Every year, hiring and retaining skilled technicians gets more difficult, yet leading mechanical and fire protection contractors are growing faster than ever because they focus on getting the most from the techs they have. That’s why ServiceTrade is launching several innovative capabilities designed specifically to help you boost the productivity of your technicians. Watch this […]
A data study of what happened in 2020 (the great dumpster fire.) Since March 2020, the fire protection contracting industry has been reeling from the impacts of COVID-19. In the early days of the pandemic, when cities and states issued closure orders, the uncertainty was terrifying. The fear made us all question the future […]
Since March, the facility service contracting industry has been reeling from the impacts of COVID-19. Appointment volume dropped 29% in March and flatlined in April across the US and Canada according to ServiceTrade usage data. [read part 1 of our data analysis here] There was, however, a glimmer of hope that a recovery was on […]
Commercial and industrial service contractors were and continue to be hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Just how hard-hit? Data from over 600 ServiceTrade accounts and over half a million appointments since the beginning of the year tells a daunting, yet optimistic, story about the current trends in facility work. Plotting the total volume of […]
Despite all the bad news in these unprecedented times, there is a silver lining for facility service contractors. There are signs of hope around the edge of this dark cloud. According to indicators like the skyrocketing unemployment rate, International Monetary Fund forecast, and JPMorgan CEO predictions, the world economy is very likely heading for a […]
At ServiceTrade we know that you want to be the best commercial service contractor in the markets you serve. It’s difficult, however, to be the best if you don’t know what the best is. You could only guess about how your peers were performing, until now. ServiceTrade analyzed data from 600 of our customers to […]
Is the administrative burden of data entry in your back office the biggest problem you face as a service contractor? Just imagine how much easier life would be if you could eliminate all of that wasteful double data entry. Just imagine what it would be like if your technicians could capture data in the field […]
On average, commercial service contractors who use ServiceTrade grow their invoice revenue by 23.4% year over year. All you have to do is buy ServiceTrade and you’ll grow! Our work here is done. The end. If only it were that simple. There is a big difference between the best and worst performers. For example, contractors […]
Do you have ambition to become the leading service contractor in your market? Does it feel like operational and administrative inefficiencies are holding you back? We get it. It’s not easy to lead the market when it feels like you can’t even get your own house in order. We’ve helped hundreds of our customers streamline […]
