Established 2024 · Salt Lake City

Beehive Biz Pulse

January 23, 2026
Today's Pulse
REMODELLeifson Built (Lehi) — January 2026 baseline: seven-person crew running full basement project schedule through February. Spring 2026 deck calendar 60% booked. Earliest available deck start date is late April. DOPL active.↗
RETAILLove Thy Barber (SLC) — January post-holiday repeat order rate above any prior January. Gift set recipients converting to core product line at 28%. Subscription base growth from Q4 holding through new year. lovethybarber.shop active.↗
HVACArcher Mechanical (SLC) — January heating replacement calls from October and November inspections continuing. Emergency heating call response under two hours maintained through January cold stretch. Planning Q1 tech hire ahead of spring. DOPL active.↗
HOMEYoungs Cabinet Refinishing (Provo) — January spring inquiries running ahead of January 2025 pace. February and March already filling. Referral-driven demand entering the new year above prior January baseline. DOPL active.↗
WELLNESSPrime IV Hydration Sandy — January new-year wellness peak plus winter immune segment running simultaneously. $85 intro held through January. Walk-in conversion to repeat at 40%. Appointment horizon extended to two weeks.↗
MARKETBLS Q4 2025 update: Utah HVAC technician median wage at $32.10/hr — up 6.6% vs. Q4 2024. Licensed journeyman plumber up 5.9% over same period. Labor market compression in licensed trades continues to accelerate.↗
TRADESMario's Plumbing and Heating (SLC) — January freeze-season wrap-up. Post-emergency season transitioning to spring planning: outdoor systems, new construction hookups, water heater prep. License active, clean record.↗
PULSE

January 2026 is running above January 2025 across every sector we track. The structural story hasn't changed: operators who built referral pipelines in prior seasons are entering 2026 with fuller Q1 calendars than they had in 2025. The BLS wage data confirms the labor market is tightening further — HVAC tech wages up 6.6% in a single year is meaningful compression.

FOUNDERS

Love Thy Barber's gift set conversion rate — 28% of recipients ordering core products — is the metric that separates a successful holiday campaign from a brand-building event. Most companies sell gift sets and never see the recipient again. A 28% conversion from recipient to active buyer means the product did the work. No marketing spend required.

TRUST

Verified: BLS wage data from public source, DOPL operator status and license records, operator-confirmed volume and booking metrics.