Longest trading · Updated October 2026
Tradies in Queensland
- Tradies compared
- 20,301
- Google reviews
- 715,202
- Median rating
- 5.0
As of October 2026, the three longest-trading tradies in Queensland on Town Proven are Kennedy Welding (started in 1951; 4.6 from 79 Google reviews), Watkins Electrical (started in 1951; 4.4 from 41 Google reviews) and CNW Electrical Wholesale (started in 1952; 5.0 from 40 Google reviews).
Tradies in Queensland: the top 50
- 1
Kennedy Welding
from 79 Google reviews
Started: 1951
- 2
Watkins Electrical
from 41 Google reviews
Started: 1951
- 3
CNW Electrical Wholesale
from 40 Google reviews
Started: 1952
93 Anderson St, Manunda QLD 4870
- 4
CNW Electrical Wholesale
from 71 Google reviews
Started: 1952
12 Junction Rd, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
- 5
CNW Electrical Wholesale
from 60 Google reviews
Started: 1952
58a/60 Stephen St, South Toowoomba QLD 4350
- 6
CNW Electrical Wholesale
from 47 Google reviews
Started: 1952
16 Indy Ct, Nerang QLD 4211
- 7
CNW Electrical Wholesale
from 46 Google reviews
Started: 1952
284 Southport Nerang Rd, Ashmore QLD 4215
- 8
CNW Electrical Wholesale
from 19 Google reviews
Started: 1952
44 Pilkington St, Garbutt QLD 4814
- 9
Donaldson Electric Works
from 23 Google reviews
Started: 1952
Wilsonton QLD
- 10
Solahart Caboolture
from 50 Google reviews
Started: 1953
Caboolture QLD
- 11
Solahart Gladstone
from 28 Google reviews
Started: 1953
81 Hanson Rd, Gladstone QLD 4680
- 12
Solahart Hervey Bay
from 197 Google reviews
Started: 1953
95-97 Islander Road, Pialba QLD 4655
- 13
Chris Hoole Master Painters
from 95 Google reviews
Started: 1953
607 Lutwyche Rd, Lutwyche QLD 4030
- 14
Solahart Townsville
from 89 Google reviews
Started: 1953
77 Pilkington St, Garbutt QLD 4814
- 15
Solahart Cairns
from 33 Google reviews
Started: 1953
32 Hannam St, Bungalow QLD 4870
- 16
Solahart Brisbane West
from 54 Google reviews
Started: 1953
2/6 Gravel Pit Rd, Darra QLD 4076
- 17
Solahart Sunshine Coast
from 363 Google reviews
Started: 1953
88 Link Cres, Sunshine Coast QLD 4573
- 18
Solahart Brisbane South
from 55 Google reviews
Started: 1953
3/3287 Logan Road, Underwood QLD 4119
- 19
Solahart Bundaberg
from 92 Google reviews
Started: 1953
13 Princess Street, Bundaberg Central QLD 4670
- 20
Solahart Brisbane North
from 15 Google reviews
Started: 1953
118 South Pine Rd, Brisbane QLD 4500
- 21
Solahart Rockhampton
from 71 Google reviews
Started: 1953
Unit 2, 299 Richardson Road, Kawana QLD 4701
- 22
Solahart Strathpine & Redcliffe
from 61 Google reviews
Started: 1953
Redcliffe QLD
- 23
Sunny Sky Solar
from 89 Google reviews
Started: 1954
34/1 Eagle St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
- 24
McGrath & Frisby Plumbers and Electricians
from 108 Google reviews
Started: 1954
- 25
DNA Garage Doors & Gate Solutions Pty Ltd
from 15 Google reviews
Started: 1956
- 26
Grady Homes
from 29 Google reviews
Started: 1956
441 Bayswater Rd, Garbutt QLD 4814
- 27
EH Westbury & Co.
