Excellent 5* RatingBusiness water, tailored to your sector
Every business uses water differently. We match you to the right retailer and the right contract based on how your site actually runs, whether that’s a pub, a care home, a warehouse or a school.
Water cost isn’t one problem. It’s a different problem for every sector. A coffee shop worries about daily wastewater. A farm worries about seasonal irrigation. A school worries about drainage rebates. Same bill, completely different levers. Pick your sector below and we’ll show you how we cut costs for businesses that look like yours.
- 22+ business sectors served across England and Scotland
- Every English and Scottish business can switch water retailer
- Typical savings £400 to £8,000+ per site, per year
- Dedicated account manager from first quote through to contract switch
Hospitality and leisure
High-turnover water users where a small efficiency gain compounds fast. Kitchens, cleaning, bathrooms and laundry push the daily draw higher than most owners think, and most hospitality contracts were signed on default tariffs years ago.
Property and operations
Sites where water is infrastructure, not consumption. Supply contracts, landlord-vs-tenant billing, drainage rebates and cost recovery across a portfolio.
Education, health and care
Public and regulated sectors where procurement rules, drainage footprints and 24/7 operation change how the contract should look. We’ve done the heavy lifting on the specifics.
Industry and specialist
Where water is a direct production input, or where specialist usage patterns mean the wrong retailer costs you thousands. These sectors reward careful contract structuring.
We tailor water switching by sector
Switching business water isn’t one-size-fits-all. The savings lever, the retailer shortlist and the contract structure all change depending on what you do. Here’s how we adapt for every sector we work with.
We start with your actual water consumption profile: daily peaks, seasonal variation and drainage footprint. A coffee shop and a warehouse get completely different retailer shortlists, and completely different contract structures.
About 20 retailers are licensed by Ofwat. Only a handful are genuinely good at any specific sector. We know which ones price competitively for pubs, which ones handle MAT contracts well, and which have better SLAs for multi-site portfolios.
No physical change, no water off. We handle the paperwork, notify your current retailer, and flag any historic billing errors in the data while we’re reading it. You keep running. The new retailer picks up where the old one stopped.
How water use differs by sector
Typical annual water spend for a single English or Scottish site. Big caveat: actual numbers depend heavily on site size, footfall and location. These are rough benchmarks to show why a sector-specific retailer shortlist matters.
Ranges shown are typical for a mid-sized site. Your number will vary with footprint and usage pattern.
Questions every sector asks
Answers that apply whether you’re running a pub, a farm or a multi-academy trust.
Do I have to switch retailer to save money on my water bill?
No. Around half the savings we recover come from fixing errors on the current retailer’s bill: surface water drainage rebates, meter validation and tariff corrections. Switching usually unlocks the rest, but it isn’t always necessary.
How does sector affect my water contract?
It changes three things: the retailer shortlist, the contract structure (flat vs. volume-tiered), and the savings lever. A hospitality business benefits most from tariff optimisation. A school benefits most from drainage rebates. A warehouse benefits most from surface-water audits.
Can multi-site businesses consolidate contracts?
Yes. Multi-site businesses such as pub groups, MATs, landlord portfolios and franchise chains almost always get better pricing by contracting centrally with one retailer. We run the consolidation for you.
What about Scottish sites?
Scotland has had a competitive non-household water market since 2008, longer than England. The retailers are different (Business Stream and others) and pricing structures differ too. We cover both markets.
Will there be any disruption to my water supply?
None. The wholesaler (the regional water company) still supplies your pipes. Only the retailer on the invoice changes. No engineer visit, no water-off, no operational impact.
What if my sector isn’t listed?
Every English and Scottish non-household business can switch water retailer. The sectors above are where we’ve done the most work and built the sharpest benchmarks, but we’ll handle any commercial water contract. Use the compare form and we’ll come back with a tailored shortlist.
