diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index 8f1a3f1..52f6ed9 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -800,8 +800,19 @@ type Service struct {
 	CreatedAt  time.Time `json:"createdAt"`
 	DeployedAt time.Time `json:"deployedAt"`
 	Domains    []string  `json:"domains"`
+	// Kind is the workload type: "function" or "batch". Empty when talking to a
+	// server that predates the field, which is treated as "function".
+	Kind string `json:"kind"`
 }
 
+// IsBatch reports whether this is a batch service, for which the deployment and
+// domain columns are meaningless.
+func (s Service) IsBatch() bool { return s.Kind == "batch" }
+
+// Deployed reports whether the service has ever been deployed. A batch service
+// never is, and a function service may not have been yet.
+func (s Service) Deployed() bool { return !s.DeployedAt.IsZero() }
+
 type Build struct {
 	ID          string    `json:"id"`
 	Constructor string    `json:"constructor"`
diff --git a/cmd/services.go b/cmd/services.go
index d963bf5..4913e8b 100644
--- a/cmd/services.go
+++ b/cmd/services.go
@@ -78,13 +78,14 @@ var serviceListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			return services[i].DeployedAt.Before(services[j].DeployedAt)
 		})
 		tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 1, ' ', 0)
-		fmt.Fprintln(tw, "NAME\tVERSION\tCREATED\tLAST DEPLOYED\tDOMAINS")
+		fmt.Fprintln(tw, "NAME\tKIND\tVERSION\tCREATED\tLAST DEPLOYED\tDOMAINS")
 		for _, svc := range services {
 			fmt.Fprintln(tw, strings.Join([]string{
 				svc.Name,
-				strconv.FormatInt(svc.Deployment, 10),
+				serviceKind(svc.Kind),
+				deployedVersion(svc),
 				humanize.Time(svc.CreatedAt),
-				humanize.Time(svc.DeployedAt),
+				lastDeployed(svc),
 				strings.Join(svc.Domains, " "),
 			}, "\t"))
 		}
@@ -93,6 +94,44 @@ var serviceListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	}),
 }
 
+// serviceKind renders a service's workload type.
+//
+// Deliberately uncoloured. tabwriter measures cell width in bytes, so an ANSI
+// sequence makes a cell look ~9 characters wider than it prints and the whole
+// table skews -- which is already visible wherever colorize() is used inside a
+// tabwriter elsewhere in this CLI. A column of its own distinguishes the kinds
+// well enough without that cost.
+func serviceKind(kind string) string {
+	if kind == "" {
+		// A server predating the kind field. Reporting "function" would be a
+		// guess presented as fact.
+		return "-"
+	}
+	return kind
+}
+
+// deployedVersion renders the deployment version, or a dash when there is no
+// deployment to have a version.
+func deployedVersion(svc api.Service) string {
+	if !svc.Deployed() {
+		return "-"
+	}
+	return strconv.FormatInt(svc.Deployment, 10)
+}
+
+// lastDeployed renders the deployment time, or a dash when the service has
+// never been deployed.
+//
+// Humanising the zero timestamp yields "a long while ago", which reads as
+// deployed in the distant past. For a batch service that is not merely
+// imprecise: it is never deployed at all, by design.
+func lastDeployed(svc api.Service) string {
+	if !svc.Deployed() {
+		return "-"
+	}
+	return humanize.Time(svc.DeployedAt)
+}
+
 var (
 	serviceLogsFollow  bool
 	serviceLogsTail    bool
diff --git a/cmd/services_test.go b/cmd/services_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2743a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/services_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/valar/cli/api"
+)
+
+func TestServiceKind(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct{ In, Want string }{
+		{"function", "function"},
+		{"batch", "batch"},
+		// A server predating the field must not be reported as "function":
+		// that would present a guess as fact.
+		{"", "-"},
+		{"something-new", "something-new"},
+	} {
+		if got := serviceKind(tc.In); got != tc.Want {
+			t.Errorf("serviceKind(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.In, got, tc.Want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Humanising the zero timestamp yields "a long while ago", which reads as
+// deployed in the distant past. A batch service is never deployed at all.
+func TestDeployedColumns_NeverDeployed(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := api.Service{Name: "batchdemo", Kind: "batch"}
+	if got := lastDeployed(svc); got != "-" {
+		t.Errorf("lastDeployed = %q, want -", got)
+	}
+	if got := deployedVersion(svc); got != "-" {
+		t.Errorf("deployedVersion = %q, want -", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeployedColumns_Deployed(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := api.Service{Name: "web", Kind: "function", Deployment: 7, DeployedAt: time.Now().Add(-time.Hour)}
+	if got := deployedVersion(svc); got != "7" {
+		t.Errorf("deployedVersion = %q, want 7", got)
+	}
+	if got := lastDeployed(svc); got == "-" {
+		t.Error("lastDeployed should render a time for a deployed service")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestServiceIsBatch(t *testing.T) {
+	if !(api.Service{Kind: "batch"}).IsBatch() {
+		t.Error("batch service should report IsBatch")
+	}
+	for _, kind := range []string{"function", ""} {
+		if (api.Service{Kind: kind}).IsBatch() {
+			t.Errorf("kind %q should not report IsBatch", kind)
+		}
+	}
+}