The Back Office Your Landscaping Company Is Missing
Maintenance contracts, install projects, and seasonal crews all tracked separately. Cash flow forecasting that accounts for your off-season.
You Make All Your Money in Eight Months. Your Books Don't Help You Plan for the Other Four.
Landscaping is the most seasonal trade in the service business. In most markets, you have March through November to generate the revenue that needs to carry you through winter. Maintenance contracts provide some stability, but install projects drive the real margins. If you can't tell which install jobs are making money and which ones are losing it, you're gambling with your busiest season.
Crew-based costing makes it harder. You're running 3, 5, maybe 10 crews simultaneously across maintenance routes and install projects. Each crew has different labor costs, different productivity levels, and different equipment needs. Most landscaping financials don't connect any of this to specific jobs or routes.
Then there's the off-season cash crunch. Revenue drops dramatically, but fixed costs (equipment payments, insurance, key employees you need to retain) don't. Without a cash flow forecast built around your seasonal patterns, you're guessing whether you'll make it to March with enough runway.
We build the back office that tracks profitability by crew and by job type, separates maintenance from install economics, and forecasts cash flow across your seasonal cycle so you can make decisions in June that keep you solvent in January.
What Your Back Office Looks Like with Jobcard
Monthly Financial Reporting
P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow delivered through our automated monthly close. Not a QBO printout. A narrative that explains what happened, why, and what to do next.
Job-Level Profitability
Every job tracked with actual costs: materials, direct labor, subs, equipment. You see which jobs made money and which didn't.
Cash Flow Forecasting
A rolling forecast that accounts for your seasonal patterns and actual receivables. 90 days of visibility, updated monthly.
Benchmarking
Your margins, overhead, and productivity benchmarked against other Landscaping contractors in your revenue range.
Overhead Rate Analysis
Your true overhead rate calculated and updated quarterly. The number that should drive every bid.
WIP Schedule
Open jobs tracked with costs-to-date, estimated costs to complete, and projected margin. No surprises at closeout.
AR/AP Management
Aging reports with follow-up flags. Know who owes you, how long, and exactly where your cash is tied up.
CPA-Ready Books
Clean financials delivered to your CPA monthly. We coordinate directly so nothing falls through the cracks.
Built for How Landscaping Companies Actually Work
Maintenance vs. Install Profitability
Maintenance contracts are lower-margin but recurring. Install projects are higher-margin but variable. Most landscaping financials show one blended number. We separate them so you can see the true contribution of each revenue stream and make informed pricing decisions on both.
Seasonal Cash Management
Your revenue cycle has a hard seasonal boundary. We build a 13-week rolling cash flow forecast calibrated to your specific seasonal pattern, factoring in equipment financing, crew retention costs during the off-season, and the timing of spring startup expenses.
Crew-Level Economics
Each crew is a mini profit center. We track labor and equipment costs by crew so you can see which teams are hitting target margins and which ones need attention. This is the data that drives crew bonuses, training decisions, and equipment allocation.
Equipment and Fleet Costs
Mowers, trucks, trailers, skid steers. Equipment is a major capital expense that needs to be depreciated properly and allocated across jobs. We track equipment costs by asset and by job so your financials reflect the true cost of running each crew.
From Chaos to Clarity in 30 Days
Assessment
Take our free assessment. Five minutes. We score your back office across 5 dimensions and benchmark you against other Landscaping contractors.
Onboarding
We connect to your QuickBooks, map your chart of accounts, and set up Landscaping-specific reporting. Onboarding takes 2-3 weeks.
Monthly Close
Every month, we process transactions, allocate costs to jobs, reconcile accounts, and deliver your complete financial package through our automated monthly close.
Insights
A monthly report you can read in 5 minutes: where your money went, which jobs performed, cash outlook for the next 90 days, and what to do about it.
Every Landscaping contractor on Jobcard gets benchmarked against others in the same trade and revenue band. You'll see where your gross margins rank, whether your overhead rate is competitive, and which metrics are pulling you ahead or holding you back.
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Find Out Where Your Landscaping Business Stands
Free assessment. Five minutes. Benchmarked against landscaping contractors in your revenue range.
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