SRA-regulated solicitors in Dorset: 31 firms reporting residential property

53 authorised firms with a practising office in the Dorset district on 28 August 2026, from the SRA's own data feed. Conveyancing firms first, ordered by distance from the centre of the district's offices; every one must publish its prices under the SRA Transparency Rules.

On 28 August 2026 the SRA register listed 53 authorised firms with a practising office in Dorset, operating 89 offices between them. 31 firms report residential property work in the most recent annual return, 49 list a website and 32 have more than one practising office. By authorisation type the district splits into 39 recognised body, 9 licensed body and 5 recognised sole practice.

The longest-standing authorisation in the district dates from November 2011 and the most recent from July 2026; 3 firms were authorised in the twelve months before the snapshot. 32 of the 53 firms carry a company registration number that matched a Companies House record. The most commonly reported areas of law here are wills and trusts (37), probate (35), family (33), residential property (31) and litigation (28).

Every one of the 31 firms reporting residential property work is required by the SRA Transparency Rules to publish its conveyancing prices on its website, or to supply them on request where it has none. 29 of them list a website in the register, and this site has located a published price page for 3. For context, the national purchase legal fee on this site averages £1,575 plus VAT (range £1,200 to £2,500).

Before you instruct a firm

• Check the firm on the SRA register (each firm page links to its entry) and confirm the SRA number on the firm's website matches.
• Read the published price page: it must show the total or a range, hourly rates or fixed fees, disbursements, VAT and timescales. See how to compare conveyancing quotes.
• A conveyancer does not need to be local; compare at least three written quotes, including an online conveyancer.

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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 28 August 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.