How Covid-19 has changed the Pool Industry

Before the pandemic hit, the pool industry was on a slow decline. Although pools for the rich and wealthy were still getting great business, upper middle class clients were slowly dropping. After the pandemic hit, the pool demand skyrocketed because people were stuck at home and needed to find a new way to have fun and of course stay safe from Covid. Furthermore, it completely changed the outdoor entertainment industry.

The first thing that was directly affected was pool clubs. Many towns in America have some sort of pool club for the town's residents. This works buy paying for a membership for that summer season and you can go whenever you want. These were ideal for families because it was affordable and everything was taken care of by the swim club. But now because of the pandemic, many of the pool clubs shutdown that summer of 2020 in order to keep the community safe. This drove families to invest in their own pool to have the privacy of a private pool.

Additionally, the pool industry was changed within the pool service industry. For example the pool company I worked for constructed pools and also had a pool store. Before the pandemic, the sale of pool chemicals was extremely low because many people did not do it themselves. Although we had a pool servicing offered, there was only so many clients that the company could take. But since the pandemic hit, people were always home and time to learn the craft of chemical care in a pool. So we had just as many clients for the pool service, plus an array of people buying pool chemicals.

Finally, the pool industry within the supply chain was completely changed by the pandemic. Pool chemicals, and supplies to build pools are held up somewhere within the supply chain. So the problem that the industry is having is now keeping up with the demand that is being presented. For instance, this past summer there was a chlorine shortage.