Bookkeeping + Advisory
for Electrical Contractors

Clarity at the flip of a switch.

Power: off · running on guesswork

Go ahead, flip it. You know you want to.

Accurate, up to date books that tell you when to hire the next tech and when to roll the next truck. Built for the owner who is elite in the field and drowning in the office.

Job costing · Margin analysis · KPIs

The problem

You have been running this shop in the dark.

Good work on the jobsite, guesswork in the office. That gap is where margin, cash and sleep all leak out.

Bank-balance bookkeeping

The bank account is a mood ring

Healthy on the 1st, terrifying on the 15th. A balance tells you what is in the account today, not what is already committed to payroll, materials and the truck note.

Margin you cannot see

Which work actually pays?

Is service carrying new construction, or the other way around? Without job costing you find out at tax time, a full year too late to fix it.

Decisions on gut feel

Hire, buy or wait?

Every big call gets made on instinct because the books are 60 days behind. Gut feel built the business. It will not scale it.

Nights and weekends

The office runs on your evenings

Ten hours in the field, then quotes and invoices at the kitchen table. You did not get your license for this, and it is not why you went out on your own.

A quick gut check

Can you answer these five, right now?

Q.01

What did your last finished job actually make, after labor, materials and overhead?

Q.02

What does one tech hour really cost you? Not the wage. The wage plus taxes, insurance, the truck and the hours you cannot bill.

Q.03

Which work makes you money: service, remodel or new construction?

Q.04

How much finished work is sitting in unbilled change orders right now?

Q.05

What would you have to charge per hour to pay yourself like the owner, instead of the hardest-working tech on the crew?

If you just said no five times, nothing is wrong with you. Most owners between $500K and $1M can answer one, maybe two. You have a visibility problem, not a skill problem, and visibility is fixable. The shops that scale can answer all five by Friday lunch.

What's included

Every circuit, labeled and live.

No mystery breakers. This is the work that keeps your numbers current and your decisions easy.

Livewire service panel 200A · Main
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Real-time bookkeeping

Transactions categorized weekly in Xero or QuickBooks Online. Your books match reality.

02

Monthly financial reports

Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flow Statement with plain-English notes.

03

Job costing

What each job actually made after labor, materials and burden.

04

Margin by work type

Service vs new construction vs remodel. See which work deserves more of your crew.

05

KPI dashboard

Live visuals for revenue per tech, days to get paid, gross margin and more.

06

Unbilled change orders

Tracked and flagged so finished work never quietly walks off the job.

07

Tax-ready books

Clean files your CPA can use without a cleanup invoice.

08

Strategy sessions

On call for the moments a decision is bigger than a dashboard.

Decision support

The four calls that build or break a shop.

Current books turn the biggest questions in your business into math instead of stress.

Can I afford the next tech?

Sample readout: GO in 6 weeks
  • Backlog hours vs crew capacity Schedule
  • True loaded cost per tech Payroll
  • Gross margin trend, last 90 days P&L
  • Cash floor after two payrolls Cash flow

What should I actually charge per hour?

Sample readout: $148/hr to hit 15% net
  • Loaded cost per tech hour, all in Payroll
  • Overhead spread across billable hours P&L
  • Drive time, shop time and callbacks Schedule
  • The profit target you pick on purpose Advisory

Why do good techs keep walking?

Sample readout: $18K per walkout
  • Pay vs market, level by level Benchmarks
  • Performance pay tied to billable hours Comp design
  • A ladder from helper to lead Advisory
  • Pay that climbs as revenue climbs Comp design

When does truck #3 pay for itself?

Sample readout: Month 14
  • Revenue per truck, current fleet KPIs
  • Finance vs cash purchase math Advisory
  • Utilization needed to break even Job costing
  • Insurance, fuel and wrap, all in Budget
The scoreboard

Numbers on the wall, not in a drawer.

A dashboard you will actually look at, because every tile answers a question you already ask.