from 16 Google reviews
Started: 1956
- 28
Bridgestone Select Tyre & Auto Morayfield
from 61 Google reviews
Started: 1957
153 Morayfield Rd, Morayfield, QLD, 4506
- 29
Barcam Electrical
from 38 Google reviews
Started: 1957
- 30
Queensland Plumbing
from 19 Google reviews
Started: 1957
- 31
Bellingham & Co PTY LTD
from 33 Google reviews
Started: 1958
79 Ogilvie Rd, Warwick QLD 4370
- 32
Choices Flooring Noosaville
from 157 Google reviews
Started: 1959
14 Eenie Creek Rd, Sunshine Coast QLD 4566
- 33
Choices Flooring Caloundra
from 74 Google reviews
Started: 1959
- 34
Choices Flooring Burleigh Heads
from 118 Google reviews
Started: 1959
128 Kortum Dr, Gold Coast QLD 4220
- 35
Choices Flooring Warwick
from 88 Google reviews
Started: 1959
61 Wood St, Warwick QLD 4370
- 36
Choices Flooring Alderley
from 109 Google reviews
Started: 1959
- 37
Choices Flooring Yeppoon (by Campbells)
from 15 Google reviews
Started: 1959
51 Tanby Rd, Yeppoon QLD 4703
- 38
Choices Flooring Helensvale
from 193 Google reviews
Started: 1959
178 Siganto Dr, Gold Coast QLD 4212
- 39
Choices Flooring Fortitude Valley
from 178 Google reviews
Started: 1959
167 Robertson St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
- 40
Choices Flooring Ashmore
from 48 Google reviews
Started: 1959
- 41
Choices Flooring Ipswich (by Mallets)
from 57 Google reviews
Started: 1959
156 Brisbane St, Brisbane QLD 4305
- 42
Choices Flooring Cairns
from 52 Google reviews
Started: 1959
209 Mulgrave Rd, Cairns QLD 4870
- 43
Choices Flooring Cannon Hill
from 140 Google reviews
Started: 1959
Homemaker City, Unit 2/1881 Creek Rd
- 44
Choices Flooring Hervey Bay
from 89 Google reviews
Started: 1959
231 Maryborough Hervey Bay Road QLD 4655, Urraween QLD 4655
- 45
Choices Flooring Bundaberg
from 29 Google reviews
Started: 1959
- 46
Mercer & Luck
from 89 Google reviews
Started: 1959
49 Stephen St, Toowoomba QLD 4350
- 47
Craft Rental & Hardware
from 90 Google reviews
Started: 1961
- 48
Ron Nickel Roofing Tweed Heads
from 81 Google reviews
Started: 1964
Coolangatta QLD
- 49
XL Security & Blinds
from 146 Google reviews
Started: 1965
- 50
Terry Wilkie Auto Smash
from 69 Google reviews
Started: 1965
12 Wylie St, Toowoomba City QLD 4350
Town Proven compared 20,301 tradies in Queensland, with 715,202 Google reviews between them. Of these, 1,494 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 9 reviews.
Of the tradies compared, the most reviewed is IKEA, with 10,219 Google reviews at 4.2.
How this list is ranked
Businesses are ranked by the year they started, as their own website states it, earliest first. Only businesses rated 4.0 or better from at least 10 Google reviews are listed.
The year is the business's own statement and is not checked against a register, and age alone says nothing about quality.
Questions
- Which tradies in Queensland have been trading the longest?
- As of October 2026, the three longest-trading tradies in Queensland on Town Proven are Kennedy Welding (started in 1951; 4.6 from 79 Google reviews), Watkins Electrical (started in 1951; 4.4 from 41 Google reviews) and CNW Electrical Wholesale (started in 1952; 5.0 from 40 Google reviews).
- How does Town Proven rank tradies in Queensland?
- Businesses are ranked by the year they started, as their own website states it, earliest first. Only businesses rated 4.0 or better from at least 10 Google reviews are listed. The year is the business's own statement and is not checked against a register, and age alone says nothing about quality.
- How many tradies in Queensland did Town Proven compare?
- Town Proven compared 20,301 tradies in Queensland, with 715,202 Google reviews between them. Of these, 1,494 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 9 reviews.
- Can a business pay to be listed or to rank higher?
- No. Every business is ranked by the same published method, and no business can pay to be listed or to move up.
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