Operating system · Trades & Home Services

Run an electrical shop that stays cash-positive while it grows — not one that goes broke staying busy.

A banker-grade business plan, 17 operating playbooks, and an editable financial model built for a licensed residential & light-commercial electrical contractor. The thing most new shops get wrong is treating field-electrician wages as overhead and pricing off a guess — so the books read a falsely high margin and the calendar fills with break-even work while a "profitable" 60-to-90-day project drains the bank account. This system prices from real cost and runs the two-engine model (dispatch service that floats project receivables) that keeps a growing shop solvent.

What's inside

The regulatory and market spine, verified — not generic filler. State electrical-contractor licensing backed by a qualifying master electrician (the license that lets you pull permits), the electrical-contractor / license bond (commonly USD 5,000–25,000), NEC (NFPA 70) as adopted locally — 2023, 2020, or 2017 edition depending on your jurisdiction — plus OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart K, 1910 Subpart S / 1910.147 lockout-tagout, and NFPA 70E arc-flash practice, all with a compliance-calendar and first-time-inspection-pass system.

A financial model whose levers are the ones that actually move an electrical shop. Field-electrician labor sits inside cost of goods (so your ~42% blended margin reads true), a service-vs-project margin mix you steer (service 45–60% / upgrades 40–50% / project 28–40%), seasonality, ramp, the supply-house working-capital float, and a lender-ready DSCR — edit the base case and every projection recomputes.

Playbooks that speak the trade. A flat-rate task book built from burdened labor + marked-up distributor material, good-better-best on the 100A→200A panel upgrade, supply-house net-30/45 account mechanics (Graybar, Rexel/Platt, CED, WESCO, Border States), the pull-permit → rough-in → rough inspection → trim → final-inspection cadence, van truck-stock par levels, hire triggers, and the KPI scoreboard (first-time pass ≥ 90%, callbacks < 3%, utilization, receivable days).

Who it's for

Built for the newly-licensed master electrician leaving an employer to start a shop — or the owner-operator ready to add the second van and crew. Instant download; single-buyer license for your own business.

Choose your edition

Edition	What's included	Price
Starter	Business plan + financial model + essential playbooks	$149	Buy Starter
StandardMost popular	Plan + model + all 12 core operations playbooks	$299	Buy Standard
Premium	Plan + model + all 17 playbooks (core + growth & scale)	$499	Buy Premium

Please read before purchasing. This product is an informational and educational operating system — a research-grounded business plan, operations playbooks, and an editable financial model. It is not legal, tax, accounting, financial, or investment advice, and using it does not create a professional-client relationship. Bytell Press does not guarantee any specific business, funding, or financial outcome. You are responsible for your own decisions and for consulting a qualified professional licensed in your jurisdiction before acting.