New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- Household services provider Urban Company is making its platform more efficient by using algorithms to better match workers with jobs and reduce idle time. Partners' schedules are increasingly shaped by software, helping fill the gig workers' downtime and create steadier income opportunities.

Its first post-listing quarterly results filings on Saturday show that Urban Company's partners' average active hours per month (excluding its high-frequency vertical Insta Help workers) have surged 51% since FY22-from 59 to 89-buoyed by smarter matching and denser local demand for services including pest control, beauty and grooming, and home repairs.

In its most mature neighbourhoods, the top 5% of service partners are clocki...