Running an Electrical Business

Electrical Business Software
Run the Office, the Vans and the Customers From One Place

An electrical shop with a few vans is really two businesses: the work in the field and the work in the office. ElectricalBossPro keeps both in one place — the schedule and dispatch board, every customer and every address, the panels and generators saved on each house, yearly inspection and generator plans that come due on their own, customer texts, estimates, invoices and the reports an owner actually reads.

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ElectricalBossPro office view showing the dispatch board, service vans on the map and an electrical customer record with panel and generator details

Affordable Doesn't Mean Cheap.
This Is Real Software for Running an Electrical Shop.

Plans start at $59/month and cover the whole business, not just the schedule. Dispatch, the tech app, equipment history, recurring plans, texting, estimates and billing come with the platform. For the full product tour start at ElectricalBossPro, then read here about the owner's side: growing from one truck, staffing the office, pricing, repeat work and the weekly routine.

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Every Van on One Board

Jobs by day and by van, auto-routed from the shop. One van on service calls, one on installs, inspections and generators.

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History on the House

Main panel, subpanels, generator, transfer switch and EV charger saved on the address with model, serial, rating and year.

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Plans That Come Due

Yearly safety inspections and generator maintenance land on the Waiting List when they are due, without anyone keeping a list.

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Texting From the Office

Two-way texting plus automatic reminders, on-the-way and arrived alerts that customers choose for themselves.

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Repeat Work & Referrals

Customers rate the visit, refer a neighbor, request service and sign up for plans in the customer app.

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Paid Without Chasing

Invoice on completion, card on file, auto-charge, online payment and past-due follow-up.

Know What Every Van Did Today Without Calling Anyone

When the business is one truck, the owner's memory is the system. At three vans, it isn't. ElectricalBossPro records each job as the tech works it — started, skipped with a reason, or completed with photos, notes, an inspection checklist and an invoice — so the owner can read the day at night instead of rebuilding it from phone calls.

  • Completed jobs, skips and notes by van and by day
  • Invoices created on completion, cards charged on file
  • Crew GPS on the office map
  • Time clock on every tech's phone
  • Equipment changes flow back to the house record
  • Reports on clients, jobs and invoices
Example End of Day — Tuesday
Van 1 · Service Calls
GFCI replacement, two breaker trips, ceiling fan install
Done
Van 2 · Install
EV charger install, garage, quote approved last week
Done
Van 3 · Plans
Two generator maintenance visits, one safety inspection
Done
Skipped
No one home for the inspection, customer texted for Thursday
Note
Invoices
Created on completion, cards on file charged
Paid
Illustration of a day's work as recorded from the tech app.

Set Up the Shop in an Afternoon

Most electrical owners did not start a business to learn software. ElectricalBossPro asks for your customers, your services and your vans, then runs the day from there. It works in the browser on office computers and on the iPhones and Android phones your techs already carry.

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Bring In Your Customers

CSV import of clients and addresses. Imported addresses are placed on the map automatically, ready for routing.

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Set Up Services & Plans

Your own service list and prices, plus yearly safety inspection and generator maintenance plans by minimum days between visits.

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Add Techs & Vans

Employees with personal PINs and van assignments, office users with their own roles.

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Run the Day

Book on the dispatch board, auto-route from the shop, and let the techs work from the phone while the office watches it happen.

The Owner Becomes the Bottleneck

Growing electrical shops rarely run out of work. They run out of owner. Every question about a customer, a quote, a panel or an unpaid invoice ends up on one phone.

Ask an electrical contractor with three vans where their day goes and the answer is rarely “on the tools.” It goes to answering the same questions: which van is closest, what panel is at that house, did the generator customer pay, when was the last inspection, who quoted the EV charger and did anyone follow up.

Those answers belong in the business, not in the owner's head or a stack of carbon copies. When they live on the customer and the address, the office can answer them and any tech can run any call.

ElectricalBossPro keeps the customer, the house, the equipment, the schedule and the money in one place, from the first phone call to the paid invoice and the next yearly visit.

