rating actually good?
Enter the average and review count from the profile you are looking at. We place the numbers against the real distribution of the 4,842 rated profiles we track in this market. No business name needed.
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The distribution by trade
| Trade | Profiles | Median rating | At 4.8 or higher | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All trades | 4,842 | 5.0 | 70% | 4 |
| Plumber | 651 | 4.9 | 69% | 12 |
| Electrician | 544 | 5.0 | 71% | 7 |
| Security Systems | 359 | 5.0 | 80% | 2 |
| Solar Installer | 237 | 5.0 | 89% | 9 |
Counts and percentiles from the publicly visible profiles we track, as of 2026-07-17. Trades appear only with at least 150 rated profiles behind them.
What to do with the number
This places a number against the distribution of the public profiles we track. It says nothing about any named business: an average can be earned, inflated or simply old, so check the review dates and what recent customers actually wrote before any money moves. Check the business by name, see how we check reviews, or browse tradespeople ranked by the strength of their evidence, not just the stars.
Common questions
Is 4.6 a good rating for a tradesperson?
A 4.6 average sounds high, but here it sits below the middle: half the 4,842 profiles we track show 5.0 or higher, and 70 in 100 show 4.8 or higher. On public review platforms near-perfect averages are the norm, so the number alone separates less than it seems.
Why is almost every rating close to 5 stars?
Across the 4,842 rated profiles we track in this market, 70 in 100 show an average of 4.8 or higher and the median profile shows 5.0. Happy customers review more readily than unhappy ones, and long-running businesses accumulate goodwill, so near-perfect averages are the norm rather than the exception. That is why the review count, the dates and the content separate businesses better than the star value.
How many reviews should a business have?
There is no required number, but context helps: the median rated profile we track here shows 4 reviews, and 74 in 100 show fewer than 10. Below 10 reviews an average tells you very little, because one or two reviews can move it a long way.
The rating is high but the last review is old. Does it still count?
Quiet recent histories are the norm here: only 73 in 100 of the rated profiles we track have any review from the last 12 months, and the median profile's newest review is about 8 months old. An old newest review proves nothing on its own, but the average describes an earlier period, so read the dated reviews and look for newer evidence. A recent, steady trickle of reviews is a real differentiator.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the publicly visible tradesperson profiles we track in this market, counts and percentiles only, as of 2026-07-17. Counts and percentiles come from the publicly visible profiles we track, as of the dataset date shown, and reflect only the sources we hold for each market. A rating we do not track is not a rating that does not exist.
Counts and percentiles come from the publicly visible profiles we track, as of the dataset date shown, and reflect only the sources we hold for each market. A rating we do not track is not a rating that does not exist.
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