Quartz · UK prices 2026
Quartz is the most-fitted worktop in UK kitchens, and the one people most often mis-budget. Here is what it actually costs, what makes one quote higher than another, and how to get prices for your own kitchen without handing your number to the whole industry.
Quartz runs £250–£650 per m² supplied and fitted. The spread is real, not padding: an entry-level plain white from a volume brand and a thick-mitred marble-effect slab from a premium range are the same material and nothing like the same price.
A typical UK kitchen needs roughly 4–6m², which puts most jobs at £1,500–£3,900 supplied and fitted.
Typical UK ranges compiled from published 2026 cost guides. Last reviewed August 2026. Indicative only — not a quote.
| Material | Per m², fitted |
|---|---|
| Laminate | £60 – £200 |
| Solid wood | £100 – £300 |
| Granite | £180 – £550 |
| Quartz | £250 – £650 |
| Porcelain | £350 – £700 |
Why two quotes differ
Two companies pricing the same quartz worktop can land hundreds apart, and it is rarely the slab that explains it.
Silestone, Caesarstone, Compac and Unistone all sell quartz, and their entry colours and their showpiece ones can differ by double. Ask which range a quote is priced on before comparing two.
Someone has to measure the run, cut the slab and fit it. On stone that is most of the difference between a supply price and a fitted one.
A sink, a hob, an undermount drainer and every join are separate operations. Two of each is a different job from none.
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Before you commit
Quartz is bought from a 10cm sample under showroom lights and lived with across a three-metre run in your own. Preview the colour on a photo of your kitchen first, then send that preview out with your quote request so every company is pricing the same thing.
A typical UK kitchen needs about 4–6m² of worktop, which at £250–£650 per m² supplied and fitted comes to roughly £1,500–£3,900. Islands, upstands and a second run push that up; a small galley kitchen sits below it.
Usually it isn't by much — granite runs £180–£550 per m² fitted and quartz £250–£650, so they overlap heavily. Quartz is engineered, so the colour and pattern are consistent and the slab is non-porous and needs no sealing; granite is quarried, so every slab differs and the price depends on how rare the stone is.
It costs roughly three to five times as much per m². What you buy for that is a surface that doesn't swell if water gets to an edge, doesn't scratch through to a chipboard core, and lasts the life of the kitchen rather than the life of the units. If you plan to change the kitchen inside ten years, laminate is the honest answer.
Templating, fabrication, delivery, fitting, and every cut-out named individually — sink, hob, tap holes, drainer grooves. Also the edge profile and the thickness, because a 20mm square edge and a 30mm mitred one are priced differently. A quote without those lines isn't comparable to one that has them.
Three is usually enough to see the shape of the market and spot an outlier. We pass your request to at most five companies covering your postcode and stop there, so you get a comparison without a fortnight of calls.
No. Quotes are free and carry no obligation. The companies pay us for the introduction, which is why we cap how many receive it — an enquiry sold over and over is worth less to them and worse for you.
Usually, yes — a worktop-only replacement is one of the most common kitchen jobs there is. The fitter templates on top of what's already there. It's also the single change that most alters how a kitchen looks, which is why it's worth previewing before you commit.
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