About us
About Painter Growth.
Painter Growth is a business coaching and software company for painting contractors. Since 2021 we’ve coached more than 1,000 painting companies across the US and Canada.
The facts
Painter Growth at a glance.
- What it is
- A business coaching and software company for painting contractors.
- Founded
- 2021, by Mike Gore-Hickman
- Based in
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, coaching owners across the US and Canada
- Who it’s for
- Painting company owners, from a first crew to $5M in sales
- What owners get
- A coach, the Pathway to $5M (six stages), the Den software and Lionel, an AI coach
- Coached so far
- 1,000+ painting companies, 10,000+ coaching calls on record
- Recognition
- PCA 2026 Industry Partner of the Year
- On Google
- 4.8 stars from 132 reviews
Read what owners say about us on the reviews page.
The team
Real people, all of them working on painting companies.
Your coaching call is with one of us. Lionel, our AI coach, is trained on founder Mike Gore-Hickman’s playbook and speaks in his voice, and his job is to get you to the right coach faster.
Every plan runs on the Pathway: six stages and 58 checkpoints between painting houses yourself and owning a company that runs without you.
Out in the industry
On stage, on the show floor and in the room.
We teach the Pathway at PCA Expo, talk shop at our booth and run our own masterminds for owners.
Mike with PCA’s 2026 Industry Partner of the Year award.
The Painter Growth booth at PCA Expo 2026.
Group photo at a Painter Growth mastermind.
What we believe
Structure is freedom.
A painting company grows when the owner hands off one seat at a time. Each handoff needs a system behind it, and that system buys back part of your week.
- 01A crew lead takes production
- 02An admin owns the phones, the schedule and the money owed
- 03Sales and marketing get their own leaders
- 04A GM runs the day-to-day
- 05You keep one seat: the vision
Free coaching call
Find the one thing holding your company back.
Book a free call with a Painter Growth coach. You leave with:
- Your #1 bottleneck, confirmed by a coach
- The 90-day plan for your stage, with the checkpoints in order
- A look inside the Den, the software your plan runs on
The Painter Growth coachesOne of them runs your call.