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Painting and Wall Covering Contractors
First Research, Aug 2009, Pages: 10
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Executive Summary
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter:
The US painting and wall covering contractors industry includes about 40,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $19 billion. The industry is highly fragmented: most companies are small; about 70 percent have fewer than five employees.
The industry includes companies that primarily paint building interiors or exteriors or that install interior wall covering, but excludes companies that install wood paneling.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Building construction, renovation, and maintenance drive demand. The profitability of individual companies depends on efficiency of operations. Large companies can have advantages in efficiency by working multiple projects concurrently. Small companies can compete effectively by specializing in unusual or difficult applications and providing superior customer service. The industry is labor-intensive: average annual revenue per worker is under $80,000.
PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Major services are painting the interiors and exteriors of buildings, and installing or removing wallpaper ('paperhanging'). Painting produces 90 percent of industry revenue. Other services include wall surface preparation and repair.
Painters use brushes, rollers, and/or sprayers to apply a base coat of primer and usually two coats of paint. Skilled contractors achieve special finishes by hand or by using paint with texture-creating ingredients like sand. Paperhangers apply sizing to walls and measure and cut wallpaper into long strips. Surface preparation readies walls for paint or wallpaper, typically includes cleaning, and may involve removing old paint and wallpaper. Most painters fill and sand surface irregularities. Many contractors work only ...
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