Residential General Contractors
Managing new homes, additions, and residential renovation projects.
Who we serve
Who We Serve
BuilderBalance works exclusively with construction companies, managing their specialized construction accounting requirements.
Contractor types
General Contractors
Commercial General Contractors
Managing commercial construction, from new buildings to additions and alterations.
Design-Build Firms
Providing design and construction through one contract with the project owner.
Renovation and Tenant Improvement Contractors
Managing building renovations and interior build-outs for new or existing occupants.
Homebuilders
Custom Homebuilders
Building individual homes around each customer's plans, specifications, and selections.
Semi-Custom Homebuilders
Offering established home plans that clients can personalize through their choice of layouts, finishes, and upgrades.
Spec Homebuilders
Building homes for sale and managing the costs and cash committed before a buyer closes.
Production Homebuilders
Managing multiple homes, repeatable plans, and construction schedules across lots or communities.
Remodelers
Kitchen and Bathroom Remodelers
Managing selections, allowances, specialist trades, and installation schedules for kitchen and bathroom projects.
Whole-Home Renovation Contractors
Coordinating substantial renovations, multiple trades, and changes discovered as work progresses.
Design-Build Remodelers
Managing design and construction together, from the initial scope and estimate through approved changes and completion.
Home Addition Contractors
Building extensions or additional living space while managing the costs of work on the existing home.
Specialty Contractors
Electrical Contractors
Installing and upgrading electrical systems in homes and commercial buildings.
Plumbing Contractors
Installing and replacing plumbing systems for new construction and renovation projects.
HVAC Contractors
Installing and replacing heating, cooling, and ventilation systems in homes and commercial buildings.
Roofing Contractors
Installing and replacing roofs on residential and commercial buildings.
Painting Contractors
Managing interior and exterior painting for new construction and renovation projects.
Your business, your stage
Annual revenue
Annual revenue
Annual revenue
Annual revenue
Explore Your Business Challenges and How We Help
See common challenges at each stage of business and what BuilderBalance delivers to address them.
Small Contractors
Under $2MYou manage daily operations and require a stronger bookkeeping foundation.
Explore Challenges and Support →Growing Contractors
$2M–under $8MYou are taking on more projects and need a financial structure that supports your growth.
Explore Challenges and Support →Mid-Size Contractors
$8M–under $20MYou are managing larger teams and need integrated systems with consistent financial monitoring.
Explore Challenges and Support →Large Construction Companies
$20M+You oversee complex operations and require financial leadership to support continued growth.
Explore Challenges and Support →
What we do
We understand your business, build your complete financial architecture, and manage your construction accounting.
We assess the connections your systems support and configure the flow of project, accounting, and payroll information.
Accounting, Construction, and Payroll Platforms We Work With
Accounting
Construction
Payroll
We support construction financials in QuickBooks Online Advanced and Intuit Enterprise Suite Construction Edition where appropriate and available. BuilderBalance is an ADP partner.
Our services
Construction accounting, built around your projects.
Explore the services we provide, from accurate monthly bookkeeping to strategic financial planning.
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Monthly Construction Bookkeeping with Audit Trail
Once your financial systems are established, we manage your daily accounting and bookkeeping operations. We maintain an audit trail that links transactions and reports to supporting records, approvals, and explanations of accounting adjustments. We also manage the tax preparation work included in your engagement.
Explore Bookkeeping
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Project-Level Job Costing Using the NAHB Chart of Accounts
We track each project separately using job cost codes and, where appropriate, an adapted NAHB Chart of Accounts. Project reports compare budgeted and actual spending on materials, labor, subcontractors, equipment, and allocated overhead. We follow approved changes through the budget and billing records, helping you identify which costs are reducing your profit.