0%
Gross margin, service work
0
Days to get paid, down from 51
$0
Unbilled change orders caught
0%
Net profit, last 12 months
$0
Weekly revenue per tech

Sample dashboard: 4-tech shop, Atlanta, Georgia. Yours gets built from your jobs, your crew and your numbers.

"Working with Livewire gave me the visibility I needed on my jobs to know which ones were winners and which ones were losers, so I could focus on the winners and really scale my business the right way."

Daniel D. · Electrical contractor
Pricing

Two plans. No meters running.

Flat monthly pricing, so a question never costs you anything and the surprise invoices stay on someone else's desk.

Month to month. No contracts, cancel anytime.

Single-Phase Plan

The power you need to stay grounded and tax-ready.

$750 /month
  • Quarterly bookkeeping
  • Quarterly financial reports: Balance Sheet, P&L, Cash Flow Statement
  • Clean books ready for tax time
  • Xero subscription included, normally $55/month on its own
  • Strategy sessions when needed
Start with Single-Phase

Add-on reporting

Priced after discovery
  • P&L per van or location
  • KPI reports per van or location
  • Company benchmarks

Strategy calls

$200 / hour
  • Book time only when a financial decision is on the table
  • Pricing reviews, job costing, tax planning, business strategy
  • Comp plans that grow tech pay as revenue grows, so your best people stay
  • CFO-level strategy without the CFO salary
  • Always optional, never bundled. Your time, your terms.
Why electricians choose Livewire

More than clean books.

Trusted network

Staffing, legal, marketing, IT and more. Vetted referrals that save you time and the cost of a bad pick.

Built for trades

Proven systems and reporting designed for trades businesses, not generic templates with your logo on top.

Fractional advisor

Support from someone who understands your industry and your growth stage, without a full-time salary.

Scale up or down

Flexibility to move between plans and add-ons as your business evolves. No lock-in, no dead weight.

Pay for advice when needed

Strategy time stays optional, so you only buy thinking when there is a decision worth thinking about.

Straight talk

Plain-English reviews and clear recommendations. You will never need a finance degree to use your own numbers.

How it starts

Three steps to lights on.

Step 01

Discovery call

30 minutes on your setup, your goals and whether we fit. No pitch deck, no pressure.

Step 02

Cleanup and switch-on

We get your books accurate and current, wire up your dashboard and set the reporting rhythm.

Step 03

The lights stay on

Books stay current, reports land on schedule and every big decision starts from real numbers.

Straight answers

The questions everyone asks.

I'm on QuickBooks. Do I have to switch?

No. We work in both QuickBooks Online and Xero, and we have clients on each. We prefer Xero because it automates more and scales cleaner, so we'll recommend it where it fits, but we meet you where your books live. If a move ever makes sense, we handle the migration. And if you run on Xero, your subscription is included in our monthly fee.

I already have a CPA. Do I need this?

Keep your CPA. They file the return once a year. We keep the books current all year, so the return gets easier and every decision in between is made on real numbers. Most CPAs love getting a clean file from us.

My books are a mess. How long does cleanup take?

Most cleanups land in two to four weeks, depending on volume and how far back the mess goes. We quote cleanup flat after the review call, so there is no meter running while we dig.

What happens on the free books review?

Thirty minutes on a screen share. We look at your current setup, point out what is costing you visibility and tell you straight whether we can help. No deck, no pressure.

I would not even know what to ask on a call.

That is normal, and it is our job, not yours. You bring the bank feed and the stress. We bring the questions. By the end of the call you will know your three biggest leaks and what fixing them is worth.

Do you only work with electricians?

Electrical contractors are our specialty. The job costing, KPIs and benchmarks all come from trades work. If you run an adjacent trade, bring it up on the call and we will tell you honestly if we are the right fit.

Ready to get started?

See your business with the lights on.

One 30-minute call. We look at your current books, show you where the margin is hiding and tell you straight if we can help.

No contracts. Month to month. If we are not the fit, we will say so on the call.

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