AI for Contractors: How Home Service Pros Are Using AI in 2026
We just surveyed over 1,000 home service business owners across the U.S. and gathered real-time stats about how they're using AI in their day-to-day operations. The gap between businesses using AI and those that aren’t is starting to show: 88% of businesses who are fully-booked use AI vs 27% of businesses who are still filling their calendars Here's what 52% of the 1,050 home service business owners surveyed say they use AI for: 54% for quoting 52% for invoicing 51% for writing emails and proposals Younger owners are adopting it fastest --> 64% of business owners under 30 already use AI. Curious how this compares to what you're seeing in your own business. Are you currently using AI for quoting, scheduling, or customer communication? Or is it something you're still exploring?What tech tool actually made your team more productive?
What’s something that genuinely saved time or made your team better? Did it help with quoting? Payments? Share your take below. In this episode of Masters of Home Service, ryaantuttle and Rob Soper get into: Why many owners are still stuck with manual processes How tech can act like extra admin (without hiring) Simple ways to start using tech without overhauling everything Never miss an episode of Masters of Home Service. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting a New Hardscape Division While Busy with Landscape Maintenance Team
How do you actually start a new division of your business while still managing day-to-day operations? Between quoting, scheduling, and running jobs, it’s hard to carve out time to build something new. Curious how others have handled this without things falling through the cracks. What worked for you? Context: our "bread and butter" as a landscaping company has been in residential maintenance (lawn cutting, care, property clean-ups, trimming, garden care, softscape / small hardscape installs, etc.). My business partner and I are near max capacity with taking on more residential maintenance clients and would like to get into higher earning, longer term, larger projects on the install / design side of landscaping.AI Integration w/ Jobber! What's Working for Your Stack?
Hey everyone, first post here, excited to be part of the community. I run a residential cleaning operation in McKinney, TX, and I've been building an AI-assisted ops stack around Jobber. Claude is my primary AI layer for things like client communications, scheduling logic, and business analysis, but Jobber doesn't have a native Claude integration, which creates friction. I'm currently evaluating two paths: 1. Build a custom integration via Make, Zapier, or N8N (I have experience with all three) 2. Use an existing AI app that already connects with Jobber natively Before I invest time in a custom build, I wanted to ask the community: has anyone found a solid AI tool that connects directly with Jobber and handles tasks like drafting client messages, analyzing job data, or automating follow-ups? Open to any direction, like: native apps, workflow tools, or APIs you've had success with. Thanks in advance. Rafael AndradeWhat Supplementary PM Software Are you using with Jobber?
Jobber has that sales pipeline which is still in beta but is limited to the info on jobs. Especially for you GCs out there, what other PM software are you using and HOW are you using it? I've been using a trello board but I feel like most my time is just "cleaning up" the trello board instead of it actually benefitting the business. I'm looking in to a solution that can be more automated with zaps, can help disseminate information from sales to production, and that can help make us more efficient.Jobber Media Opportunity! Using Jobber AI and seeing real results? 👀 We want to feature you.
Jobber's marketing team is looking to connect with a few pros who are using Jobber’s AI tools. We’d love to chat if you: Have noticed measurable wins (more booked jobs, revenue growth, faster replies, fewer missed calls, etc.) Can speak to operational efficiency gains (e.g., handling more inquiries without hiring, delaying headcount, saving meaningful time each week) Feel like AI is giving you a competitive edge in your market Are comfortable sharing high-level numbers (percent growth, hours saved, call volume handled, etc.) Would be open to speaking with media if selected If that sounds like you, send me a DM, and I’ll connect you with our PR team. We’d love to help amplify your story!What’s the #1 task you’re still doing that your software should be handling?
For us, we’re attempting to automate our LEAD funnel further and I’m unsure if there’s a way to zap our online estimate into online booking for clients (currently we go back and forth to set a date). I didn’t list this in the jobber specific forum because our online estimate form is built through Go High Level. Thoughts?
Can AI create accurate inventories from photos or walkthroughs for estimates?
Anyone here using AI to build inventories from photos or on‑site for moving quotes? We’re a moving company looking to automate as much of the quote process as possible. Right now, we’re still doing a lot of manual inventory collection and data entry, and it’s slowing us down and leaving room for mistakes. I’m specifically interested in: AI tools that can take phone photos or short videos (or an on‑site walkthrough) and automatically create an itemized inventory we can use for estimates. Anything that can recognize furniture/boxes from images and turn that into quantities, cube/weight, or at least a structured checklist. Workflows where the customer does a virtual survey themselves and we just review and price it. Bonus points if it can be integrated within jobber If you’re doing this today, which software are you using, how accurate is it, and what does your workflow look like from first contact to approved quote? Any “don’t waste your time on this tool” stories are welcome too.Best Jobber Automations
I just wanted to get a post going for these. They can be super powerful in your business and I feel like they don't get talked about enough sometimes. What are your best Jobber automations you have set up?? I really enjoy dashboards myself that give more custom information about my business. I like to use Airtable / Asana / Zapier. Cheers !
