Ruppert Landscape Appoints Kang President & COO
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SingleOps Software Surveys Users On State Of Business In 2020
This month, SingleOps, a business management software for outdoor service providers, published its 2021 Green Industry Economic Report. The report includes data from thousands of green industry professionals in commercial and residential landscaping and tree care businesses in North America who used SingleOps software in 2020. A key takeaway from the report is that landscape and tree care businesses persevered in 2020 despite challenges brought on by the pandemic, and various metrics indicate the industry as a whole performed well. The 2021 Green Industry Economic Report is similar to previous economic reports published by SingleOps. It includes key industry metrics such as proposal acceptance rate, time to payment, and revenue per hour. In creating the report, SingleOps analyzed over 700,000 proposed jobs totalling $1.4 billion and nearly 400,000 accepted jobs totalling nearly $700 million. Following are some of the report’s key findings. One-off Landscaping This section focuses on landscaping services that take place only once, such as landscape design, irrigation repair, installs, supply retail and delivery. Commercial and residential one-off landscaping service providers performed well in 2020. The average revenue per job for commercial projects was $1,598 compared to $1,198 for residential jobs. Commercial job bids were accepted by clients 75% of the time compared to 59% for residential bids. Time to payment for commercial projects was 17 days versus 8 for residential, and the revenue per hour was $125 for commercial assignments compared to $139 for residential. Recurring Landscaping This section of the report focuses on landscape services that ...
SingleOps Software Surveys Users On State Of Business In 2020
This month, SingleOps, a business management software for outdoor service providers, published its 2021 Green Industry Economic Report. The report includes data from thousands of green industry professionals in commercial and residential landscaping and tree care businesses in North America who used SingleOps software in 2020. A key takeaway from the report is that landscape and tree care businesses persevered in 2020 despite challenges brought on by the pandemic, and various metrics indicate the industry as a whole performed well. The 2021 Green Industry Economic Report is similar to previous economic reports published by SingleOps. It includes key industry metrics such as proposal acceptance rate, time to payment, and revenue per hour. In creating the report, SingleOps analyzed over 700,000 proposed jobs totalling $1.4 billion and nearly 400,000 accepted jobs totalling nearly $700 million. Following are some of the report’s key findings. One-off Landscaping This section focuses on landscaping services that take place only once, such as landscape design, irrigation repair, installs, supply retail and delivery. Commercial and residential one-off landscaping service providers performed well in 2020. The average revenue per job for commercial projects was $1,598 compared to $1,198 for residential jobs. Commercial job bids were accepted by clients 75% of the time compared to 59% for residential bids. Time to payment for commercial projects was 17 days versus 8 for residential, and the revenue per hour was $125 for commercial assignments compared to $139 for residential. Recurring Landscaping This section of the report focuses on landscape services that ...
NALP Report: How Are Landscapers Faring In 2020?
The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) conducted a survey last month of 170 landscape contractor companies to see how their businesses were faring mid-year. Despite — or perhaps because of — COVID, companies are almost evenly split as to whether they are doing better (51%) or worse (49%) than projected. Fortunately, of those who report doing worse than expected, most are only down by a small margin and most also say they aren’t feeling significant negative financial impacts. Of the companies that reported better than expected revenue, 49% have seen a 10% to 25% increase, while 13% reported a 25% to 50% increase. For the companies whose revenue is down this year, 45% have seen a 1% to 10% decrease in revenue, and 38% had a 10% to 25% decrease in revenue. LCOs Doing The Best Lawn care operators (LCOs) are experiencing the most significant revenue gains this year. Sixty-two percent reported that they beat expectations while 53% of landscape maintenance firms and 50% of design/build firms reported better than expected revenues, according to NALP. Additionally, 54% forecast their revenue will be up by the end of the year, while 46% believe it will be lower than expected revenues. Residential Services In Demand Residential services are performing stronger than commercial services in the current economy, with 60% of residential contractors seeing revenues beating expectations for this year, versus only 40% of commercial contractors. The most significant increases in residential services were in landscape installations and design/build installations. The NALP ...
