The Trade Economy Index · 2026 Edition

Where does your shop stand?

The index is the scoreboard for the whole trade. This is the same question one level down: where does your shop sit on it? Pick your trade, answer four plain questions, and see where each one lands against the benchmark. Not sure on one? Say so, that tells us something too.

Four questions in plain numbers you already carry in your head. Answer one and we show you where you land against the HVAC & Refrigeration benchmark. Not sure? Say so, that tells us something too.

1/4Roughly what is your annual revenue?
Ballpark is fine.

Benchmarks are drawn from Level CFO’s aggregate contractor operating dataset and public labor and market data (n disclosed per metric on the data page). Aggregate-only; no individual company is identified.

Built by Level CFO, the always-on finance team for contractors and service businesses (Stanford, ex-private-equity; job-costing and operating benchmarks drawn from 2,000+ companies and $10B+ in job revenue analyzed).