As 2025 wraps up, we’re proud to look back on a year full of progress, partnership, and powerful tools designed just for contractors like you. From big product upgrades to stronger integrations and deeper connections across the home improvement world, Cilio has been right there, helping you work smarter, faster, and easier.
We’ve strengthened our role as a trusted partner to contractors, retailers, dealers, and installers, bringing you automation, insights, and support to keep your business running smoothly.
And as we gear up for 2026, we’re more excited than ever to keep building solutions that help your business thrive.
Here’s a quick look at everything we achieved together in 2025 and what’s coming next!
1.Stronger Integrations with Big-Box retailers like Lowes, Home Depot, Costco
Over the years, Cilio has worked closely with major Big-Box retailers to help installation companies manage orders, scheduling, paperwork and payments-all from one unified platform.
Lowes for example this Fall issued a whole new set of API connections that we have updated to keep the latest connectivity available for their future systems. Several improvements have been made for Home Depot’s interface to pull in measure docs, automate crew payment calculations, and deliver notes and attachments on HD leads among other wins!
2. Enterprise-Level Accounts
Built for organizations with complex operations and connected systems. Enterprise is an expansion of our traditional contractor platform that allows for additional customization, integrations, and can support multi-branch or franchise operations.
Whether you’re a corporation looking to operate different companies with unique names and needs, or a franchise operation looking for similar workflows to support all your branches, Cilio Enterprise may be a great fit to provide the centralized visibility and tools to manage it all.
3.Growing Through Strategic Partnerships
- CCN: A proud sponsored partner this year — We participated in two CCN national events, connected with hundreds of contractors, listened to their everyday operational challenges, and introduced Cilio as a simple, reliable way to automate tasks and save valuable admin time.
- Toolbelt: A workforce platform connecting contractors with vetted skilled labor, helping teams fill gaps quickly and keep projects on schedule.
- Skilled Hands Alliance: A nonprofit committed to strengthening the skilled trades through education, advocacy, and long-term workforce development.
Learn more about how Cilio is partnering to support providers and grow the industry.
4. Taking Work Off Our Customers’ Plates
Our Business Process Management Services (BPMS) team grew rapidly in 2025.
Companies turned to Cilio to help manage time-consuming tasks such as:
- Compliance tracking (licenses, insurance, EPA certifications, etc.)
- Recurring admin workflows
- Documentation and follow-ups
Our team documents the process, builds a workflow, and staffs the operation—freeing contractors to focus on growth and direct customer communication.
5. Investing in Our Team to Help Your Business Shine
At Cilio, we’re investing in our people so we can invest more in your success. This year, we added talented new team members across.
- Engineering,
- Product Development,
- BPMS operations,
- Onboarding and Customer Support.
More hands on deck means we can innovate faster, provide stronger support, and help your business shine even brighter. Every new team member is here to make sure you get the best tools, guidance, and service to keep your operations running smoothly and your growth on track.
6.Product Innovations: Delivering Tools Contractors Asked For
Many of our brightest ideas come from YOU! The relationships we have built with our clients are the driving force behind our enhancements. From tools that help you get more done in less time, to smarter scheduling, easier reporting, and features that take the hassle out of daily tasks, these updates are all about making your workday smoother and your team more productive.
New Feature Highlights
Responsible User Management
You can now quickly rotate users, remove them from jobs, or pause their responsibilities without any hassle. It keeps your team list clean and up to date.
Better Item SKU Reports
See Crew pay details and profit per item right away, so you always know where you’re making money and where you’re not.
Improved PDF Template Builder
You can map table-style Q&A data and Sales Order Items directly into your PDF templates. This makes creating clean, accurate documents much easier.
Auto Scheduling
Cilio can now automatically match the right crew to the right job based on skills and availability, then recommend the best appointment times for you.
Team Productivity Report
Get a simple view of how your team is working—button clicks, tasks completed, jobs scheduled, and overall productivity, whether they’re in the office or in the field.
Customer-Facing Hot Buttons
Your customers can now fill out questionnaires or send a quick message to your office with just one click.
Crew Pay Rules for Home Depot
Pay rules can be assigned by line item, making payroll cleaner, more accurate, and easier to manage.
Crew Location Tracking
Validate your crews are physically where you expected them to be. Or see how far along their daily schedule they are at a glance.
Better Data Management
You can now pull detailed Job Q&A data into list views, making it faster and easier to find what you’re looking for and make decisions.
7.Quarter earnings & Industry Insights
Our team invested many hours into research to create a knowledge pool for you so you don’t have to. We stayed on top of every quarterly earnings call for major Big-Box retailers like Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Costco, keeping our finger on the pulse of the industry.
Whether it was a shift in retail strategy, a trend in the home-improvement space, or updates that could influence your workload, we made sure you had the kind of clear, useful knowledge that helps you stay ahead and make smarter business decisions.
8.PR and Media Coverages
Cilio secured strong visibility across multiple industry media outlets this year, earning recognition for our innovation, industry leadership, and contractor-focused solutions. Our ongoing momentum and strategic advancements positioned Cilio in the spotlight, reinforcing our role as a key player in modern production management technology.
Media coverage highlighted:
- Our collaboration with a major fencing consulting group to modernize and elevate workflows within the fencing industry.
- A new partnership aimed at bringing improved production management capabilities and operational efficiency to contractors.
- Our leadership in defining production management as the essential component missing from many contractor technology stacks.
Collectively, these features showcased Cilio’s growing influence and continued commitment to advancing contractor technology.
Looking Ahead to 2026
This year, Cilio expanded its platform, deepened its partnerships, and strengthened its mission to help contractors run more efficient, scalable, and profitable operations.
As we enter 2026, we’re focused on:
- Further AI enhancements
- Stronger big box integrations
- Additional automation
- Even better mobile tools for field teams
- Expanded educational content for the industry
- New time tracking capabilities and much more!
Thank you to our customers, partners, and teams for making 2025 such an incredible year.
Here’s to an even stronger 2026—full of better tools, better operations, and bigger wins for contractors everywhere.
Want to see how Cilio can improve your production operations? Schedule a quick call or demo today!
