Established 2024 · Salt Lake City

Beehive Biz Pulse

December 12, 2024
Today's Pulse
RETAILLove Thy Barber (SLC) — holiday gift set sold out in five days. Second production run ordered. Shipping to 28 states from lovethybarber.shop. Gift set revenue above any prior single-week total.↗
WELLNESSPrime IV Hydration Sandy — December booking calendar running at November peak levels. Immune support demand holding into year-end. $85 intro unchanged. Repeat rate 38%.↗
TRADESMario's Plumbing and Heating (SLC) — freeze preparation calls active through December. Customers who called in September are the ones not calling in emergency mode today. DOPL active.↗
HVACArcher Mechanical (SLC) — heating system replacements running through December from October inspection pipeline. Response times held for emergency heating calls. DOPL active, clean record.↗
REMODELLeifson Built (Lehi) — ending 2024 with a 50-day waitlist. January basement project starts already scheduled. Project coordinator fully operational. DOPL active.↗
F&BProper Brewing Co. (SLC) — Tuesday nights continuous for 34 months. December regulars are the June regulars. The habit didn't take a holiday. DABC licensed, no violations.↗
YEAR2024 summary: Beehive Biz Pulse tracked seven core Wasatch Front operators across 28 pulses. Zero operators removed from coverage due to quality or license issues. That's the standard.
PULSE

2024 closes with the operators who built retention and referral pipelines in the strongest position they've held. The IV hydration market lost two operators to price competition. The remodel market concentrated demand toward licensed, referral-heavy shops. The food and beverage operators who built habit-driven retention are running December like October.

FOUNDERS

Love Thy Barber's holiday sell-out is the business story of December. A barbershop product line that started from a customer question is now a national brand shipping in the holiday season across 28 states. Built without a single dollar of paid marketing.

TRUST

Year-end verified: all tracked operators confirmed active at DOPL or applicable regulatory body. Zero disciplinary actions in the 2024 coverage period. Zero unresolved complaints.