Bookkeeping for home service businesses · Greater Houston
Your books, closed by the 10th. Or that month is free.
You run the crews. We take care of the books. Your own bookkeeper keeps every account up to date, closes your month before the 10th, and checks in with you by text once a week.
free, and it only takes 2 minutes3–8 hrsa month is what most owners spend on their own books. Get that time back.
| Profit by service line | Margin |
|---|---|
| Weekly mowing contracts | 31% |
| Bed & install jobs | 18% |
| HVAC & plumbing service calls | 24% |
| One-off handyman calls | −4% |
The reality
Busy season hides the money problems
You pay twice at tax time
Shoebox receipts and a mixed personal account mean your tax preparer spends March fixing books before filing, and bills you for it.
You can't see which jobs make money
Revenue looks fine, but labor and drive time on small one-off calls often eat the profit. Without job costing, you keep saying yes to the wrong work.
Venmo pay becomes a January mess
Helpers paid by cash app still count. For 2026 payments, any contractor you pay $2,000 or more needs a 1099-NEC, and you need their W-9 on file.
Free tool · Job Profit Calculator
Is this job actually making you money?
Most owners price by gut and by what the guy down the street charges. Plug in one real job and see what's left after crew time, drive time, materials and overhead, plus the price you'd need to hit your target margin.
Start from an example job, then change the numbers to your own:
Profit margin on this job
Example numbers are for illustration. This calculator gives an estimate, not tax or financial advice.
How it works
Three steps. Then one text a week.
Take the Books Checkup
Eight tap-only questions on your phone. You get a Books Score and the one plan that fits your crew size.
Get caught up in 14 days
If you're behind, we rebuild the missing months at a fixed price, sorted by job and service line, ready for your tax preparer.
Closed by the 10th, every month
You connect read-only bank feeds once. Each month you get your P&L, profit by service line and a cash check before the 10th.
Example weekly check-in · Thursday
3 charges need a quick answer this week:$412 Home Depot job or truck?$180 Zelle to M. Ruiz helper or refund?$64 Shell crew truck?
Job (Pecan Grove install), helper, crew truck
Done. Books are current. Cash covers the next 6 weeks of payroll.
What's included
Everything your tax preparer asks for, and what you actually want to know
Free Books Checkup
How healthy are your books? Find out in 2 minutes.
Eight questions, all tap-only. You get a Books Score out of 100, three sub-scores, and the plan that fits your business.
Built for home service businesses: landscaping, cleaning, handyman, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, pest control, pools and more, from solo operators to crews of 25.
Pricing
Flat monthly prices. No hourly bills.
Pay yearly and get 12 months for the price of 10.
Solo
Just you, maybe a helper now and then
$249/mo
about $8 a day
- Monthly close by the 10th
- Contractor and 1099 tracking
- Year-end package
Essentials
Crews of 2–15 who want clean books
$595/mo
about $20 a day
- Everything in Solo
- Weekly cash text
- Payroll matched to your payroll app
Growth
Crews of 2–15 who want to know what's profitable
$895/mo
about $30 a day
- Everything in Essentials
- Profit by service line and job
- KPI scorecard and quarterly review call
Scale
16+ people, over $1.5M revenue, or 2+ entities
$1,395/mo
+$450 per extra entity
- Everything in Growth
- 13-week cash-flow forecast
- Peer benchmark report
Behind? Catch-up Sprint
Books brought current in 14 days. Split into 3 payments if you need to.
$350 per month behind · $1,500 minimum
The 10th-of-the-month guarantee
If your books aren't closed by the 10th, you don't pay for that month. It holds as long as your bank feeds stay connected and you answer the weekly text within 3 business days.
no fine print, no catchWhy we do this
Your books get done while you're at dinner
Most owners we talk to do their books late at night or on Sunday, after a full day on job sites. We built SolBook so that time goes back to your family. You answer one text a week; we handle the rest.
See where your books stand
Meet the founder
Hear from Div in 90 seconds
Who's behind this
Built by a local service-business owner
SolBook was started in Missouri City by Div, who runs a service business himself and knows what it's like to do the books on Sunday night. The idea is simple: a bookkeeper who understands the trades, answers your texts, and gives you your evenings back.
Talk to us
hello@trysolbook.com For CPA and tax firms
Hand us the bookkeeping. Keep the tax and advisory work.
Monthly bookkeeping is low-fee, staff-heavy work. We take it off your plate, and every client's books arrive CPA-ready by January 31.
Referral
You refer the client. We sign and bill them directly.
10% of monthly fees for 12 months, disclosed in writing to the client
White-label
You keep the client relationship and your own pricing. We bill you at wholesale.
Your margin over our wholesale rate
Reciprocal
No fees either way. We send our clients who need tax or advisory work to you.
New tax and advisory clients
FAQ
Straight answers
Are you a CPA firm?
No. We're a bookkeeping service. We keep your books, reports and contractor records, and we work alongside your CPA or tax preparer. We don't prepare income tax returns or provide audit or review services.
Who handles my financial data?
Your bookkeeper does, with read-only access to your bank, so nobody can move money. Every account uses two-step sign-in, and we follow a written information security plan to keep your records safe.
Do I have to change my payroll or invoicing app?
No. We work with what you use now and match it to your books. If you're on spreadsheets, we set up QuickBooks Online or Xero for you.
I'm a year behind. Is that a problem?
It's common. The Catch-up Sprint rebuilds the missing months at $350 per month behind, done in 14 days, and you can split it into 3 payments.
Do you handle 1099s for my helpers?
We collect W-9s, track every contractor payment all year, and hand you or your tax preparer a ready-to-file 1099 list. For 2026 payments the filing threshold is $2,000 per contractor.
Can you work with me in Spanish?
This website is fully available in Spanish with the button at the top of the page. Ask us about Spanish-language support when you book your call.