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Margin

Building a 28% margin at a small lawn shop: the numbers that actually moved

A Charlotte, NC operator tripled his take-home over 18 months without adding trucks. We got him to walk us through exactly which numbers moved and in what order.

Diego Marín 8 min read
Route optimization

Route density: the math that separates $65/hr crews from $110/hr crews

A 12-stop route where every stop is within two miles of the next runs ~$110/hr of revenue. The same 12 stops scattered across 18 miles runs $65/hr. Here is what that swing does to margin over a year.

Tessa Vargas 7 min read
Equipment

Your mowers are a P&L line, not a tool budget

The shop that treats mowers as a tool budget runs 5–8 points lower gross margin than the shop that treats every mower as a line item with a P&L, a replacement schedule, and a maintenance cadence.

Jenna Albrecht 8 min read
Margin

Why your gross margin looks wrong (and where the missing money actually goes)

Half the "gross margin is too low" conversations we have with new Servicio tenants end the same way: the number is not low. It is calculated wrong. Here is the math and where the missing money actually is.

Diego Marín 7 min read
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