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The numbers that matter most depend on your trade
The core numbers a home-service business should watch shift by trade. How priorities differ for HVAC, electrical, landscaping, and pest control, and why generic dashboards miss it.
Read → July 9, 20266 numbers every HVAC & plumbing shop should watch (Jobber + QuickBooks)
A plain-English guide to the six business metrics that actually move a trades shop, each worked through a labeled sample, and where each one lives in Jobber, Housecall Pro, and QuickBooks.
Read → July 8, 2026First-time fix rate, and the numbers that make appliance repair profitable
First-time fix rate, parts attach and margin, jobs per tech per day, and callbacks, the numbers that decide whether an appliance-repair business makes money, and where they live.
Read → July 8, 2026The numbers that keep a cleaning business profitable
Recurring contracts, revenue per labor hour, client churn, and staff turnover, the numbers a residential or commercial cleaning business should watch, and where to find them.
Read → July 8, 2026The numbers every electrical contractor should watch
Service calls vs. projects, job costing, change orders and net-30 AR, the numbers that tell an electrical contractor whether the work is actually profitable, and where each one lives.
Read → July 8, 2026The numbers that keep a landscaping business profitable
Seasonality, recurring maintenance contracts, crew productivity and retention, the numbers a landscaping or lawn-care business should watch to stay profitable year-round.
Read → July 8, 2026The numbers every roofing contractor should watch
Margin per job, bid close rate, lead cost, and slow insurance AR, the numbers that tell a roofing contractor whether the work is actually profitable, and where each one lives.
Read →See it watch your numbers
Guidepost reads your Jobber, Housecall Pro, and QuickBooks numbers and tells you what needs attention, in plain English. Want to see the output first? Look at a sample digest.