Branching into industrial coatings from commercial painting skyrocketed Service Painting of Florida in Ft. Myers from $3 million to $28 million in revenue in 16 years.Its niche is rehabilitating concrete structures in municipal water and wastewater facilities, power generating plants, reconstruction sites, and some food-processing plants. Dependability, financial stability, a strong middle management, and professionalism enabled Service Painting to build such long-term customer relationships that 80 percent of municipal clients use the company 100 percent of the time.To compensate for a soft economy and market share lost on the commercial side, the company earned its QP-1 certification from the Society
