How Much Is Kitchen Installation?

In short: Kitchen installation labour typically costs £1,700 to £3,000 for a standard kitchen in 2026, and a new kitchen supplied and installed typically costs £6,000 to £20,000 or more, according to MyJobQuote. B&Q does not publish a fitting price: its approved installer surveys the job and quotes, and the survey costs £50, refundable if you go ahead. The cheapest honest way to a new kitchen is usually to keep the layout, or to replace only the doors and worktops if the units are sound.

01 How much is kitchen installation?

Kitchen installation costs around £1,700 to £3,000 in labour for a standard kitchen, and £6,000 to £20,000 or more for a new kitchen supplied and installed, according to MyJobQuote's kitchen fitting guide updated in October 2026. Rated People gives £2,200 to £4,600 for a basic fit and £7,000 to £9,500 for a full-service installation that coordinates every trade.

The range is wide because the word installation covers very different jobs. Fitting new units where the old ones stood is at the bottom. Moving the sink, adding circuits, re-plastering and tiling, or taking a wall out for a kitchen-diner, is at the top.

02 How much do the kitchen units cost?

The units for a 12-unit kitchen cost between about £1,500 and £9,000 depending on the retailer, according to prices Which? collected in May 2025 and published in April 2026. Those figures exclude installation, worktop upgrades and appliances.

Source: Which?, How much does a new kitchen cost in 2026? (27 April 2026). Prices include VAT and the sales discounts available when collected, and are rounded to the nearest £500.

03 What does B&Q charge for fitting a kitchen?

B&Q does not publish a price for fitting a kitchen. Its installation service page says it pairs you with a local approved installer, who surveys the project and gives a detailed installation quote, and that the survey costs £50, fully refundable if you go ahead with one of its approved installers. Which?'s B&Q kitchens review (June 2026) confirms fitting is an optional service at extra cost, and that Which? was quoted around £4,000 to £5,000 for the B&Q kitchens it designed, without installation.

Because the fitting price comes from a survey, the useful comparison is a local fitter's written quote for the same scope — and our kitchen fitting only service fits B&Q kitchens along with every other supplier's.

04 What is the right cost to expect for kitchen installation?

The right cost to expect is the units, plus around £1,700 to £4,600 of fitting labour, plus whatever other trades your room needs. Using the published figures as an illustration, a 12-unit B&Q kitchen at £4,000 to £5,000 plus MyJobQuote's £1,700 to £3,000 of labour comes to roughly £5,700 to £8,000 — before appliances, a worktop upgrade, a cooker circuit, plastering, tiling or flooring.

Which? puts labour at about 20 to 30% of the final spend on a new kitchen, and Rated People at 30 to 40%. If a quote for the installation is far outside that share of your total, find out why: either it includes more of the job than the others, or it leaves something out.

05 What is the cheapest way to install a kitchen?

The cheapest honest way to get a new kitchen is to keep the work you pay for to the parts that need replacing, and not to save money on the parts you cannot redo later.

1. Keep the layout. Leaving the sink, hob and appliances where they are avoids moving waste, water, gas and circuits.
2. Replace only the doors, drawer fronts and worktops if the carcasses are sound — dry bases, flat shelves, solid hinge fixings. It costs a fraction of a full kitchen.
3. Buy the units yourself from a trade depot or in a sale, and have the fitter check the plan against the room before you order.
4. Choose rigid units over flat-pack where the price is close; they save fitting time.
5. Choose laminate worktops, which are cut on site and add no templating wait.
6. Do the decorating yourself after the fit.

What is not a saving: paying someone who is not Gas Safe registered to do gas work, which is illegal, or uncertified electrical work, which is notifiable under Part P and will surface when you sell. Nor is skipping the levelling and making good, which is what decides whether the doors line up for the next fifteen years.

06 What makes kitchen installation cost more?

• Moving the sink or appliances, which means moving waste and water.
• A new cooker circuit, more sockets or a new consumer unit.
• Gas work, which anyone paid to do it must be Gas Safe registered for.
• Stone or quartz worktops, which are templated and fitted by a specialist.
• Removing a wall, which brings in structural work and building control.
• Re-plastering walls the old units hid, and levelling an uneven floor.
• Tiling, flooring and bespoke joinery such as an island or larder.

07 How do we price kitchen installation?

Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens does not publish kitchen prices. We visit, measure the room, find the services and give a fixed written quote, with fitting shown separately from supply so you can see what each costs. We supply kitchens, fit kitchens bought elsewhere, and do the plumbing, electrics, plastering, tiling and joinery with our own team. If you are near us, see our page for kitchen fitters in Worksop.