Still Using QuickBooks for Construction?

Here's What You're Missing.

Job costing, forecasting, and real financial control for Construction Subcontractors.

Here’s what’s breaking most subcontractors.

QuickBooks is the default for almost every construction contractor. But once you hit $2–3M in revenue, it starts breaking. You can’t see job-level profit, can’t track field vs office labor, and spend hours just to get a number that still doesn’t feel right.

What QuickBooks Gets Right:

  • Invoices, Bank Feeds, Basic Reporting (fine for startups)

  • Good bookkeepers can keep it going a little longer

Where QuickBooks Falls Short for Construction

  • No real job costing – You see totals, not the story behind them.

  • Can’t track committed costs – You don’t know what’s left to spend.

  • Field and office stay disconnected – Costs don’t reflect real job progress.

  • Budget vs actuals? Always late. – Overruns catch you by surprise.

  • Plugged numbers become profit killers – Without real data, you guess.

“Busy hides broken.” If you’re spending more time cleaning up reports than making decisions, you’ve outgrown the tool.

What a Construction-Focused Financial System Looks Like

  • Built Around Phases - the way the job is built

  • Project Specific Cost codes

  • Retention

  • Over/Under Billings

  • T&M vs Change Orders vs Original Contract.

  • Live Job Financials

  • Weekly Margin Tracking

  • Real Cash Flow Forecasting.

Our Model for Construction Financial Clarity

We do the software migration, bookkeeping, job costing, forecasting, and monthly reporting.

Not just another tool and not a QuickBooks add-on.

A done-for-you system that shows:

  • What’s working

  • What’s bleeding

  • What’s next to fix

  • And CFO support with how to fix it

Still trying to make QuickBooks work?

Let’s talk through what’s not working and whether a change makes sense.

No pressure. No prep. Just a real conversation with someone who’s done this before.