Free planner for moving company owners
Plan your cash for the slow season
Moving peaks from May to September and at the end of every month. Winter brings fewer moves, while truck payments, insurance and storage rent stay the same.
Adjust your season (share of yearly revenue by month)
Lowest month-end cash
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Cash burned in the slow months
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total of the months that lose cash
Cash to hold before the slow season
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burn + one month of fixed costs
The starting numbers and the monthly pattern are an example for a moving company. Adjust them to your own history.
A slow-season plan for a moving company
- Set the winter reserve before June, from what last winter cost you.
- Push commercial and office moves in the slow months.
- Offer storage, which bills monthly all year.
How cash moves in a moving company
- Summer and month-end weekends carry the year.
- Deposits arrive when the move is booked, before crews and trucks are paid.
See the slow season coming, every Monday
One Page CFO tracks your cash 13 weeks ahead from your QuickBooks, so the slow months never arrive as a surprise.