Let Ψ 1 ,. .. Ψ m be bounded sets of positive kernel operators on a Banach function space L. We prove that for the generalized spectral radius ρ and the joint spectral radiusˆρradiusˆ radiusˆρ the inequalities ρ Ψ (1 m) 1 • · · · • Ψ (1 m) m ≤ ρ(Ψ 1 Ψ 2 · · · Ψ m) 1 m , ˆ ρ Ψ (1 m) 1 • · · · • Ψ (1 m) m ≤ ˆ ρ(Ψ 1 Ψ 2 · · · Ψ m) 1 m hold, where Ψ (1 m) 1 • · · · • Ψ (1 m) m denotes the Hadamard (Schur) geometric mean of the sets Ψ 1 ,. .. , Ψ m .