We know the traps
in your industry
Generic bookkeeping produces generic numbers. A contractor and a law firm both need accurate books, but they need completely different things from them — and an accountant who treats them the same is useful to neither.
Most bookkeeping problems
are industry problems
When a business owner tells us their books are technically accurate but still useless, the cause is almost always the same: everything was recorded correctly, but nothing was recorded in a way that answers the questions their particular business needs answered.
A roofing contractor whose books balance perfectly but don't split costs by job cannot tell you which jobs made money. The numbers are right and the information is worthless. Come bidding season, they price the next job off a gut feeling.
An Amazon seller whose bookkeeper records the settlement deposit as revenue is understating both sales and expenses by the amount of every fee Amazon deducted. Margins look fine right up until the moment they very much aren't.
A law firm that runs client trust funds through the operating account has a bar complaint waiting to happen, regardless of how tidy the ledger looks.
None of these are exotic. They're ordinary mistakes made by competent bookkeepers who have never worked in that industry and don't know which question to ask.
What industry knowledge changes
- Your chart of accounts matches how you actually work
- Costs are tracked at the level decisions are made
- Revenue is recognised at the right moment
- Compliance rules specific to your trade are followed
- Reports answer questions you actually have
- Nobody has to explain your business twice
All plans from $299/month, whatever your industry
Trades & contractors
Job costing is where these businesses win or lose, and it's the thing most bookkeepers skip entirely.
Construction contractors
Job costing, work-in-progress and retainage handled correctly, so you know your margin per job instead of finding out at year end.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Home services
HVAC, plumbing, roofing and electrical. Technician payroll, job-level profitability and equipment depreciation done properly.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Landscaping companies
Seasonal cash flow planning, crew costing and equipment depreciation, priced on your annual average not your busiest month.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Cleaning companies
Contract profitability, recurring revenue tracking and multi-site labor costing across every account you service.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Manufacturing
Inventory valuation, accurate COGS and production cost analysis, so pricing decisions are based on real numbers.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Property & real estate
Per-property reporting is the difference between knowing your portfolio works and hoping it does.
Real estate investors
Property-level P&Ls, depreciation schedules and 1031 tracking. Know which doors earn and which ones quietly bleed.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Property management
Owner statements, rent reconciliation and security deposit accounting, delivered on schedule every month.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Architecture & engineering
Project accounting, work-in-progress reporting and billable utilization tracking across every active job.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Professional services
Time is inventory in these businesses, and most owners have no idea what their realization rate actually is.
IT & software
Revenue recognition, contractor payments and project profitability, so you know which contracts actually pay.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Law firms
Trust accounting and IOLTA compliance handled to the letter, plus partner distributions and matter-level profitability.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Medical & dental
Insurance receivables, provider payroll and practice performance reporting built for how clinics actually run.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Consulting firms
Project profitability, retainer revenue recognition and subcontractor cost tracking.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Insurance agencies
Commission reconciliation, renewal revenue tracking and producer compensation, matched to carrier statements.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Consumer & retail
High transaction volume and thin margins mean small bookkeeping errors compound fast.
E-commerce
Shopify, Amazon and WooCommerce. Settlement reconciliation, COGS and inventory accounting that makes payouts match your books.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Restaurants & cafés
Food and labor cost percentages, tip reporting and daily sales reconciliation you can act on weekly.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Gyms & fitness studios
Membership revenue recognition, churn reporting and equipment depreciation across every location.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Salons & spas
Commission tracking, booth rent and product inventory kept clean, current and reconciled.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Logistics & trucking
Per-mile costing, fuel and maintenance tracking, driver settlements and IFTA support.
SEE HOW WE HELP →Travel agencies
Commission timing, client deposits held correctly and supplier reconciliation across every booking.
SEE HOW WE HELP →We probably still fit
Nineteen industries is where we've built genuine depth, but the underlying work transfers further than that. If your business bills by project, carries inventory, runs crews, holds client money, or earns commission, the mechanics are familiar to us even if the trade name isn't.
What we won't do is pretend. If you tell us on the call that you run a business with rules we don't know — certain nonprofits, certain regulated sectors, anything with unusual revenue recognition — we'll say so and point you somewhere better. Learning your compliance requirements at your expense isn't a service.
The free call is the fastest way to find out. Thirty minutes, we look at your books, and you'll get a straight answer either way.
BOOK A FREE CALLWhat every client gets
- Replies within 48 hours, guaranteed
- Books closed by the 15th, every month
- Flat monthly pricing, no hourly billing
- Plain-English summary with every report
- The same team every month
- Cancel any time, files handed over cleanly
About industry-specific work
No. Pricing is based on transaction volume, not industry. A roofing contractor and a consultant with the same number of monthly transactions pay the same. The industry knowledge is what you're getting, not what you're paying extra for.
We're honest about the difference between deep experience and general competence. The industries listed above are ones where we know the specific traps — job costing, retainage, trust accounting, settlement reconciliation. If yours isn't one of them, we'll tell you on the call rather than learning on your books.
Common — a construction company with rental properties, or a gym that sells supplements. We set the chart of accounts up to report each side separately, so you can see whether the second line of business is actually contributing or just adding work.
Not the basics. You won't be explaining what retainage is or why a settlement deposit isn't revenue. You will spend time on the specifics of how you operate, because that's the part that's genuinely yours and worth getting right.
Yes, and it's a large share of the cleanup work we do. Usually it means rebuilding the chart of accounts and recategorising historical transactions so past periods become comparable. Cleanup starts at $200 per month you're behind, quoted before we start.
Let's talk about your industry
Thirty minutes, no pitch. We'll look at your books, tell you what's specific to your trade that isn't being handled, and quote you a flat monthly price.
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