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Electrical contractors

Clarity for electrical — project and service, side by side.

Service, panel upgrades, EV chargers, generators, projects — each runs on a different margin and labor profile. Margin One shows where the hours and the profit actually go.

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Margin One is a fractional-COO service paired with an operating system (M1COS) built for electrical contractors. It unifies your field-service, accounting, and marketing data to show true margin and labor profile across service, projects, panel upgrades, and EV work — so you can see where billable hours leak, which estimates win at a livable margin, and run the business on a weekly scorecard.

The blind spots

The questions Electrical owners can’t answer.

What's our real margin on project work vs. service — after labor burden?
Are we capturing EV-charger and panel-upgrade demand profitably?
How utilized are our electricians, and where do billable hours leak?
Which estimates win at a margin we can actually live with?

See it in M1COS

Your Electrical business, on one screen.

A look at Volt Electric’s week — the margin, the leaks, the scorecard, and what marketing actually booked. This is the report you’ll run every week.

Volt Electric · Margin dashboard
M1COS

Net margin

19.7%

▲ 2.3 pts

Avg ticket

$720

▲ $44

Win rate

38%

▲ 2 pts

EV jobs

+47

this month

Gross margin by job type

33%
27%
30%
22%
16%
8%
margin line
ServicePanelEVGen.ProjectWarranty

This week's scorecard

MetricTargetActualStatus
Labor utilization75%71%Watch
Estimate win rate40%38%Watch
Project gross margin22%24%On track
Callback rate<3%3.4%Watch
AR over 60 days<10%8%On track

Marketing — cost per booked job

ChannelSpendBookedCost / job
On track: Local Services Ads$3,10029$107
Off track: Paid search$4,80019$253
On track: SEO / organic$2,40026$92
On track: Referral program$90018$50

Illustrative M1COS reporting — your numbers, your crews, your channels.

Margin levers

Where Electrical margin is won.

Project-vs-service margin

Compare the two sides of the business on the same screen, after true labor cost.

EV & panel demand

Capture the fastest-growing residential electrical work — at a margin you set on purpose.

Labor utilization

Find where billable hours leak and put your electricians on the work that pays.

Estimate win rate

See which bids win, at what margin, so you stop buying work you lose money on.

Common questions

Electrical owners ask us this.

How do electrical contractors track profit on project vs. service work?
Project and service work carry very different margins and labor profiles, so a blended number misleads. You need loaded margin and technician utilization split by work type. Margin One separates project, service, panel-upgrade, and EV work so you can see which stream actually funds the business.
What is a good net profit margin for an electrical contractor?
Electrical shops commonly run 5–10% net, with strong operators reaching 12–18%. Margin usually leaks through electrician utilization and estimate discipline more than headline rates — the metrics a weekly operating scorecard is built to catch.
When should an electrical contractor bring in a fractional COO?
Typically once the owner is the bottleneck — around $1M–$10M in revenue, when growth outpaces the systems holding it together. A fractional COO installs the operating cadence and accountability; Margin One pairs that with live KPI visibility so the fixes stick.

Keep reading

Fractional COO vs. CFO for contractorsWhat belongs on a contractor KPI scorecard

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