What does a workplace noise assessment cost?
Published provider examples span smaller straightforward assessments through larger multi-task surveys. They are not a market tariff. Vendor Atlas uses transparent task, worker-group, site and complexity allowances to create an indicative planning range, not a quote.
Check my situationCount the work that must be represented
The number of noisy tasks, worker groups and shifts, variable exposures, impacts, prior records and site visits drive the work more directly than headcount alone. A price without these boundaries cannot be compared fairly.
- Count distinct tasks or process areas, not every machine indiscriminately.
- Identify worker groups, shift patterns and inaccessible operating periods.
- Ask whether measurements, exposure calculations, controls advice and a written report are included.
What to do next: Use the price breakdown as a budget prompt, then request three quotes against one written brief. Confirm VAT, travel, out-of-hours attendance, repeat visits and any specialist engineering or health-surveillance work separately.
How the model works
The baseline covers planning, one attendance and a written assessment. Each task and worker group adds a visible amount; complex or variable work, missing records and additional sites add allowances. A fixed percentage creates the displayed range.
Published anchors
NOVA Acoustics advertises £800–£900 plus VAT for smaller straightforward work; The Safety Effect reports £595–£1,975 across 2025 projects; LESH Safety publishes £850–£1,500 for smaller work. The provider links beside the live estimate show the evidence.
What can change the quote
Night shifts, temporary operations, difficult access, numerous personal dosimetry groups, repeat measurement and engineering-control design may cost more. Ask for exclusions and deliverables in writing before treating the lowest number as comparable.
Published prices are boundaries, not a market average
Vendor Atlas uses these provider sources only to constrain the deterministic planning model. Dates, regions, inclusions and equipment differ, so the result is not a market benchmark or a live quotation.
- NOVA Acoustics : Publishes £800 to £900 plus VAT for smaller straightforward workplace assessments.
- The Safety Effect : Publishes £595 to £1,975 as the range of work undertaken in 2025.
- LESH Safety : Publishes £850 to £1,500 for smaller straightforward assessments and higher prices for complex sites.
What is still missing: awarded quote data normalised to the same asset schedule, access conditions and deliverables. The calculator shows every adjustment so it can be replaced cleanly as that evidence arrives.
Use the comparable-quote standard