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Business Profit Checkup

This planning tool estimates how much contribution your business may need from each productive hour after direct job costs.

What kind of business do you run?What do you usually charge per productive hour?For flat-rate work, use your best estimate of job revenue ÷ hands-on service hours.How much do you want the business to pay YOU this year?Weeks completely off each yearDays you want to work each weekHours in a normal workdayHours actually hands-on / billable each dayAdmin, cleanup, ordering, travel and no-shows consume time too.Profit cushion after owner pay + overhead

About what does the business spend each month?

Use your best estimate. Enter 0 where something does not apply.

Vehicle / transportationBusiness insurancePhone + internetTools / equipmentSoftware / subscriptionsAdvertising / leadsRent / suite / shop / storageBookkeeping / accounting / adminOther recurring costs

Other annual business costsAnnual direct job/service costsMaterials, product, subcontractors, disposables and other costs that rise when you do more work.Annual employee/helper costDo not include your own income goal here.

YOUR FREE RESULT

Based on what you entered, your business may need to produce about

$0/hr

in contribution for every productive hour. This is customer revenue left after direct job/service costs. It is a planning target, not a guaranteed or required customer price.

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Business Profit Checkup

About what does the business spend each month?

Based on what you entered, your business may need to produce about

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