The operating system for contractors
Every job has a margin. You just can’t see it.
Margin One turns your scattered software into one operating system — so you finally know where you make money, where it leaks, and what to do about it this week. Built by people who ran the trucks, not consultants with a deck.
Operator-built · 20+ years in the trades · HVAC · Plumbing · ElectricalNet margin
18.4%
▲ 2.1 pts
Avg ticket
$612
▲ $38
Close rate
41%
▲ 3 pts
New members
+83
this month
Margin by job type
This week’s scorecard
The problem
You’re not short on software. You’re flying blind.
You’ve got a CRM, a field tool, QuickBooks, scheduling, a marketing dashboard. And you’re still the most informed person in the company who can’t answer the questions that decide whether you grow or grind:
It’s not a software problem. It’s an operating-system problem.
Not sure what it’s costing you? Run the 2-minute Margin Leak CheckWhat you’ll finally see
The numbers behind the numbers.
Not another dashboard of vanity metrics. The operating numbers that actually decide whether a contracting business grows or grinds — pulled from the tools you already run.
True gross margin
By job, crew, and department — after labor burden, materials, and overhead recovery. Not revenue dressed up as profit.
Cost per booked job
By channel — LSA, PPC, SEO, direct mail, referrals. Stop paying for leads that never become work.
Technician efficiency
Billable hours, first-time fix rate, and windshield time — where capacity quietly leaks.
Average ticket & close rate
By tech and by job type, with your replace-vs-repair mix and financing attach.
Membership growth
Maintenance-plan penetration and recurring revenue — the asset that makes your business worth more.
Callback & warranty cost
The margin leak nobody tracks, tied back to the crew and job that caused it.
AR aging & cash
What you're owed, how old it is, and what it's doing to cash — before it becomes a problem.
Effective labor rate
What you actually earn per billable hour against your real overhead — the number that decides pricing.
The method
We don’t hand you advice. We install the system — and run it with you.
A number only moves the business if you run it every week.
Connect your data
Your CRM, field tool, books, and marketing into one place.
Build your scorecard
The numbers that actually run your business.
Run the weekly rhythm
The cadence that turns data into decisions.
Grow on what you see
Protect margin, scale what works.
Connect the tools. Build the number. Run the rhythm. Grow the margin — every week, not once a quarter.
From flying blind to running the business.
Without Margin One
- Data everywhere, answers nowhere
- Decisions on gut and memory
- Reports a month too late
- A consultant's binder on a shelf
With Margin One
- One scorecard, the whole business
- Decisions on the number
- The truth, every week
- A rhythm you actually run
Built for the trades
We speak your trade, not generic “business.”
The blind spots are different in every trade. Margin One is built around how HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors actually make — and lose — money.
HVAC
Replacement-vs-repair mix, maintenance-plan growth, and seasonal capacity — where HVAC margin is won and lost.
See HVAC clarityPlumbing
Service-vs-install margin, dispatch density, and callback cost — the plumbing numbers that move real profit.
See Plumbing clarityElectrical
Project-vs-service margin, EV and panel-upgrade demand, and labor utilization — clarity for electrical.
See Electrical claritySee your margin on your own numbers.
One conversation to start — no rip-and-replace, no long setup.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers on M1COS, consulting engagements, and how Margin One works with HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical contractors.