Every industry breaks the books in its own way. A contractor needs job costing and subcontractor 1099s. An online seller needs platform payouts reconciled against deposits and sales tax tracked across states. A restaurant needs tips, comps, and food cost handled correctly. Setting books up around those realities is most of the work.
24 of these also have state-by-state guides, because sales tax nexus, licensing, payroll rules, and in some states the tax you file instead of sales tax genuinely differ where you operate.
White Glove Accounting is a bookkeeping firm — not a licensed CPA firm, public accountancy firm, or registered tax preparer. We keep your books clean so your CPA or tax preparer can do their job.
Industries with state-by-state guides
Auto Repair & Collision Shops
Parts, labor, and sublet are three different numbers on one invoice.
Learn moreAuto, Powersports & Marine Dealers
Every unit on the lot is an asset with its own cost, its own floor plan interest, and its own age.
Learn moreBreweries, Wineries & Distilleries
The taproom and the distributor are two businesses with two sets of numbers.
Learn moreChildcare & Preschools
Tuition collected in August is not August revenue.
Learn moreConstruction & Trades
If you cannot see it by job, you cannot price the next one.
Learn moreE-Commerce & Online Sellers
Platform payouts are net of a dozen deductions. Your books need the gross.
Learn moreFarms & Agriculture
A year of cost, then a harvest — and books that report it monthly tell you nothing.
Learn moreHOAs & Community Associations
The reserve fund is not spare cash, and treating it as such is how associations end up in special assessment.
Learn moreHome Services & Field Trades
Parts, labor, and trucks — taxed three different ways depending on where you are.
Learn moreInsurance Agencies
The carrier statement and the deposit have never once matched.
Learn moreManufacturing & Job Shops
If work-in-process is not on the balance sheet, your margin is fiction.
Learn moreMedical & Dental Practices
Insurance deposits rarely match what you billed. The books have to explain the gap.
Learn moreProfessional Services & Consultants
Which clients actually make money — and are your services even taxable here?
Learn moreProperty Management
Owner funds are not your funds, and the books have to prove it.
Learn moreReal Estate Agents & Brokers
Commission in, split out, and a 1099 that does not match what you banked.
Learn moreReal Estate Investors & Developers
Property-level books, or you are flying blind on every door.
Learn moreRestaurants & Food Service
Tips, comps, and food cost — the three numbers that decide the month.
Learn moreRetail & Brick-and-Mortar
What the register says, what the processor deposits, and what the bank shows are three different numbers.
Learn moreSalons, Spas & Barbershops
Booth renters, retail product, and tips — three different tax answers under one roof.
Learn moreShort-Term Rentals & Hosts
The payout is net. The tax you collected was never yours.
Learn moreTitle & Escrow Companies
The escrow account balances three ways, every day, or something is wrong.
Learn moreTrucking & Logistics
Cost per mile is the only number that matters, and most books cannot produce it.
Learn moreVeterinary Practices
Part clinic, part pharmacy, part retailer — and the tax answer differs for each.
Learn moreWholesale & Distribution
Every exempt sale you cannot document is a taxable sale.
Learn moreNationwide industries
Agencies & Marketing
Pass-through ad spend is not your revenue.
Learn moreBehavioral Health & Therapy Practices
Billed, allowed, paid, and written off are four different numbers per session.
Learn moreCleaning & Janitorial
Labor is seventy percent of the invoice, so a point of margin is a payroll question.
Learn moreContent Creators
Brand deals, ad revenue, affiliates, merch — income from everywhere.
Learn moreConvenience Stores & Fuel Retail
Four businesses, one register, and most of the money is not yours.
Learn moreEvent Venues & Wedding Professionals
A deposit taken eighteen months out is a promise, not a sale.
Learn moreFilm & Production
Production costs tracked against budget, project by project.
Learn moreFitness & Wellness
Memberships are deferred revenue, not cash in the door.
Learn moreFranchises & Multi-Unit Operators
Every unit on the same chart of accounts, or you cannot compare them.
Learn moreFuneral Homes
Money collected for a service that may be delivered in twenty years is not revenue now.
Learn moreHome Health & Senior Care
Payroll goes out weekly. Reimbursement comes back in ninety days.
Learn moreInterior Designers
Two hundred thousand dollars of client furniture is not two hundred thousand dollars of your revenue.
Learn moreLaw Firms
Client trust funds are not firm revenue, and the books must never blur that.
Learn moreMusicians & Recording Artists
Touring, streaming, publishing, sync, merch — was the run actually profitable?
