Bookkeeping for Essex County Small Businesses
Bookkeeping and payroll for Essex County businesses. MetroWest firm serving contractors and service businesses across the North Shore.
Bookkeeping for Essex County
We provide bookkeeping and payroll services for small businesses throughout Essex County. Monthly transaction tracking, reconciled accounts, financial statements, and year-end preparation for your CPA. The financial back office work you need without hiring someone full-time.
Our office is in Bellingham, but bookkeeping is digital work. We serve clients remotely across Greater Boston and the surrounding region. Your location in Lynn or Salem or Gloucester or Haverhill doesn’t change how the work gets done. What matters is that your books are accurate and current.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Monthly Bookkeeping
Transactions categorized, bank accounts reconciled, books closed every month. You get a P&L and balance sheet you can trust plus a plain-English summary of what changed. No more weekends spent catching up in QuickBooks.
Job Costing
Job Costing
Job costing for contractors that ties labor, materials, and subs back to each project. See true margins by job so you can bid accurately and spot problems before they drain profit.
Payroll Processing
Payroll Processing
We handle payroll runs, tax deposits, quarterly filings, and year-end W-2s. Your crew gets paid correctly and on time. Massachusetts withholding and unemployment taxes filed without you tracking the deadlines.
Year-End Tax Prep
Year-End Tax Prep
Clean books ready for your CPA when tax season arrives. Proper categorization, supporting documentation, and direct coordination with your tax preparer. No scrambling in March to reconstruct the year.
Essex County Businesses We Work With
Essex County has a lot of economic variety. Old industrial cities with renovation projects everywhere. Coastal communities with tourism-driven retail and restaurants. Suburban towns with service businesses serving homeowners. The common thread is business bookkeeping that falls behind because the owner is busy actually running operations.
We work with contractors, trades, and service businesses doing $50K to a few million in revenue. If you’ve outgrown doing it yourself but don’t have enough work to justify a full-time bookkeeper, that’s exactly the situation we’re built for.
Contractors
Contractors
General contractors, remodelers, and builders working across the North Shore. Progress billing, retainage tracking, and financial records that support bonding requirements and bank relationships.
Skilled Trades
Skilled Trades
Electricians, plumbers, HVAC techs, and other trades. We track revenue by service type, manage the timing between work completed and payment received, and keep records organized for Massachusetts licensing requirements.
Home Services
Home Services
Landscapers, cleaning companies, property maintenance, pest control. Businesses with recurring revenue, seasonal fluctuations, and crews to manage. We handle the books so you can focus on the work.
Professional Services
Professional Services
Consultants, agencies, and service providers billing clients for their time. We track billable work, manage receivables, and produce financials that show what you’re actually keeping after expenses.
Common Questions
You're in Bellingham. Why would an Essex County business work with you?
Bookkeeping happens digitally. Your bookkeeper's location matters less than whether they know what they're doing and respond when you need them. We serve clients across Greater Boston remotely. If you ever want to meet in person, we're about an hour away depending on where you are in the county.
What does monthly bookkeeping cost?
Starting at $199 per month based on transaction volume and number of accounts. We quote flat monthly rates after learning about your business so there are no surprises.
Do you work with contractors?
Yes, contractors are a specialty. We understand job costing, progress billing, retainage, change orders, and the timing issues that make construction bookkeeping different from other businesses.
How fast can you get started?
Usually within a week. If your books need cleanup first, we handle that before moving into regular monthly service. Most new clients start with some backlog work.
What if my books are months behind?
That's how most clients come to us. We clean up the backlog, get everything current, and then keep it that way going forward. Catch-up work is a core part of what we do.
Greater Boston's Trusted Bookkeeping Partner
The Next Step:
A Short Conversation
We'll ask a few questions, figure out what you need, and give you a straightforward quote.