10/14/2026
Here’s the odd shape of the 2026 market: overall home-improvement spending eased off last year’s pace - but finding skilled crews is as hard as ever.
That means the old reflex (“win more work, hire more people”) only half works. The work is winnable. The people to do it are the constraint.
So the businesses staying ahead are getting more out of the crews they already have - tighter scheduling, faster decisions, fewer stalled jobs sitting on the calendar.
Capacity, not lead count, is the game this year.