Explore Job Costing
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GAAP-Compliant Revenue Recognition, WIP, WIPRA, and WIPAA
Incorrect revenue recording could distort profits and misguide decisions. We apply US GAAP revenue-recognition requirements under ASC 606 to your contracts, supported by work-in-progress (WIP) schedules. For contracts qualifying for recognition over time, we use an appropriate measure of progress, including percentage of completion. We reconcile WIPRA and WIPAA analysis with the books using documented reporting definitions.
Explore Revenue and WIP
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AI-Enabled Workflow Automation
AI-assisted tools and software automation accelerate document capture, coding, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll workflows. Construction workflows include draw requests, AIA G702/G703 progress invoicing where required, retainage tracking, and lien waiver administration. The responsible construction accountant on your allocated team reviews the work and resolves exceptions. Payments and releases follow your approval controls.
Explore Automation
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Construction-Specific CFO Advisory and Financial Planning
We serve as your outsourced CFO and financial planning partner, advising on project profitability, pricing, and KPIs. Our construction CFO advisers review your financial analysis as a team, bringing their assessments together before agreeing on the recommendations we present to you. Cash forecasts help you assess your ability to fund upcoming projects. Your engagement can also include owner, lender, and board reporting, plus multi-entity, intercompany, and joint venture accounting.
CFO advisory is included in selected service packages.
Explore CFO Advisory
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Common Financial Reports for Construction Businesses
Your reporting can include:
- Profit and loss by customer and project
- Project budgets compared with actual spending
- Revenue recognition reports and WIP schedules
- Cash flow reports and 13-week forecasts
- Accounts receivable and payable aging
- Payroll reports and time-clock records
- Balance sheets and retainage reports
Our process
How We Work
01 — Revamp | Months 1–3
Clean books. Stronger financial foundation.
We understand your business and restructure your financial systems around your processes. Regular bookkeeping continues while we clean up historical records, make any necessary migration, and establish job costing and reporting.
02 — Stabilize
Consistent processes. Reliable financial reporting.
We standardize reports, improve AI-enabled workflows, and resolve outstanding issues. Ongoing bookkeeping, monthly close, and financial reviews keep the process working.
03 — Expand
Financial guidance for the business you want to build.
We use your financial results to assess profitability, plan cash, and evaluate upcoming decisions. The work we agree with you begins when needed; the stages do not require you to wait for support.
Ongoing bookkeeping continues throughout. CFO advisory and advanced services follow your package and begin when needed.
See How We WorkWhy BuilderBalance?
What Makes Us Different.
Construction accounting isn't one-size-fits-all. We combine specialized expertise, connected technology and ongoing support to help you make confident decisions.
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Dedicated to Construction
We work exclusively with builders, developers, remodelers, and specialty contractors.
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CPAs and Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors
Our team includes CPAs and certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors with expertise in construction accounting and bookkeeping.
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Construction Software, Connected
We configure accounting, construction, and payroll workflows around how your business operates.
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A Clear Monthly Reporting Schedule
We agree reporting dates and document deadlines upfront, then follow up on missing information to keep your books moving.
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Regular Access to Your Accounting Team
We schedule financial reviews and meet when questions need attention. We explain your results and follow up on items that need attention.
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AI Automation with Construction Accountant Review
We use AI to speed up routine accounting work, with construction accountant review.
Built for the business you're building
Packages and pricing
Compare Packages. Choose the Support You Need.
Starting monthly rates are shown below. We confirm a fixed monthly fee for your agreed scope before work begins. Historical cleanup and additional platform implementation or migration are quoted separately.
BuilderBalance
Essential
Starting from
$xxx/month
Best For: Contractors who need updated books, clear project reporting, and a stronger financial foundation.
Choose EssentialBuilderBalance
Plus
Starting from
$xxx/month
Best For: Growing contractors who need their accounting, project information, and billing to work together as they take on more jobs.
Choose PlusBuilderBalance
Premier
Starting from
$XXXXX/month
Best For: Established contractors who need financial planning and CFO guidance to manage larger commitments and prepare for growth.
