🔧 82% of tradies buy tools based on mate recommendations 🚗 The top excuse tradies give for being late? “Traffic” - even on Sunday jobs 🧰 The average ute holds $38K worth of tools 🎥 Over 60% of tradies say they’ve used YouTube to learn a new skill or technique 🚿 Plumbers and sparkies are the top trades for starting their own business 💰 The average Aussie tradie spends over $14,000 per year on tools, workwear and gear 🧾 64% of tradies say quoting is their top admin pain 🛍️ Friday is the most popular day for tradies to buy gear and tools 🍽 Nearly half of tradies say they’ve eaten smoko with tools as a spoon ⏰ 6:30am is the most common start time for Aussie tradies 📱 1 in 3 tradies has used a level app on their phone, and still didn’t trust it 🥶 Tradies are the second-highest consumers of iced coffee in Australia, right after long-haul truck drivers 📅 Fridays are the most common day for job quotes to be submitted 🛠️ Tradies spend on average 12+ hrs/month researching tools 🚽 Tradies rank site portaloos as the #1 worst part of the job ⚡ Electricians spend more annually on tools than any other trade 👷 Thousands of tradies use Tradiespace 🚶♂️ The average tradie walks more in a day than an office worker does in a week 🔒 44% of tradies say tool theft has affected them in the past 5 years 🐶 11% of tradies bring their dog to work weekly 🇦🇺 Australia has over 1.1 million tradies - nearly 1 in 10 working Aussies 🛒 1 in 4 tradies now prefers to buy tools online instead of in-store 📏 The most lost item on-site? Tape measures ☕️ Tradies are 2nd biggest early coffee buyers in Aus after nurses 📦 Over 60% of tradies are self-employed or run their own business
Great for builders wanting to modernise their workflow and track jobs start to finish in a single construction software tool.
Buildxact offers cloud-based job management software tailored for small to mid-size builders and renovators. Their mission is to help revovators and builders run smarter jobs and stay competitive with easy tools for estimating, scheduling and cost control.

Buildxact is a cloud-based software tool made for residential builders, renovators and tradies. It helps you find leads, quote jobs faster, and order materials anytime using real-time supplier pricing. Started in 2011 in Melbourne, Buildxact now supports customers across Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and the UK, with a growing team based in Austin, Texas.
Residential builders and tradies lose up to 30% of project time to inefficient estimating, manual takeoffs and ordering delays, according to McKinsey’s construction productivity analysis.
Buildxact solves this by giving tradies a fast, accurate and cloud-based way to manage estimates, quotes and material orders — all using real-time supplier pricing. With everything streamlined in one platform, tradies can cut errors, speed up bidding, and keep projects moving on schedule.
Foundation – $199/month or $2,030/year (save 15%)
Pro – $399/month or $4,070/year
Master – $599/month or $6,110/year
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