Our Story

Anybody who has watched as a burst pipe sends water pouring through the ceiling knows how stressful a domestic emergency can be. It's a fact that 86% of homeowners have suffered a domestic emergency at some point, but home emergencies aren't covered by most household insurance policies and it is often hard to find a reliable, affordable tradesman in an emergency.

1993

1993

Original joint venture established with South Staffs Water

1994

1994

First mailings and first members under the South Staffs and Anglian Water brands

1997

1997

Reached 1 million customers

2001

2001

Launched Doméo as a joint venture with Veolia in France

2003

2003

HomeServe North America launched

2004

2004

Demerger from South Staffs Water and listed on UK stock exchange in our own right

2007

2007

We acquired Reparalia in Spain and signed a partnership with Endesa

2009

2009

Exited our repair business with household insurers in the UK

2010

2010

Reached 5 million customers

2010

2010

Acquired National Grid's energy services business in the US

2010

2010

Launched in Italy

2011

2011

We took full control of our French business, buying out Veolia’s shareholding

2011

2011

Regulatory issues in UK business

2012

2012

Launched in Canada and Germany

2014

2014

Doubled customers in Spain in 1 year

2015

2015

Revenue from our established international businesses overtakes UK revenue for the first time

2015

2015

Customer numbers exceed 6m

2016

2016

Step change in our North America Business with the acquisition of Utility Service Partners

2016

2016

North America becomes our biggest business by customer number with 2.2m customers

2017

2017

Our largest ever acquisition; policy book of Dominion Products and Services Inc. (DPS) in North America.

2017

2017

Successful £120m equity placing; our first ever equity raise since listing in 2004

2017

2017

Acquired 100% control of Checkatrade, advancing Home Experts strategy in the UK

2018

2018

Creation of 4 global business lines; Membership, HVAC, Home Experts and Smart Home

2019

2019

Established presence in Japan. Joint ventrure with Mitsubishi Corporation

2019

2019

North America became the Group's largest business

2019

2019

Sold Italian JV

2019

2019

Acquired 79% of eLocal bringing Home Experts to North America

2020

2020

Signed first utility partner in Japan

2020

2020

Commenced marketing with Chugoku Electric - our first Japanese affinity partner

2020

2020

HomeServe joined the FTSE 100

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These are precisely the needs that HomeServe set out to address when it was established in 1993. We have built a network of experienced, committed tradespeople, offering customers the reassurance of approved engineers, a prompt response, generous cover and claims limits and the convenience of having one number to call in an emergency.