Free Online Tool for Contractors

The Contractor “What If?” Profit Simulator

See what happens if you sell more, improve your gross profit, or change your overhead, using the numbers from your own P&L. Here

Your P&L isn’t just something you need at tax time.

If the numbers are reliable, they can help you answer one of the most useful questions in business:

What happens if we do this?

That’s what this simulator is for.

Plug in a few numbers from your current P&L, then play with the three big levers:

sales, gross profit, and overhead.

This tool won’t tell you whether the numbers in your books are right.

It will show you why it matters that they are.

Which lever should you pull?

Your P&L isn’t just something you need at tax time.

If the numbers are reliable, they can help you answer one of the most useful questions in business:

What happens if we do this?

What happens if you sell another $200,000 this year?

What happens if you improve your gross profit by 2%?

What happens if you add another employee or cut $30,000 of overhead?

That’s what this simulator is for.

Plug in a few numbers from your current P&L, then play with the three big levers:

sales, gross profit, and overhead.

This tool won’t tell you whether the numbers in your books are right.

It will show you why it matters that they are.

Most contractors can tell you what they want to improve.

But which one would actually make the biggest difference in your business?

Use the simulator to test things like:

Use the simulator to get a better idea of where to focus your attention as you think through the next six months.

P.S. Look below the simulator for help docs.

The Contractor “What If?” Profit Simulator  [Basic]

Start with the sample numbers below, or replace them with your own P&L numbers and see what happens.

Adjust Your Numbers

Current P&L

77.8%
22.2%
$400,000
14.4%
7.8%
$140,000
0.1%
7.9%
$142,000
$1,170,000
1.286

Adjustments

Turn the knobs to see what happens.

Adjusted P&L

$0
0%
$0
0%
$0
0%
$0
0%
$0
0%
$0
0%
$0
$0
0.000
$0

Help Docs: Need help pulling the right numbers?

Need a quick hand pulling the right numbers or figuring out the tool? Grab these quick guides:

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