How much material spending is unaccounted for?

What the three inputs mean

Annual revenue

Your total yearly revenue across all jobs.

Material spending (% of revenue)

The percentage of revenue that goes to material.

Estimated unaccounted-for spending (% of materials)

The share of material spending you can't tie to a job, a truck, or stock on the shelf.

Why material matters

Material is roughly a third of a contractor's costs, and it's the least tracked line item. Labor gets timesheets. Material often gets a purchase order and nothing after that.

Where material spending goes unaccounted for

• Overordering because nobody trusts the count
• Leftovers that don't come back from the job
• Truck stock nobody counts
• Deliveries that don't match the order
• Material moved between jobs without a record

What tracking changes

When purchases, usage, and returns are recorded, the unaccounted number becomes visible. You can see what each job used, what came back, and how actual material cost compares to the estimate.

This is an estimate based on the numbers you enter, not a guaranteed saving.