This question is extremely frequently asked by potential clients, and – more widely – anyone with an interest in the Private Detective industry. One reason “How much does a private detective cost?” is such a common question is that so much of our industry is necessarily secretive – as part of best practice discretion. Additionally, a significant proportion of the clients and potential clients who contact us at PDL have not worked with a Private Detective before, meaning they might lack a point of reference in relation to pricing and price points within our industry. For this reason, it’s important to us to always demonstrate our trademark transparency and consistency, to ensure any new clients who may be feeling tentative understand that they’re in safe hands, and can trust our integrity.
Private Detective Cost: A Bespoke Service
First and foremost, we provide bespoke services to our clients – be they corporate clients or private individuals. Our experience gives us the insight that a bespoke service is the only real effective approach to vastly varying client needs. We will always begin by taking time to understand you, your needs, and all salient facts. We will then propose a bespoke service, with operation-specific processes – designed to achieve a successful outcome for you. Consequently, it’s not strictly possible to outline exact fees for all our services without being disingenuous – because the short answer is that the fees will be determined by the exact services we provide to you – which in turn are dictated by your needs. However, in the interest of delivering as much transparency and clarity as possible, we will detail some specific ‘starting from’ fees later in this post, as a guideline. Factors In
Private Detective Pricing
Key determining factors in our pricing include: – Services / operations required: what technological needs are present? – Are ‘man-on-the-ground’ services such as covert surveillance required? – Is this the work of one operative, or more? – How much work can be completed as ‘desktop investigations’? – Does the operation require the additional insight of our lead private detective? And other similar factors – all of which we will discuss with full transparency as a natural aspect of discussing your specific needs. Examples of
Private Detective Fees
Notwithstanding that our private detectives’ fees are always determined by a client’s specific needs as determined by our consultations, as part of offering a bespoke service, please find below some sample fees:
Person Tracing Services – from £390
Asset Investigation (UK-based) – from £540
Background Investigations – from £650
Consultancy Services – from £200
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