First planned market
Oklahoma
22,340 core-trade jobs, 2,080 average annual openings, and 7.2% projected growth through 2034.
Investor Information
Back the Marketplace Built for Skilled Work.
LaborTrader is organizing skilled people, open business capacity, and real hiring demand in one focused marketplace.
Pre-registration is open nationwide. Oklahoma is the first planned launch market in February 2027.
The Problem
The Labor Exists. The Connection Breaks Down.
Skilled work is local and time-sensitive. Phone calls, social posts, and personal networks rarely show the full picture.
LaborTrader is built to make available skill and real demand easier to find, compare, and turn into documented work.
Initial Outreach: Oklahoma, Texas & Florida
Waitlist open
Texas
154,820 core-trade jobs, 15,670 average annual openings, and 12.5% projected growth through 2034.
Waitlist open
Florida
122,290 core-trade jobs, 13,290 average annual openings, and 17.8% projected growth through 2034.
The Market Opening
Large Enough to Matter. Focused Enough to Win.
HVAC, electrical, and plumbing account for more than 1.77 million U.S. jobs and an average of 155,300 openings each year. LaborTrader begins with the trades and states where a focused local marketplace can prove value before the rollout expands.
- 1.77M
- Core trade jobs nationwide
- 155,300
- Average openings each year
- 31,040
- Openings each year in OK, TX, and FL
- 31.7%
- Share of projected U.S. job growth
HVAC, electrical, and plumbing, 2025
National projection, 2025 to 2035
Combined state projection, 2024 to 2034
From states holding 17.1% of current jobs
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 to 2035 projections and state labor projections published through Projections Central. Annual openings include growth and replacement needs. State projections use the 2024 to 2034 cycle.
The Focused Wedge
Start With the Work the General Platforms Miss.
A Costly Local Gap
Jobs wait while nearby crews sit idle. LaborTrader connects skill, capacity, and demand at the right time.Jobs wait while nearby crews sit idle. Connect skill, capacity, and demand at the right time.
Proof Through Work
LaborTrader is designed so completed marketplace work builds the record: ratings, documented history, repeat hires, and clearly marked credential status.Completed engagements build ratings, work history, repeat hires, and clear credential status.
One Market at a Time
The rollout starts in Oklahoma, where the problem is understood firsthand. Each market is built around local supply and demand before expansion.Start in Oklahoma. Build useful local supply and demand before opening each additional market.
Founder-Market Fit
Built From the Actual Bottleneck.
Founder-Led. Trade-Tested.
Ben Randall
Founder and CEO, LaborTrader Inc.
Twenty years in HVAC, including six years as an HVAC contractor and business owner, shaped LaborTrader around the labor gaps trade businesses face every day.
Meet the founder- Current stage
- Pre-registration open
- First planned market
- Oklahoma
- Public launch target
- February 2027
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