190,000 jobs!!!!
Another major milestone passed today with the job counter ticking over to 190,000 jobs! Thank you to everyone that has chosen to use Service Central to find local trades and services. Also, a big thank you to all of the businesses registered with us that has taken up this work and provided such great service that consumers keep on coming back time and time again.
Thanks to this great support Service Central has generated an amazing $544,976,425 of work for our registered providers.
The top 10 categories by job numbers are:
- Plumbing: 20,398 jobs
- Electricians: 16,864 jobs
- Handymen: 13,983 jobs
- Air Conditioning: 10,270 jobs
- Fencing: 9,509 jobs
- Carpentry: 7,951 jobs
- Appliance Repairs: 7,051 jobs
- Painting: 6,297 jobs
- Concreting: 5,996 jobs
- Builders: 5,574 jobs
The top 10 categories by value are:
- Builders: $150,062,825→ Yes, over $150 million worth of work!
- Renovations (i.e. Kitchens & Bathrooms): $34,792,725
- Carpentry: $34,265,100
- Plumbing: $30,784,575
- Concreting: $30,577,675
- Fencing: $21,391,175
- Painting: $20,560,800
- Electricians: $16,275,700
- Brick Laying: $15,242,575
- Air Conditioning: $13,502,650
The fastest growing categories in 2009 are Appliance Repais and Insulation.
We would like to also thank everyone in the Service Central team! Achieving 190,000 jobs is a phenominal effort that has required everyone to work together to not only generate all of this work, but also find quality businesses to service it as it comes through.
Keep up the good work! 200,000 jobs is just around the corner!
