Find a certified installer to design, fit, and configure a Hikvision CCTV system for your home or business.
CCTV (closed-circuit television) is the most widely deployed security technology in the UK. A modern installation typically combines IP cameras (which transmit footage over your network rather than dedicated coax), a network video recorder for storage, and remote viewing through a phone app. Done well it's a quiet deterrent that pays for itself the first time something happens. Done badly it's a tangle of cables that records noise instead of evidence.
The installers listed in this directory specialise in Hikvision CCTV equipment, which is one of the most widely supported professional ranges available. They'll size the system for your property, advise on camera placement, ensure footage quality is usable in evidence, and make sure the installation respects GDPR. That last point matters particularly for any cameras that capture footage outside your boundary.
Most installs fall into one of these categories. The right system for each is quite different.
Domestic systems are usually 4–8 cameras covering driveways, doors, and rear gardens, with footage retained for 14–30 days. Often integrated with a smart doorbell and viewable from the homeowner's phone.
Higher camera counts, dedicated POS-area coverage, and longer retention windows for shrinkage investigations. Increasingly paired with people-counting or queue analytics.
Large sites tend to run IP cameras powered and connected through Power-over-Ethernet network switches, with NVRs that use RAID storage and ANPR for vehicle access. These setups are often integrated with the intruder alarm and access control on the same network.
Five things worth confirming before you commit. Every installer in this directory is checked on the first three.
Hikvision runs formal installer training. A certified installer can configure features that an untrained one will miss, and is more likely to set up retention, motion detection, and remote access correctly the first time.
Installers work at height, run cabling through occupied spaces, and access electrical supplies. Confirm the cover is current. Every directory listing has been verified at sign-up.
Any CCTV that captures areas outside your property has GDPR implications. A good installer will advise on camera angles, signage, and retention to keep you on the right side of the ICO's domestic-CCTV guidance.
Make sure the installer commissions the phone app on your device, walks you through retention settings, and leaves login credentials that you own, not credentials tied to their account.
Hard drives wear out, firmware needs updating, and cameras occasionally fail. Ask up front whether the installer offers a maintenance contract. Our Maintenance page covers what to expect.
Verified installers offering CCTV system installation, ordered by plan and rating.
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For a typical UK home, 4–8 cameras is enough to cover the front, rear, sides, and any gates or driveways. Commercial sites scale on the number of entry points and the zones that matter most (tills, stockroom doors, loading bays) rather than overall floor area. A good installer will walk the property with you, identify the actual blind spots, and recommend a count that matches your retention budget rather than just the largest possible.
Wired (PoE) cameras are still the default for any installation that matters. They're more reliable, run on a single Cat-6 cable that carries power and data, and don't depend on Wi-Fi quality. Wireless cameras are quicker to install but need mains power at every camera location and can drop frames if the network is busy. Most installers in this directory will recommend wired by default and use wireless only where wiring is genuinely impractical.
That's a function of camera resolution, frame rate, motion-recording settings, and the size of the hard drive in your NVR. As a rough guide, a 6-camera 4MP system on continuous recording fills a 4 TB drive in about three weeks. Most domestic installs target 14–30 days; commercial installs often want 30–90 days. Your installer should size the storage to the retention period you actually need, and explain how to extend it later if you need more.
Yes, if any camera captures footage outside the boundary of your own property. A doorbell camera that records the pavement is a typical example. The ICO has clear guidance on signage, sensible camera angles, and reasonable retention. A good installer will discuss this with you before fitting and adjust angles to minimise public-area capture. The ICO's domestic CCTV guidance is the authoritative source.
Usually yes, provided your NVR has spare channels and PoE ports (or you add a PoE switch). The exception is older HD-TVI / analogue systems, which are limited to specific input types. If you think you might expand later, tell the installer up front and they'll size the NVR and switch with that in mind.
Many CCTV installers also offer these alongside their camera work.
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