LocalCare

Australia. New Zealand.
A local business you can trust.

Browse 273 categories across 70 cities and towns in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Free to use
  • Nothing to sign up for
  • You deal with the business direct

Asked for most often

The searches this directory sees the most.

  • Plumbers
  • Electricians
  • House cleaning
  • Vets
  • Dentists
  • Mechanics

Every one of these has its own page under the groups below.

273
Categories
70
Cities and towns, 22 regions
2
Markets, Australia and New Zealand
724
Businesses listed

What you need

Every trade, grouped the way you'd ask for it.

A group opens a chat with the trade filled in, so you never describe the job twice.

Trades and home repair

Licensed trades for repairs, renovations and anything that has stopped working.

40 categories

Home and garden

Everything outside the back door, from the lawn to the gutters.

18 categories

Cleaning

Domestic and commercial cleaners, including end of lease.

12 categories

Removals and storage

Moving house, moving office, or putting it all somewhere for a while.

10 categories

Automotive

Servicing, repairs and everything else your car needs.

22 categories

Health and medical

Clinics and practitioners, from a GP appointment to a specialist referral.

30 categories

Aged care and disability

Care at home and care in a home, including NDIS registered providers.

12 categories

Childcare and education

Care and teaching for children, and courses for the rest of us.

12 categories

Pets and animals

Vets, groomers, boarding and everyone else who looks after your animals.

15 categories

Beauty and wellbeing

Hair, skin, nails and the appointments you book to feel better.

15 categories

Fitness and sport

Gyms, studios, clubs and coaches.

12 categories

Professional and financial

Accountants, brokers and lawyers, for the paperwork that has a deadline.

16 categories

Property and real estate

Buying, selling, renting and checking what you are about to sign for.

12 categories

Technology and repairs

When the phone, the laptop or the fridge stops doing its job.

11 categories

Events and celebrations

Weddings, birthdays, wakes and the suppliers who make them happen.

14 categories

Food and drink

Places to eat, and the shops you buy the ingredients from.

11 categories

Transport and logistics

Getting people and parcels from one place to another.

7 categories

Funerals and end of life

Arrangements that have to be made at short notice, handled locally.

4 categories

How it works

Four steps, and nothing to sign up for.

01

Start with the trade.

Eighteen groups, 273 categories, named the way people ask for them.

02

Narrow it to your place.

70 cities and towns across 22 states, territories and regions.

03

Read what the listing carries.

Trading address, contact details, public reviews as written, and whether a business is a featured partner.

04

You deal with the business.

The quote, the booking and the work are between you and them. LocalCare is not a party to it.

How we choose

What a listing has to carry.

Standards vary by business, not by suburb. These checks are how we tell them apart.

A real trading address.

A listing names where the business actually trades, in a city or town we have a page for.

Contact details that reach someone.

A working phone number or website at the time the listing goes live, and a way for us to reach them again.

Reviews shown as written.

Public reviews are aggregated and screened, never edited. We do not claim to have verified any reviewer.

  • You never pay LocalCare anything.
  • Featured partners are labelled wherever they appear.
  • Coverage counts places. Listings count approved businesses. Never both at once.

The full method is published at trust and safety.

Where we cover

Two markets, grouped the way people say it.

States and territories in Australia, regions in New Zealand.

Businesses

Featured partners, across the network.

A featured partner pays to be featured. It is not a rating, and it does not change what you pay.

Reviews

What customers actually wrote.

Public reviews, aggregated and screened. We do not verify that a reviewer was a customer, and we do not write them.

5.0 out of 5

Dentist is professional and gentle, made the experience less stressful. Thank you. Nice decor too. But the receptionist can be a little more friendlier
Daphne L Dental Surgeons, Sydney

Questions

The things people ask first.

What does LocalCare cost me?

Nothing. The directory is free to browse, and you pay the business you hire at the price they quote you, never through us.

Which places do you cover?

Australia and New Zealand, from the capital cities out to the regional centres. Browse the location index above to see whether your city has a page yet.

What does "featured partner" mean?

It means the business pays to be featured, and we label it wherever it appears. It is not a rating, a ranking, or an endorsement of the work.

Where do the reviews come from?

They are public reviews, aggregated and screened before they are shown. We do not verify that a reviewer visited the business, and we do not write reviews.

Do I have to sign up?

No. There is no account, no form and no newsletter. Browse the categories and places, and contact a business yourself.

I run a business. How do I get listed?

Use the registration page on the partner site. We will tell you what a listing needs before it goes live, and what a featured partner label does and does not do.

Start with your suburb.

Pick the trade, then the place. Everything here is free to browse and there is nothing to sign up for.