10,000–11,500 active DEAs
Accredited professionals currently trading across the UK. Regional directories in England and Wales list about 11,490 names.
Market brief
Regulation is moving the money from certificates to hazards.
Awaab’s Law and the HHSRS 2026 refresh are pushing landlords and housing providers to evidence hazards, not only energy ratings. DEAs already have the access, the diary, and the inspection habit.
110,000 EPCs a month
That is the existing inspection traffic. The opportunity is a second, higher-margin product on visits you already win.
Schemes you already know
Elmhurst Energy (around 7,500 members), ECMK, Quidos, and STROMA — the same bodies we want as CPD partners.
Why DEAs, not a new inspector army.
Domestic Energy Assessors already walk the property, already talk to agents, and already produce a statutory document. Hazard Awareness Assessments reuse that trust. You are not asking a landlord for a first appointment — you are offering a second outcome from a visit they understand.
Private rented and social housing are the two sectors feeling the regulation first. Both already buy EPCs. Both now need a credible, photographed, written view of hazards that stands up when a complaint arrives.
Positioning in one sentence
Transition from low-margin, high-volume EPC work to high-margin Hazard Awareness Assessments driven by Awaab’s Law and HHSRS 2026 — without giving up your independence.
Internal planning assumes a mature £100/month credit rhythm at 5% market capture (500–575 assessors). Your onboarding cost is the £500 package; ongoing cost is pay-as-you-go credits.
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Assessor at the door with an agent
Two people on a doorstep, faces 3/4 away or cropped. Clipboard/tablet. Private-rented street.
Where we will show up
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Accreditation-body webinar stage
Speaker and slide with HHSRS 2026 title. No third-party logos unless licensed.
Accreditation partnerships
CPD webinars on HHSRS 2026 and Awaab’s Law with Elmhurst, ECMK, Quidos, and STROMA, plus affiliate share when members take the package.
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Masterclass on a laptop
Laptop on a kitchen table playing the weekly session. Mug, notebook.
Inbound education
Weekly masterclasses and a downloadable lead magnet: The DEA’s Guide to Adding Hazard Assessments.
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LinkedIn / search ad still
Clean UI crop of a “Domestic Energy Assessor” campaign. Abstract, not a live screenshot of a competitor.
Direct outreach
LinkedIn and search aimed at “Domestic Energy Assessor”, “DEA CPD courses”, and “HHSRS training”, plus the Facebook and forum threads already arguing about the regs.