The Roof Cleaners of Chester County Pennsylvania 610-842-2104 wrote:

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What classifies you as a top company?

Is it how much you gross?

Is it how much net profit you make?

Is it volume?

It is the ROI?

Is it perception?

Is it referrals?

Is it reputation?

Is it profitability?

You can gross the highest number is the world, but if you don't profit, gross means nothing.

Nobody really know anything about anybody on this board. You can look the part and speak the part, but that doesn't mean you do the part. Don't get fooled into thinking people are the be all and end all in roof cleaning because of what you read on this board. Make yourself the best company in your area. If you are keeping busy and are getting enough referrals that you can't keep up with the work then I would say you are very successful. I have seen guys say they are the greatest company in the world only to find out that they are nothing more than low ball hacks. Don't get caught up in all of that. Instead, get caught up in being your own best company.

Brian

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I love it when you post Brian :)

This was a great answer and at the same time, I do get why you asked and agree with Scott.

Brian there is only one part I have to disagree with.

If you only hang out on the board than you know little of the contractors here, but some of us have been working to make this industry stronger and better and we have gotten to know each other off the boards.  Brian is one of those people.  By phone calls and private meetings and more recently by meeting at roundtables.  If you want to really get involved in this industry and you wnat to know who you are dealing with than pay attention to the new membership as it grows and changes.  Become involved in your education and your industry.  Meet us at events in your area when we send out reps.  That will tell you who we are and who you are in this industry that desperatlly needs a strong community like this one to grow.

My company is 6 years old and we serve the entire state of MD for roof cleaning.  We are shooting for 250 residential roofs this year in an area were Gleoeocapsa magma appeared arounfd 2005.

Since I started roof cleaning with these methods tought to me by people such as Jeff and Chris my business has grown tremendously.

I cannot give exact numbers or profit margines here in the public for my customers to see, but I can say we doubled income last year and have almost doubled that this year as well.  Our profit margine has increased over this time as well.  Most of what we do and learned came form communicating in the industry.  From the boards to the shows and networking with succesfull people we have gained tremendously.

Now I try to help give back what was taught to me, but more than that I want to help this industry grow.  The hardest part of the cleaning industry is lack of customer awareness.