It’s our honor and joy every year to recognize the 50 top companies that keep everyone’s pools and spas safe, clean and performing optimally. This year was no exception.
These companies were chosen based on their success not only in generating revenue, but also in their commitment to training and retaining staff; industry participation; skills at cultivating a web presence; and achievements in contributing to the communities in which they serve.
In 2024, this group served a total of 171,943 accounts across the U.S. and portions of Canada — 162,119 residential customers and 9,824 commercial.
In doing so, they generated a total of $464.12 million in 2024, with the vast majority being residential, at $383.4 million.
They employ a combined 2,901 full-time, permanent service technicians with an average tenure of 4.46 nationwide. This lot of techs impresses on its own, with a combined 12,928 years of experience with their companies cleaning, maintaining, and repairing pools and spas.
Consolidators are making their presence known on the list, so this year’s Top 50 service companies hold a combined 140 locations.
Regionally speaking, Texas and the Southwest still holds the biggest presence, with 16 of the Top 50’s headquarters located there. However, the other regions are well represented, too, with 11 coming from Florida and the Southeast; 10 from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic; eight from California and the West; and five from the Midwest.
Impressive class
To give this group its proper recognition, this package delves deeply into its performance.
In our first article, we look at standouts in a variety of categories, beginning with a ranking of the entire Top 50 based solely on 2024 Total Service Revenue — calculated by combining reported earnings for residential and commercial service.
This year marked the fourth year in a row on the list for some of the industry’s consolidators, so you’ll find charts showing how they performed from 2021 to 2025.
Rounding off the first piece, each Top 50 service company designated a Most Valuable Pro of the year. You can learn all about them here.
We have also performed our annual survey of the Top 50, where these companies share how the year has gone so far, what they expect in the near future, and their views on certain issues currently affecting the industry.
Finally, we look at two elite groups within the Top 50 — those who have made the list for the last five years in a row; and the six that have placed every year since the program’s 2018 launch. Approaching these groups as industry samples, we tracked them over the five-year and eight-year periods to see their trajectories as a hint of the industry’s.
