LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging platform, surpassed four million searches in 2025, making it the most successful year in the organisation’s history.
The four million mark, which was passed on 18th December 2025, is an six percent increase on 2024, and shows how all industries, particularly the farming, construction, highways, telecoms, water, gas and electricity sectors, are more committed to safe digging than has ever been the case before.
With asset records of over 170 members, including underground and overhead pipelines and cables, LSBUD’s service plays a key role in the maintenance and awareness of utility assets across the UK. This in turn helps to prevent utility strikes, protects workers, and reduces disruption to services and communities.
The LSBUD system also received over ten million individual interactions with member asset records in 2025. This demonstrates the true scale and impact of the service, with each interaction building up an increasingly clear picture of digging activity across the UK.
Commenting on the milestone, Richard Broome, Managing Director at LSBUD, said:
“Recording four million searches in a single year, and generating more than 10 million touchpoints across member assets, is a major achievement. It reflects both the scale of activity across the safe digging industry and how LSBUD has evolved into the UK’s most trusted service for safer, smarter digging. And, we are available for anyone to use at any time.”
The growth seen throughout 2025 was driven by key technology updates, including the development of the LSBUD app, expanded membership, enhanced digital capability, and sustained collaboration across the sector. Building upon its ability to operate reliably at national scale, LSBUD’s platform is increasingly depended on by the industry. This is crucial at a time where the UK Government is looking to roll out its own underground asset register.
Richard Broome concluded:
“It takes time and expertise, and a deep understanding of how the industry operates to reach four million searches. LSBUD is a trusted, household name amongst Members and those performing the searches. At a time where some of the safe digging industry is in flux, we are more committed than ever to building on this momentum and to helping the industry dig safer, every day. Safety must be the number one priority, every time.”
For more information, visit https://lsbud.co.uk/.
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