Short answer
Check the licence first — blinds & shutters are not licensed in Australia, so check qualifications and public liability insurance instead. Then check that the business is who it says it is: of the 1,385 Australian blinds & shutters in this directory, only 10.9% publish an ABN you can confirm, and 8.8% list a phone number that contradicts the one on their own website.
Blinds & Shutters handle indoor and outdoor blinds, plantation and roller shutters, awnings, curtains and their installation. This is what to check before you let someone measure and fit your windows, and what the evidence says about the category as a whole.
There is no blinds and shutters installer licence — so check something else
Supplying and fitting window furnishings is unlicensed. The one rule with legal force is child safety: Australia's mandatory standard for corded internal window coverings requires cords to be secured or out of reach, and an installer who leaves a loose looped cord in a child's room has left a known hazard. Motorised and roller shutters that are wired in need a licensed electrician for the connection.
No licence. The ACCC publishes the corded window covering safety standard; ask the installer how they comply with it. Any wiring needs an electrician whose licence is on the state register.
What 1,385 Australian blinds & shutters actually publish
We check every business in this directory the same way, and publish the result whether it flatters the trade or not. For blinds & shutters:
| What we checked | Blinds & Shutters | All trades |
|---|---|---|
| Publish an ABN we could confirm | 10.9% | 21.5% |
| Listed phone matches their own website | 63.2% | 59.2% |
| Listed phone contradicts their own website | 8.8% | 7.7% |
| Website responded when we checked | 80.2% | 81% |
| Corroborated by two or more sources | 79.8% | 81.1% |
| Median number of Google reviews | 44 | 39 |
What goes wrong with blinds & shutters
- Looped cords left within a child's reach, against the mandatory safety standard
- A motorised blind or shutter wired by the installer rather than an electrician
- Measurements taken from a plan rather than the window, so the product does not fit
What to ask before the work starts
- How will the cords be made safe, and does the product meet the Australian standard?
- Who does the electrical connection on motorised products?
- Is the final measure done on site, and what is the lead time?
A blinds and shutters installer who answers all three of those without hesitating is telling you something useful. One who is vague about a licence number is telling you something too.
The median matters more than the average
The median blinds and shutters installer in this directory has 44 Google reviews. That is the number to hold in your head when you see a perfect five-star rating: five stars from four reviews and 4.6 from three hundred are not comparable, and the second is almost always the safer hire.
It is also why the ranking here weights review volume more heavily than review score. A business cannot buy its position, and a handful of glowing reviews does not move it far.
Where the blinds & shutters are
Melbourne (49), Sunshine Coast (31), Logan (30), Craigieburn (28), Sydney (28), Central Coast (25). A shortlist for your own area is more useful than a national ranking — the best blinds and shutters installer in the country is no help if they are four states away.
Where to check a licence, by state
There is no national register. Search the licence number with the regulator for the state where the work is happening.
- NSWNSW Fair Tradingbuilders, electricians, plumbers and specialist trades
- VICBuilding and Plumbing Commission, and Energy Safe Victoria for electricalbuilding practitioners and plumbers; electricians are Energy Safe Victoria
- QLDQueensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC)building and most trade contractor licences
- WABuilding and Energybuilders, electricians, plumbers and gas fitters
- SAConsumer and Business Servicesbuilding work contractors and supervisors
- TASConsumer, Building and Occupational Services (CBOS)building and occupational licences
- ACTAccess Canberraconstruction occupations licensing
- NTNT Government building practitioner registrationbuilding practitioners and electrical workers
Common questions
- Do blinds & shutters need a licence in Australia?
- No. Supplying and fitting window furnishings is unlicensed. The one rule with legal force is child safety: Australia's mandatory standard for corded internal window coverings requires cords to be secured or out of reach, and an installer who leaves a loose looped cord in a child's room has left a known hazard. Motorised and roller shutters that are wired in need a licensed electrician for the connection.
- How do I check a blinds and shutters installer's licence?
- No licence. The ACCC publishes the corded window covering safety standard; ask the installer how they comply with it. Any wiring needs an electrician whose licence is on the state register.
- What percentage of Australian blinds & shutters have a verifiable ABN?
- 10.9% of the 1,385 blinds & shutters in this directory publish an ABN we could confirm against the national register, against 21.5% across all trades.
- How many reviews should a blinds and shutters installer have?
- The median blinds and shutters installer here has 44. Treat a five-star rating from a handful of reviews with more caution than a slightly lower rating from hundreds.
Compare blinds & shutters near you
1,385 blinds & shutters, ranked on the evidence described above rather than on advertising.
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