Business Software Features for Electrical Contractors

Each piece is there to take a job off the owner's plate and put it somewhere the office and the techs can reach it.

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Dispatch Board

Jobs by day, filtered by van, auto-routed Closest First or Furthest First from the shop, with saved views and printed route sheets.

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Waiting List Map

Every visit that came due, on a map and a list, colored not due yet, due now or overdue.

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Equipment on the House

Panels, meter base, generator, transfer switch, EV charger, surge protector, solar inverter and more, with model, serial and rating.

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Safety Inspection Checklist

Checklist, readings, condition and recommendations on the tech app, printed as an Electrical Safety Inspection report.

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Recurring Plans

Yearly inspections and generator maintenance, commercial relamping every 14 or 30 days.

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Estimates & Approvals

Built from your service list, approved online, turned into a scheduled job, with follow-up emails.

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Web Requests & Sign-Ups

Website request and sign-up forms land in Form Responses. One click turns a sign-up into a client.

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Tech App

Route order, navigation, equipment and access notes, photos, Start / Skip / Complete and a time clock.

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Two-Way Texting

Text customers from the office, with automatic reminders and alerts. A monthly text allowance on every plan.

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Customer App

Live route map, service requests, plan sign-ups, invoices, payment, ratings and referrals.

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Billing

Invoices with sales tax, card on file, auto-charge on completion or on a schedule, past-due follow-up.

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Monthly Accounts

Property managers, gyms and retail chains get one monthly statement covering every address.

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Office Roles

Office users with their own roles, employees with PINs and van assignments.

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Reports

Clients, jobs and invoices, sorted the way an owner needs to see them.

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Five Countries

Works in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, billing customers in their own currency.

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Simple Plans

Start $59, Pro $89 and Crew $199 per month, with a 14-day free trial.

From One Truck to a Few Vans Without Losing Track

The jump from one truck to two is where most electrical shops feel the strain. The owner can no longer be on every call, so the information has to travel without them: the panel at the house, the gate code, the quote, the price, the plan the customer signed up for. ElectricalBossPro splits the work across vans on the dispatch board, keeps yearly plans coming due on the Waiting List, and lets an office hire take over the phones without learning the business from scratch. For the long version, read Electrical Business Software: The Complete Guide to Running an Electrical Shop From One Truck to a Few Vans.

  • One van on service calls, one on installs, inspections and generators
  • Office users with roles for a dispatcher or office manager
  • Yearly plans that come due on their own
  • Customer and equipment history on every address
  • Estimates that follow up by email
  • Monthly statements for multi-location accounts
Example Shop Setup
Owner
Estimates, panel upgrades and the hard calls
Office Manager
Phones, texting, billing and the Waiting List
Van 1
Service calls and repairs, booked same week
Van 2
Installs, inspections and generator maintenance
Everyone works from the same records.
The office, the vans and the owner see the same job.

Customers Who Come Back, Pay Online and Send Their Neighbors

An electrical company grows on repeat work and word of mouth. The customer app gives every customer a place to see the crew coming on a live map, request service, sign up for a yearly generator maintenance or safety inspection plan, update their card, pay invoices, rate the visit and refer a friend. Automatic reminders and two-way texting keep the conversation going between visits, and the customer chooses which alerts they want.

  • Live map: “You're stop 12 of 20 — the crew is 5 stops away”
  • Night-before, when-they're-next and tech-arrived alerts
  • Service requests and plan sign-ups
  • Invoices, card on file and online payment
  • Ratings and referrals
Example Customer Record
Plan
Yearly generator maintenance (365 days)
Equipment
Main panel 200A, generator, transfer switch
Last visit
Safety inspection, Good condition
Billing
Card on file, auto-charge on completion
Alerts
Night-before and arrived texts on

Simple Plans for Every Size of Shop

Pick the plan that fits the number of vans you run today. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and no credit card.

Compare plans on the pricing page.

Electrical Business Software — Common Questions

Is this only for big electrical contractors?

No. It is built for owners running one truck up to a few service vans. A one-truck owner-operator can run estimates, the schedule, the tech app and billing from one phone, and the same setup grows when you add vans and an office hire.

