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Financial planning for contractors

When working harder no longer works.

Get more profit THROUGH the work.
You're selling jobs, managing crews and keeping the business moving. But are you making as much as you should be?

T-suite helps contractors understand what their business should be making - and how to get more profit from the work they're already doing.

Pricing
Estimating
Gross Profit
Labor
Materials
Overhead
Owner Salary & Profit
Cash Flow
Benchmarks
Forecasting
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Example result
Your field labor
As a share of revenue
Yours
38%
Contractors like you
20–30%
You · 38%
0%
20%
30%
50%
32%
Your gross profit
vs. Benchmark Target 42%
Your owner salary & profit
Your business
Benchmark Target
The T-suite Financial Benchmark Calculator

How does your business
stack up?

See where you stand compared to other contractors.

For more than 30 years, T-suite has worked with and benchmarked trade businesses — learning what separates companies that make good money from those that just stay busy. The calculator puts that experience to work on your numbers.

Where you stand financially
What your business should be making
Where you could be making more
Sound familiar?
Not enough money.
Not enough time.
Not enough help.

And not enough room to fix any of it.

You're doing the work. Your employees are busy. The jobs keep coming. But there never seems to be enough left over — and before you add more work, more people or more hours, it pays to know you're getting enough out of what you already have.

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More profit creates more possibilities.

How we help
You're selling work, but the income isn't there. We help you see where the money is going, what your business should be making, and where profitability can improve.
How we help
When jobs run long, crews wait or schedules break down, productive hours disappear. We help find where time is being lost — and what those hours are worth.
How we help
Hiring adds capacity, but it also adds cost. We help evaluate labor productivity and what another employee would need to produce.
The T-suite approach

You can't get out of the day-to-day without building through it.

Most trade businesses start the same way: the owner does the work, sells the jobs, manages customers and makes the decisions. That works — until the business needs to produce more than one person can.

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In the business
You make the work happen — deeply involved in selling, planning, producing and managing it all.
Challenge
Results depend heavily on your time and involvement.
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Through the business
The work produces more. Jobs are better estimated and planned, and crews become more productive.
Where T-suite fits
We help you move from IN to THROUGH by improving pricing, crew productivity, job performance and the return on the work you do.
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On the business
With a more productive business, you gain room to make bigger decisions and build toward longer-term goals.
Goal
A business that can grow beyond what you can personally produce.
A contractor on site with heavy equipment behind him
There's a better way to grow

You shouldn't have to work twice as hard to build a business twice as big.

Growth can start creating more work for you instead: more people to manage, more jobs to coordinate, more expenses to cover — and not necessarily more money to show for it. Hard work matters, but at some point the business has to produce more from the time, people and resources already invested.

People
+
Equipment
+
Jobs
=
More profit

Before you add more employees, equipment, or work, make sure you're getting the financial results you should from what you already have.

That's how you build a more profitable business THROUGH the work.

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How financial planning works

Know where you stand and what to do next

You don't need another complicated system. We start with your business as it operates today, then help set financial goals and identify practical ways to improve results.

1
Understand where you stand
Find out what your business is actually making.
Gross Profit
Field Labor
Owner Salary & Profit
How You Compare
What you get
A clear view of your numbers and where the opportunity is.
2
Establish what you should be making
Put real numbers behind your goals.
Profit Targets
Owner Earnings Targets
Your Goals, Not Ours
What you get
Clear targets — and what it takes to reach them.
3
Get more profit through the work
Get more from the people and work you already have.
Pricing
Estimating
Field Labor
Job Costs
What you get
A financial plan tied to the work you actually do.
4
Stay on course
Keep the business producing the results you want.
Regular Reviews
Progress Against Targets
Course Corrections
What you get
Ongoing guidance to make more of what you're building.
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Contractor inspecting construction plans at a residential work site.
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If you’re willing to come in, put your defenses down, and soak this up like a sponge, the reward isn’t just financial — it’s a better life for you, your family, and the family that works for you.
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I was waking up at two in the morning to fill out proposals, working all day in the field, just trying to hold it all together — until I saw there was a better way.
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It brings out what the truth is about your business. You all know it — the pain points, the problems — but here, you’re allowed to focus on them and actually solve them.

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Georgia Landscaper

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Member Since
2010
Trade
Landscaping
Revenue Growth
343%
Results

Over 15 years, revenue grew five-fold while net income increased more than six times. The company moved from a struggling local landscaping company to the premier landscaping and property care provider in the area - trusted with the homes and estates of some of the nation’s wealthiest families.

Ohio Residential Painter

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Member Since
2010
Trade
Painting
Revenue Growth
492%
Results

In fewer than two years, revenue more than doubled from $225K to $475K, and net income tripled from $35K to over $100K. Today, the company produces $1.3M annually with net income approaching $400K. While the next stage of growth requires adding sales support, the foundation is solidly in place - making the coming transition faster, smoother, and more sustainable.

Florida Commercial Painter

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Member Since
2004
Trade
Painting
Revenue Growth
1069%
Results

Over two decades, revenue grew from $560K to over $2.1M annually, with net income rising from $125K to over $500K. More importantly, the Owner no longer operates in fear, but with confidence in a balanced, resilient business.

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A financial planner
for your business.

Not another complicated system. Not another stack of reports. An experienced relationship focused on helping your business make more money.

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