Pool Service Revenue Concentration 2026: The Top Decile Starts Near $86K a Month
Pool service route revenue is not evenly distributed. In the current Poolrates.fyi revenue-qualified sample, the median submitted route produces $16,800 per month, while the 90th percentile starts at $85,975 per month.
That spread matters for operators comparing their own route to the market. A company can be well above the median and still far below the largest revenue routes in the dataset.
Revenue Percentiles
The table below shows the main revenue breakpoints from submissions that included enough pool count and monthly price data to calculate route revenue.
| Percentile | Monthly Route Revenue | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| 50th percentile | $16,800 | Half of revenue-qualified submissions are below this number and half are above it. |
| 75th percentile | $43,400 | The upper quartile begins around a route revenue level many solo operators never reach. |
| 90th percentile | $85,975 | The top decile starts near $86K per month in submitted route revenue. |
Source: Poolrates.fyi revenue-qualified submissions retrieved in June 2026.
Why the Gap Gets So Wide
The difference between the median and top decile is usually not one factor. Higher-revenue operators may have more accounts, larger teams, tighter route density, higher monthly prices, commercial work, or a mix of premium residential service and repair revenue.
That means the 90th percentile should not be read as a normal solo route target. It is a concentration signal: the largest submitted routes are operating at a different scale than the typical revenue-qualified submission.
For Journalists and Researchers
The most concise benchmark is: the median revenue-qualified pool service route in the Poolrates.fyi sample is $16,800 per month, while the top decile starts near $86,000 per month.
Use the data as a crowdsourced market signal, not a census of the pool service industry.
Methodology
How This Analysis Was Built
This article uses Poolrates.fyi submissions that included enough information to calculate monthly route revenue. Route revenue is calculated from submitted monthly price and pool count data.
Limitations: Poolrates.fyi is crowdsourced. Submitted routes may overrepresent operators who are more comfortable sharing business data, and the sample is not a census of all pool service companies.
Sources
- Poolrates.fyi
- Poolrates.fyi revenue-qualified aggregate data retrieved in June 2026