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title: "02 Efficiency Ratings: What is it? How do I calculate and use it?"
description: The efficiency rating is a way to measure your company's performance that is easy for your crews to understand, and impactful on your team.
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# [02 Efficiency Ratings: What is it? How do I calculate and use it?](https://www.growgroupinc.com/the-grow-show/02-efficiency-rating)

 Written by [The Grow Group](https://www.growgroupinc.com/the-grow-show/author/the-grow-group) | Apr 28, 2023 5:19:41 PM

Welcome to The Grow Show podcast, brought to you by The Grow Group. Led by your host, Marty Grunder, The Grow Group is a premier coaching and education firm for landscape professionals, providing innovative events, peer groups, and real-world resources to help business owners and their teams succeed.

In each episode of The Grow Show, we’ll share ideas, tips, tactics, and insights to help you grow your landscaping business. In today’s episode, Marty discusses all things efficiency - your budgeted hours vs. actual hours worked. You’ll hear how this is calculated, what it means to have a good or bad rating, and which industry-focused software helps you keep track.

**Discussion Points:**

- Efficiency ratings - what they are, how they’re calculated
- Looking at some actual numbers
- Capturing the numbers – using software to get the best data
- Budgeted vs. actual hours at Grunder
- A great efficiency rating speaks volumes about a well-run company
- Subscribe so you don’t miss our next episode

**Resources:**

[The Grow Group](https://www.growgroupinc.com/)

[Grunder Landscaping](https://grunderlandscaping.com/)

[GROW! Conference Feb 2024](https://www.growgroupinc.com/grow-2024#:~:text=what%20to%20expect-,GROW!,lawn%20care%2C%20and%20snow%20removal.)

[Marty Grunder LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martygrunder/)

[STIHL USA](https://www.stihlusa.com/)

 

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