| Pool & Spa 2007 Top 50 Builders
Florida, another spot where home construction was on fire, is suffering an extreme slowdown. Some firms are watching their business drop 30 percent to 60 percent. “We’ve probably seen eight or nine companies go out of business locally, and there are 35 to 40 in our market,” says John Kennedy, president of Elite-Weiler Pools Inc. (No. 34) in Sarasota and Superior Pools of Southwest Florida (No. 40) in Port Charlotte, Fla. “I suspect there are another nine to a dozen to go.” |
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| Herald-Tribune Business Buzz, November 3, 2007
Elite-Weiler Pools Inc. in Sarasota has again been named one of the nation’s top 50 pool builders in Pool and Spa News’ annual ranking. The company placed 34th on the list, one rank up from last year. |
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| Pool & Spa 2006 Top 50 Builders
New home construction in Tampa, Fla., increased 25- to 30 percent in 2005. Pool-building firms such as Elite-Weiler Pools Inc. had their hands full. “There was a tremendous boom in home building,” says John D. Kennedy, CEO of the Sarasota, Fla.-based firm (No. 35). “Many of our clients are national home builders. It was an extremely busy time.” As a result of their numerous successes in the past five years, the company opened a second pool operation called Superior Pools of Southwest Florida Inc. (No. 25). “They’re two separate, stand-alone companies with basically the same owners, but we did this to be able to consolidate the geographic areas that we serve so we can better service our customers in terms of performing construction,” Kennedy says. |
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| Pool & Spa 2005 Top 50 Builders
From 2003 to 2004, the overwhelming majority experienced some kind of increase. Growth percentages ranged from 2 percent to a whopping 126. The company that experienced the most growth did so after repositioning itself in the market. Elite-Weiler Pools Inc. (No. 16), moved into a new facility, doubled its sales force and beefed up promotion for its commercial pool division. A large part of the company’s phenomenal growth came from a local boom in condominium production. “We have also brought a good share of our work in-house. It’s given us a little bit of a competitive edge,” says John Kennedy, president of the Sarasota, Fla.–based company. This helps offset rising materials costs. |
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| Gulf Coast Business Review Top 30 Contractors
Elite-Weiler Pools, Inc, ranks 14. |
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| Tampa Bay Business Journal: Tampa Bay’s Fastest Growing Companies To Be Celebrated |  |
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| Pool & Spa 2004 Top 50 Builders
Elite-Weiler Pools, Inc. ranks 33. |
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