Can my office staff use it without seeing everything?

Yes. Office users have their own logins and roles, and techs sign in to the tech app with your company login and a personal PIN. When someone leaves, you turn off their access.

How do I bring in my existing customers?

CSV import. Clients and addresses come in from a spreadsheet, and imported addresses are placed on the map automatically so they are ready for routing and the Waiting List.

Does it set my prices for me?

No. You build your own service list with your own prices — a service call, a GFCI replacement, a safety inspection, an EV charger install, whatever you offer. Estimates and invoices pull from that list.

Can it handle yearly generator maintenance and inspection plans?

Yes. Recurring work is set by minimum days between visits, such as 365 for a yearly generator maintenance or safety inspection plan. When a visit comes due it shows on the Waiting List map and list.

How much does it cost?

Start is $59/month, Pro is $89/month, and Crew is $199/month. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and you can click around a fully stocked sample electrical company in the live demo first.

Running the business is one side of ElectricalBossPro. For the tech app, dispatch, estimates, commercial accounts and generator maintenance in detail, see the full ElectricalBossPro platform overview.

Running an Electrical Business Guides

Practical reading on growing past one truck, staffing the office, setting prices, the service and install mix, repeat customers, reviews and referrals, texting, after-hours calls, customer and equipment history, reports, the seasons, maintenance plans and choosing software.

  1. Electrical Business Software: The Complete Guide to Running an Electrical Shop From One Truck to a Few Vans
  2. From One Truck to Three Vans: What Changes When an Electrical Business Grows
  3. The Office Side of an Electrical Business: Phones, Schedules, Invoices and Follow-Up
  4. Hiring a Dispatcher for Your Electrical Business: When, Who and What They Need
  5. Hiring an Office Manager for an Electrical Company: The Role, the Logins and the First Month
  6. Setting Service Prices for an Electrical Business Without Guessing
  7. The Service Call Fee: How an Electrical Business Prices the Trip and the First Hour
  8. Service Calls vs Install Work: Balancing the Mix in an Electrical Business
  9. Building Repeat Customers for an Electrical Business
  10. Reviews and Referrals Through the Customer App: Word of Mouth for an Electrical Company
  11. Texting Customers From an Electrical Business: Reminders, Alerts and Two-Way Replies
  12. After-Hours Calls in an Electrical Business: Who Answers, What Gets Booked and What Waits
  13. Keeping Customer History in an Electrical Business So Every Call Starts Informed
  14. Equipment History on the House: Panels, Generators and EV Chargers in Your Electrical Company Records
  15. Tracking What Each Van Did: Daily Records for an Electrical Company
  16. Simple Reports for an Electrical Business Owner: What Is Worth Checking Every Week
  17. Getting Through the Busy Season in an Electrical Business
  18. Using the Slow Season in an Electrical Business: Inspections, Maintenance and Follow-Up
  19. Growing Maintenance Plan Revenue in an Electrical Business
  20. Yearly Generator Maintenance Plans as Steady Work for an Electrical Company
  21. Yearly Safety Inspection Plans: Turning One-Time Customers Into Annual Visits
  22. Property Managers and Multi-Location Accounts: Monthly Billing for an Electrical Company
  23. Getting Paid Faster in an Electrical Business: Card on File, Auto-Charge and Past-Due Follow-Up
  24. Following Up on Estimates in an Electrical Business So Approved Work Doesn't Slip Away
  25. Owner Time Management in an Electrical Business: Getting Off the Phone and Back to the Work That Pays
  26. The Owner-Operator Electrician: Running the Whole Business From One Truck
  27. Bringing a New Electrician Onto the Team: Logins, Van Assignments and the First Week
  28. A Weekly Office Routine for an Electrical Business
  29. Moving an Electrical Business Off Paper and Spreadsheets
  30. Choosing Electrical Business Software: What to Check Before You Switch

Get the Business Out of Your Head
and Into One Place.

Dispatch, equipment history, yearly plans, customer texts, estimates and billing for an electrical shop with a few vans. Try ElectricalBossPro free for 14 days.

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