Van tracking for trades businesses: See where your team are and get more jobs done
Set up in minutes, no complicated systems, and no auto-renewals. Just reliable van tracking trusted by thousands of UK trades businesses. Trades businesses rely on their vans every day. Whether you’re a builder, electrician, plumber or landscaper, knowing where your team are and what they’ve done, helps you stay in control without chasing.
Running a small trades team? Here’s what van tracking does for you
Whether you’re a builder, electrician, plumber, heating engineer or landscaper, if you’ve got a team using company vans, Quartix was built for businesses like yours. Thousands of trades business owners already use Quartix to keep track of their team, protect their work and free up time in their day.
Typical trades we support:
- Construction
- Landscaping and gardening
- Plumbers
- Heating engineers
- Electricians
- HVAC companies
- Building services and many other trades
Getting started with Quartix is straightforward:
- No installation costs
- Self-install flexible devices
- No automatic contract renewal
- Minimum contract term of 12 months
- Personal contact person
- Excellent support
- Free demo
- Lifetime warranty on our trackers
- Mobile app
More information about our pricing and how our gps-trackers work.
What does vehicle tracking do for a trades business?
When you’re out on a job yourself, it’s hard to know what the rest of your team are up to. Van tracking gives you the answers without to call around or log into complicated systems. With our free mobile app, you’ll know exactly where your vans are, how long jobs are taking, who’s nearby for the next job, who has finished for the day and whether everything is running to plan. And when a customer questions an invoice, you’ve got the proof to back it up. It also helps you when plans change or a last minute job comes in.
Give customers an accurate arrival time, every time
Customers want to know when you’ll arrive and delays cause frustration.
With live van tracking:
- See when your team is on the way
- Give accurate arrival times
- Send quick updates if anything changes
At the same time, historical journey and stop information allows you to see exactly when your team arrived at a job, how long they spent on site and when they left. This supports more accurate invoicing, improves job costing and helps with future scheduling and resource forecasting.
The result is better customer service, fewer disputes and more efficient planning across your business.
Fit more jobs into the day and prove every hour your team worked
With a central overview of all vehicles, you can keep track of your vehicles at all times. You can see at a glance which vehicles are on the road, available or have not been in use for some time. This allows for better utilisation of vehicles and avoids unnecessary downtime.
See exactly how long every job takes, not what was guessed or written down later.
- Track time on site automatically
- Quote future jobs more accurately
- Back up every invoice with real data
Less time chasing timesheets, more confidence in your pricing.
Your vans and your tools are your livelihood: Protect them
Your vans carry often expensive tools, machinery and materials. If you lose them, it costs you time and money. With vehicle tracking, you always know where your vans are, get alerts if a van moves unexpectedly, increase the chances of recovery if stolen. Quartix gives you peace of mind, especially overnight or at weekends.
Get an alert if a van goes somewhere it shouldn’t
With our geofencing feature you get automatically an alert if a van goes somewhere it shouldn’t. Set simple rules around how your vans are used, for example outside working hours, outside your usual area or for unexpected stops.
Know if your team speed in your company vans, and avoid the fines
A safe driving style protects not only your vehicles, but above all your team. Vehicle tracking enables driving behaviour to be analysed anonymously or on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis, allowing potentially risky behaviour to be identified at an early stage. Frequent heavy acceleration, abrupt braking or consistently high speeds can be clearly identified.
On this basis, you can provide targeted training rather than making blanket criticisms. Protect your business reputation and avoid unnecessary costs.
Find out where your fuel bill is going
Fuel costs add up quickly, especially if vans aren’t being used properly. Van tracking helps you spot long detours, excessive idling and unauthorised trips. Small fixes here can lead to real savings over time.
Save time with faster routes
Live location information allows journeys to be planned more efficiently and adjusted on the fly if necessary. If appointments are rescheduled or an emergency arises, the nearest technician can be deployed specifically to the site.
Optimised routes mean shorter journey times, less stress in traffic and greater punctuality when arriving at the customer’s location. Your team gain time for what really matters, their technical work.
Sheild your business from false claims
Whether it’s customer complaints, road incidents or disputes about arrival times, vehicle tracking helps you quickly establish the facts. Routes, locations, stop durations and arrival times can all be clearly verified through the tracking system.
Connected dashcams provide also an additional layer of protection. Video footage linked to vehicle tracking information can help clarify incidents on the road, challenge false insurance claims and protect drivers against unjustified accusations.
This not only gives you greater peace of mind, but also helps create a safer and more accountable working environment for your team and customers alike.
Your team’s trips sent straight to your inbox & no need to log in
You don’t have time to run reports, but you would still like to know every now and then:
- When was a driver actually at the customer’s premises?
- How long did a job take?
- Was a vehicle used for private purposes?
Vehicle tracking provides objective, verifiable information on these matters.
And we send key information to you automatically:
- Daily trip summaries
- Job timings
- Vehicle usage
Everything you need, without extra admin. This information supports you in your company decisions, day-to-day work and route planning, as well as in providing evidence to customers or employees. This ensures transparency, fairness and trust – both internally and externally.
It’s great for us, because we’ve done away with timesheets. Our employees don’t need to do the paperwork; we use the daily email reports to log their hours on site and calculate wages from that. The system definitely saves us money.
The advantages of vehicle tracking for various trades
Building & Construction
In the construction industry, vehicle tracking provides an overview of journeys to and from sites, downtime and the actual utilisation of vehicles. Teams can be better coordinated, material deliveries planned and last-minute changes to the construction schedule flexibly accommodated.
Electricians
Electricians benefit particularly from short, frequently changing assignments. In service and on-call operations, faults can be dealt with more quickly, as the nearest technician is always dispatched.
Plumbing & pipework companies
In the event of burst pipes or emergencies, every minute counts. Vehicle tracking enables rapid response times, transparent journey times and clear documentation of jobs. This gives you a clear advantage when dealing with customers.
Carpenters & Joiners
High-quality materials and tools remain better protected. At the same time, clear records of delivery and installation times provide greater transparency for builders and clients.
Heating engineers & HVAC companies
Vehicle tracking takes the pressure off, especially during the heating season. It allows you to plan jobs more efficiently, reduce journey times and organise on-call services more effectively, even when order volumes are high.
Your benefits at a glance
- See your team’s live locations even while you’re on site
- Deliver better customer service with accurate job time tracking
- Reduce day-to-day operating costs
- Protect your business against false claims and disputes
- Improve the security of your team, vehicles, and equipment
- Easy-to-use system with trip logs sent straight to your inbox
- Flexible self-install trackers with no auto-renewal contracts
Start tracking and start saving today