Choose PremierBuilderBalance
Signature
Starting from
$XXXXX/month
Best For: Construction companies that need financial leadership across multiple entities, divisions, or complex project portfolios.
Choose SignatureAll monthly rates are in USD. Software subscriptions are separate from our service fees. CFO advisory is included in selected service packages. Selecting a package does not take payment or start an engagement.
Historical bookkeeping cleanup
Bring past records up to date while current work keeps moving.
We assess missing periods and records, agree on priorities, and clean up historical accounts while keeping current bookkeeping running.
- Assess missing periods and supporting records
- Agree priorities for historical cleanup
- Keep current bookkeeping moving in parallel
- Coordinate tax preparation or filing work included in your engagement
How cleanup is priced
Quoted separately for your scope.
Historical cleanup is outside the starting monthly package rates. We review your records and confirm the additional work before it begins.
Implementation and migration
Financial systems built around the way you operate.
We review your software, financial needs, internal processes, and expected growth. If a change would serve you better, we explain the migration plan, budget, timing, and staff training, including how ongoing bookkeeping will continue.
- Assess existing accounting, construction, and payroll platforms
- Configure supported project and payroll integrations
- Plan implementation or migration when needed
- Maintain continuity for current bookkeeping
How migration is priced
A clear plan before work begins.
Additional software implementation or migration is quoted separately. We confirm the scope and budget with you first.
Practical insights
Browse Construction Accounting Resources
Practical Construction Accounting Guides
Understand the figures behind your projects with our construction accounting guide and construction bookkeeping guide. Learn how costs, commitments, billing and monthly records fit together.
Construction accounting
Understanding job costing and project profitability
Explore budgets, actual spending, cost codes and project margins.
Read the guide →
Construction bookkeeping
Organizing the records behind your business
How monthly books, audit trails and supporting approvals fit together.
Read the guide →
Financial reporting
WIP reports, cash forecasts and financial clarity
Understand the reports that help plan your construction growth.
Read the guide →
Common questions
Questions Before You Get Started
Clear answers about software, cleanup, AI review and choosing the right support.
Will I need to change my existing software?
Not necessarily. We review your systems, financial needs, internal processes, and expected growth over the next five years. If your software can support that plan, we work with it. If a change would serve you better, we explain the migration plan, budget, timing, and staff training, including how current bookkeeping will continue during the transition.
Can you help if our books are several years behind?
Yes. We assess the missing periods and records, agree on priorities, and clean up the historical accounts while keeping current bookkeeping moving. If tax returns are overdue, we coordinate the records and tax preparation or filing work included in your engagement.
How do you clean up old records while keeping current bookkeeping running?
We divide the work within your allocated team: some members handle historical cleanup while others maintain current bookkeeping. The BuilderBalance portal keeps their work coordinated and lets you see pending, in-progress, and completed tasks, along with deadlines and expected completion dates.
Who checks work completed with AI?
AI-assisted work is routed to the responsible construction accountant on your allocated team. They review the output, record their findings, and approve it or send it for correction. Our accountants remain responsible for the work we deliver.
How do I choose a package?
Compare the listed services and choose the package that covers the work you want us to manage. We review your jobs, transactions, billing, payroll, and reporting needs with you, then confirm your recurring services and fixed monthly fee in writing. Historical cleanup and additional implementation or migration are quoted separately. You review the proposal before deciding.
Let's talk
Accounting Support That Keeps Pace with Your Growth
If growth has left your books behind or stretched your financial systems, we can help. Share your challenges before the call so we can discuss the support your business needs.
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Share What You Need
Complete a short form about your construction business, software, goals, and current concerns. Type your answers or record a voice note of up to five minutes.
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Choose a Time
Book a time that suits you. Our construction accounting team reviews your information and prepares for the conversation.
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Discuss Your Next Steps
We discuss your priorities, recommend suitable support, and explain what we need to prepare your proposal. You can review the scope and fees before deciding.
Book a Free Introductory Call
No financial files required.