How many people uses pool service

[teo_dk]

Does anyone have any data on how many pool owners perform their own routine pool maintenance vs using a professional pool service?

Along the same lines, has anyone had access to the data provided by PK Data Research and have an opinion on the quality of their data?

I don't quite know where to post this question so I try here, feel free to move it to a more appropriate place if needed

Thanks
Carl

[aylad]

I'm not sure you're going to get a real, useable answer to your question here. This forum is all about taking care of your own pool and not relying on "professional" pool services. You're asking a pretty biased database....

Janet

[chem geek]

As just a guess, I would say that the majority of people with in-ground pools use a pool service while a minority of people with above-ground pools use one. I think it mostly tracks with the cost of the pool. Those that can afford a more expensive pool (in-ground pools generally being more expensive than above-ground pools) can afford to pay for a pool service more readily. More older pools are manually dosed and more of those likely use pool services. Newer pools often have saltwater chlorine generators and while many still have pool services, more people probably take care of those pools themselves.

In my own neighborhood where there are mostly in-ground pools, it's a mix but with the majority using pool services. Not me, of course, unless you count me as the "pool man". I have a strong suspicion my wife is sleeping with the pool man.