2020 Top Remodelers: Actual vs. Projected Revenues

Due to varied participation related to the coronavirus pandemic, only projected and actual revenue figures from firms who participated in both 2019 and 2020 were compared.

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Full-Service Firms. Due to varied participation related to the coronavirus pandemic, only projected and actual revenue figures from firms who participated in both 2019 and 2020 are represented below. Among this cohort, full-service firms outperformed projections in 2019. On average, firms earned over 7% more revenue in 2019 than projected, with the top third of full-service firms earning almost 10% more than projections. Firms anticipate revenue growth to expand further in 2020, though many of the projections likely do not account for the effect of COVID-19 on business.

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Actual vs. Projected Revenues of Full-Service Remodelers

Replacement and Specialty Firms. Due to varied participation related to the coronavirus pandemic, only projected and actual revenue figures from firms that participated in both 2019 and 2020 are represented below. Among this cohort, firms underprojected revenues in 2019 and earned on average 14% more than they projected in 2018. Many expect the good times to continue to roll, with all firms predicting revenue to increase in 2020. Many of the revenue projections, however, were submitted prior to the widespread disruption from COVID-19, and in follow-up emails, many firms indicated to remodeling the pandemic would cause them to downwardly revise their revenue projections.

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Actual vs. Projected Revenue of Replacement and Specialty Firms

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About the Author

Vincent Salandro

Vincent Salandro is an associate editor for Builder. He covers products for the Journal of Light Construction and also has stories appearing in other Zonda publications. He earned a B.A. in journalism and a B.S. in economics from American University.

About the Author

Clayton DeKorne

Clay DeKorne is the Chief Editor of the JLC Group, which includes The Journal of Light Construction, Remodeling, Tools of the Trade and Professional Deck Builder. He was the founding editor of Tools of the Trade (1993) and Coastal Contractor (2004), and the founding educational director for JLC Live (1995). Before venturing into writing and education for the building industry, he was a renovation contractor and carpenter in Burlington, Vt.

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