Plumbers

Accounting software for plumbers: service calls, fixtures and new construction

Invoice a service call the same day with the call-out fee and the parts used, take a deposit before ordering fixtures for a remodel, bill new construction in phases, and keep the parts you sell in stock.

For plumbing, drain and water heater businesses in the US and Canada, $399.99 once on your office PC.

No card, no account. Windows 10 and 11. United States and Canada.

A plumber fitting copper pipe under a kitchen sink

What it means

In practice

Same-day service invoices

A flat call-out fee, the hours and the parts go on one invoice, or on a sales receipt if the customer pays on the spot. Add a Stripe link so they can pay by card from the email.

Deposits on special orders

The customer picks a freestanding tub and a custom vanity. Take a deposit, hold it as a liability rather than income, and apply it to the final invoice.

Rough-in, top-out, finish

On new builds, invoice each phase from the estimate with progress invoicing, and hold the builder's retainage as a separate receivable until it is released.

A plumbing service invoice in AcboBooks

Call-out fee, labour and parts on one invoice.

Find out whether service or new construction pays better

Use one class for service and repair and another for new construction. Invoices, bills and cheques carry the class, so the P&L by class puts them side by side.

Drain cameras, jetters and vans go on the fixed asset list, each linked to the loan that paid for it.

What is in the licence

The whole job, in one price

Service work

Flat-rate and hourly service items
Sales receipts for paid-on-site jobs
Stripe card link on invoices
Statements and ageing

Remodels and new builds

Estimates to invoices
Customer deposits for fixtures
Progress invoicing by phase
Retainage held per job

Parts and purchasing

Inventory at average cost
Purchase orders to the supply house
Non-inventory items for special orders
Vendor credits for returns

Crew and tax

Payroll with overtime and bonuses
Workers' comp at each employee's rate
1099-NEC or T5018 for subcontractors
Sales tax or GST/HST/PST
Bank reconciliation in AcboBooks

Card and cheque payments matched at month-end.

What it does not do

· No dispatch, scheduling or technician price-book app.

· No permit or inspection tracking.

· Windows 10 and 11 for now (a Mac version is coming soon); no phone app.

· It imports your bank's statement file rather than connecting live to the bank.

Questions people ask

Before you download

Can I charge a flat rate instead of hours?

Yes. Make a service item at your flat price for each common job. The invoice shows the job, not the hours behind it.

How do I handle a deposit for special-order fixtures?

Record it as a customer deposit. It sits as a liability until you apply it to the invoice for that job, so it never inflates your income early.

Does it handle retainage on new construction?

Yes. The amount the builder holds back is moved to a retainage receivable for the job, then released to bill when the work is accepted.

Can my office manager do the books while I'm out on calls?

Yes. Give them their own user and role, on the office network or the same PC. Changes are recorded in the audit log.

Coming from something else?

How it compares to what you use now

Get started

Bill the call the same day.

Make a flat-rate service item in the trial and invoice a call.

No card. No account. Nothing to cancel.