Update 19/03/2025

We are Barlows Electrical Retail LTD, A family run electrical retailer with over 75 years’ experience in the electrical industry. The company was established by Thomas Clifford Barlow in 1948. T.C. Barlow started the company as an electrical contracting business in the village of Malpas, Cheshire and it soon became apparent there was a need for a place for customers to take the new variety of labour saving appliances when they needed repair. Customers would bring repairs to ‘Cliff’s house’ and they were done in the evening after a full day of electrical installation had been completed.

A room in his home became the start of an electrical repair shop and contracting business in the village of Malpas, Cheshire. Since then it has steadily grown into a nationwide contractor who specialize is all aspects of building maintenance including electrical maintenance, alarm systems, appliance testing, domestic appliance repairs, TV and satellite repairs and installation, plumbing, heating and gas servicing, telecommunications, property maintenance, solar panel installation & electric vehicle (E.V) charging installations. Our head office is based at Hampton near Malpas in Cheshire and we have regional offices in Manchester, High Wycombe and Lancaster. We also have an approved training centre and two trade counters within the company as well as our two retail stores.

Our retail presence is anchored in North Shropshire, with stores in the market towns of Whitchurch and Ellesmere. Our dedicated team, ranging from staff with over 30 years of experience to younger members who have grown up with amazing technical advances and the ability to simplify and communicate these to customers which has provided us with an added dimension. Equipped with our own warehouse, we maintain a robust inventory to ensure immediate availability of a wide range of items. We are also part of Euronics, Europe’s largest electrical buying group, which affords us significant price advantages. Our affiliation with RETRA (The Radio and Electrical Trade Association) assures customers of our adherence to strict operational standards, in line with directives from the Office of Fair Trading and health and safety authorities. Additionally, we support environmental sustainability through the WEEE Directive and offer a battery take-back scheme in all our stores.