What is your slowest month of the year?

Mike Draper

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What is your slowest month of the year? And what % less money do you bring in that month vs. your average month?
 
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Our commercial work varies less than 10% from highest to lowest month of the year. In residential February is the worst (10% shorter too), and August is best because of university move-ins.
 

Jim Williams

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Feb. for me, about 50% of an average month. But each year the slow months get better. In the past Sept. has been kind of slow but I'm booked out a week this year.
 

bob vawter

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ROCKS......!

You know....not quite goin' to the poor house......lik in Feb..........for SOME reason, my commercial dealerships always pops in at the darkest hour!
 

TimP

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Januarary is the worst along with September....I'd say the decrease is in the neighborhood of 50% less. This September this year is different because I have a large cgd job that would normaly be done in the summer that I didn't have last year anyway. So it's giving my September a boost, so I'm definitely ok for the month. And fortunately I should have enough in the bank to make it through January of next year without borrowing again like I have been doing, as I'm a fairly new business.
 

Brian R

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Feb is the worst with March not far behind. March was a little better this year for some reason. Feb is about 40% less than my normal months.
 

joey895

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February is the worst with September a close second. Although like Tim it looks like I'm going to be getting a good sized commercial job in the next week or two. If I get it, it will be almost as much money as I did all of last September.

Oh and I agree with above, about 50-60% less than an average month.
 
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January for me; drops about 10%; All my custys are commercial; on accasion it will be the time when residential will go out of control; darn bored house wifes do post christmas cleaning then they run us ragged!!!
 

Desk Jockey

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October about 35% less than average. :(

Too early for holiday cleaning and too warm for pipe breaks and fire losses. Maybe this is the year to break the pattern. :roll:
 

brocksdad

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Yeah january and febuary both suck for me. I get real bored and real bummed out. My bank account has control over my moods
 

bob vawter

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Really?

I would think that Nov and Dec would be the BEST months...they are for me.....BY FAR!
 

topnotchman

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Why is September a slow month for most of you? Feb. is slow for many, dead of winter, but why September? Start of school, last minute vacations?

Curious..
 

Rob Lyon

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Mid August till Mid September, Always off!!
Something to do with school clothers, most resort business around us also suffers at this time.
 

ACE

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This year it was March and April. I got scared and took on a ton of low paying janitorial work to keep the pump primed.
 

Able 1

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Feb. sucks ( down 60% of average)and this year march was down from previous years(50%)

Keith
 

Mikey P

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This past Feb was my worse month to date but March was my second best.


You'd think those savvy folks who plan Connections would toss the party in February.
 

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