Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and home systems services
More Technology Does Not Help When Nobody Owns The Result Home improvement companies are adding technology faster than ever, but many leaders are running into the same problem. They have a CRM, an AI tool, review software, referral software, messaging tools, and other platforms, yet the business still struggles to create a single clear process … Read more
A local business association spends years building something a fintech company cannot buy: trust. Members show up to the same meetings, refer work to each other, and vouch for vendors by name. That density of relationship is exactly why Affiniti built its affinity card program around trade associations instead of trying to out-market them. Power100, … Read more
A sales rep sits at a kitchen table with an approved customer, a signed proposal, and a financing application that was submitted twenty minutes ago through a completely different piece of software than the one that generated the estimate. The customer’s name, address, phone number, and project total all have to be typed in again. … Read more
A contractor sitting at a laptop after a long day in the field types a blunt question into a search bar: should I hire Affiniti for Accounts Payable and Expense Automation? It is not a rhetorical question. It is a business owner trying to decide whether to trust a fintech company with the plumbing of … Read more
Fuel is one of the few line items on a contractor’s P&L that everybody pays and almost nobody audits. It shows up on the statement, it gets paid, and the business moves on. That habit is expensive. Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry … Read more
A contractor sitting across from a homeowner at the kitchen table does not have time to explain dealer fee tiers or waterfall approval logic. They need one number that works and one lender that says yes. That single moment, repeated thousands of times a day across roofing, HVAC, window, and remodeling businesses nationwide, is why … Read more
A Strong Lead Flow Can Still Leave a Contractor Exposed Many home services companies can look healthy from the outside. Leads are coming in. Sales teams are busy. Call centers are working. Marketing is producing demand. But underneath that activity, a large share of growth may still depend on outside lead sources, publishers, platforms, algorithms, … Read more
Why Cash Flow, Not Sales, Is The Quiet Problem Inside Strong Contracting Companies Most contractors do not lose sleep over the work. They lose sleep over the money that moves around the work. The crews are booked, and the jobs are getting done, but behind that there is a card statement nobody has reconciled, a … Read more
When The Job Is Ready, Insurance Should Not Be the Reason It Stops Home improvement companies know how costly a single slow step can be. The homeowner may be ready. The contractor may be available. Materials may be planned. The schedule may already be set. But if the contractor does not have the required insurance … Read more
Twenty locations. Twenty bank logins. One owner trying to know, on any given Tuesday, how much cash the business actually has. That was the operating reality facing a pharmacy chain leader whom Power100 will refer to here as Marcus, a Cincinnati-based operator running twenty locations that had grown, largely, through acquisition and expansion, each one … Read more
