Some businesses have books with their own shape, and generic bookkeeping falls apart quickly against them. These are the industries we work in regularly.
A contractor, a bakery and a set of rental properties all need accurate books, and almost nothing else about their accounting is the same. The contractor needs costs attached to jobs. The bakery needs cost of goods separated cleanly from operating costs. The landlord needs results per door.
Set up generically, all three end up with a profit and loss statement that is technically correct and practically useless, because the structure cannot answer the question the owner is actually asking.
The specialty work below is where the books are built around the shape of the business rather than the other way round. The industries listed underneath are the ones we work in most often, and each has its own page describing what changes.
These are formal engagements with their own methods, distinct from the standard bookkeeping cycle.
Results tracked per property rather than blended into one number, so you can see which doors are earning and which are quietly costing you. Purchases, improvements, financing and operating costs are kept separate and consistent across every property.
Learn more about this serviceContractors carry costs long before they get paid, and the books have to reflect that honestly. We handle work in progress, retainage, progress billing and cost coding so your margin on a job is a number you can trust while the job is still running.
Learn more about this serviceEach page describes what actually changes in the accounts, rather than swapping one word in a generic description.
Retail and commercial contractors who need costing at job level while the job is still open.
Read the construction and trades pageInvestors and managers tracking results door by door across a growing set of doors.
Read the real estate investing and management pageSeasonal work where the cash swings are the whole story and timing decides the year.
Read the landscaping and lawn care pageMakers who need cost of goods sold to be right before any pricing conversation.
Read the retail manufacturing pageBakeries, coffee shops and small kitchens on margins that leave no room for guessing.
Read the food and drink shops pageMembership revenue that looks steady on the surface and hides a lot underneath.
Read the gyms and wellness centers page
Beyond the two formal specialties, there are industries whose owners come to us for the same reasons and hit the same problems. Each of these pages describes what actually changes in the books, rather than swapping one word in a generic description.
If your industry is not listed, that is not a barrier. It usually means we have not written the page yet rather than that the work would be unfamiliar.
If your last provider produced reports that never quite matched how the business feels, the structure is usually the reason.
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