Learn morePhotographers & Creative Freelancers
Retainers, usage licences, and print sales are three different revenue types.
Learn moreSaaS & Subscription Businesses
Cash collected in January for a year of service is one month of revenue.
Learn moreSelf-Storage, Car Washes & Rentals
Recurring revenue and depreciating assets, and both need watching.
Learn moreStartups & Tech
Investor-ready books before you need them, not during diligence.
Learn moreTravel Agencies
A hundred thousand dollars of bookings might be six thousand dollars of income.
Learn moreFind your specific trade
148 named specialisms, each covered in depth on its industry page. If you call yourself a roofer rather than a contractor, start here.
- Agency-to-Product Transitions
- Amazon FBA Sellers
- Appliance Repair
- Architecture Firms
- Area Developers
- Bakeries
- Barbershops
- Bars and Taverns
- Biotech and Life Sciences
- Blow-Dry Bars
- Boutiques and Apparel
- Brand Deals and UGC
- Branding Studios
- Casting Directors
- Catering Companies
- Chimney and Fireplace
- Chiropractic Practices
- Cinematographers and DPs
- Climbing Gyms
- Coffee Shops
- Commercial and Branded Content
- Commercial and CAM
- Concrete and Foundations
- Consignment and Thrift
- Courier and Hotshot
- Course Creators
- Criminal Defense
- CrossFit and Functional Fitness
- Cryotherapy and Recovery Studios
- Day Spas
- Demolition Contractors
- Dental Practices
- Dermatology and Aesthetics
- DME Suppliers
- Dropshipping Businesses
- Drywall and Finishing
- Dump Trucks and Aggregate Hauling
- eBay Sellers
- Electrical Contractors
- Engineering Firms
- Estate Planning
- Etsy Sellers
- Excavation and Site Work
- Family Law
- Fencing and Decking
- Fintech
- Firearms Dealers
- Fitness Franchises
- Fix-and-Flip
- Flooring Contractors
- Food Trucks
- Fractional CFOs and Consultants
- Framing and Carpentry
- Franchise Restaurants
- Franchisors
- Freight Brokers
- Garage Door Service
- Garden Centres and Nurseries
- General Contractors
- Ghost Kitchens
- Glazing and Glass
- Gutter Installation and Cleaning
- Hair Salons
- Handyman and General Repair
- Hardware Startups
- HOA Management Companies
- Home-Service Franchises
- HVAC Contractors
- Immigration
- Influencer and UGC Agencies
- Insulation Contractors
- Intellectual Property
- IT Consultants and MSPs
- IV and Wellness Bars
- Junk Removal
- Land and Lot Development
- Landscaping and Lawn Care
- Lash and Brow Studios
- Last-Mile and Amazon DSP
- Liquor Stores
- Loan-Out Corporations
- Locksmiths
- Management Consultants
- Marketplaces
- Martial Arts Schools
- Masonry and Stonework
- Massage Therapy
- Med Spas
- Mobile Detailing
- Mobile Home Communities
- Mobile Home Parks
- Moving Companies
- Multi-Unit Food Operators
- Nail Salons
- Newsletter Writers
- Optometry Practices
- Owner-Operators
- Painting Contractors
- Paving and Asphalt
- Permanent Makeup and Microblading
- Personal Injury
- Personal Trainers
- Pest Control
- Pharmacies
- Physical Therapy Practices
- Pizzerias
- Plumbing Contractors
- Podcasters
- Pool Service and Maintenance
- Post-Production Houses
- PPC and Media Buying
- PR Firms
- Print-on-Demand Sellers
- Production Companies
- Recruiting and Staffing Firms
- Refrigerated Carriers
- Remodelers
- Restoration Contractors
- Roofing Contractors
- SEO Agencies
- Septic and Drainage
- Shopify Stores
- Single-Family Portfolios
- Snow Removal
- Solar Installation
- Sports Academies
- Streamers
- Student Housing
- Subscription Box Businesses
- Subscription Platform Creators
- Syndications and Funds
- Tattoo Studios
- TikTok Shop Sellers
- Tile and Stone
- Towing Operators
- Translation and Localisation
- Tree Service
- Urgent Care Clinics
- Vape and Smoke Shops
- Walmart Marketplace Sellers
- Waxing Studios
- Web Development Shops
- Welding and Fabrication
- White-Label Bookkeeping
- Wholesale and 3PL Sellers
- Wholesalers
- Window Cleaning
- Yoga and Pilates Studios
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