Free calculator for landscaping owners

Can you afford to hire a new crew?

A new crew means wages, a truck and equipment before the first job is invoiced. In spring, that can be weeks of cost ahead of revenue.

Cash in the bank today$ Cash the business adds each month now$ Monthly cost of the new crew, with taxes and benefits$ Months until the new crew brings in revenuemonths Extra revenue per month after that$ Payroll per run today (for the safe line)$

Lowest cash, next 12 months

Cost before they pay off

wages paid before new revenue starts

Paid back by

month the hire covers its own cost

Month	Without the hire	With the hire

The starting numbers are an example for a landscaping business. Replace them with yours.

The worked example

Here a new crew costs $16,000 a month and starts bringing in $22,000 a month after 1 month. The business pays $16,000 before the hire covers a dollar of it.

How to make the hire safer in a landscaping business

Hire spring crews against signed maintenance contracts.
Ask install clients for deposits that cover materials before work starts.
Bill maintenance clients at the start of the month.

See every hire in your forecast

One Page CFO adds the hire to your 13-week forecast and shows the tightest week before you commit.

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