Small business bookkeeping built around how your industry actually works
Generic bookkeeping misses the details that matter. A restaurant is not booked like a retail shop, and a contractor is not booked like an e-commerce brand. Mispar sets up industry-aware charts of accounts and reporting from day one — COGS for restaurants, inventory for retail, job costing for contractors — so your numbers reflect your real business.
Best for: Small businesses in restaurants, retail, e-commerce, construction, and professional services with monthly expense volume in our Grow or Premium tiers.
What you get with small business bookkeeping
Everything below is part of the service — no add-on fees, no surprise invoices.
Industry-specific chart of accounts
COGS, inventory, job costing, tips, comps — set up the way your industry actually tracks money.
Multi-channel sales reconciliation
Square, Toast, Shopify, Stripe, Amazon — we reconcile every sales channel to the penny.
Inventory & COGS tracking
For product businesses, we keep COGS and inventory accurate so margins are real.
Job & project costing
For contractors and service businesses, we track profitability by job, not just in total.
Payroll & contractor pay coordination
We coordinate with your payroll provider to keep wages and 1099s recorded correctly.
Owner-friendly reporting
Reports that focus on margin, cash, and the few numbers that actually matter for decisions.
A simple, predictable process
From kickoff to your first set of clean books, here is exactly what happens.
Industry deep-dive
We learn your revenue model, cost structure, and the KPIs that matter in your industry.
Tailored setup
We build a chart of accounts and reporting structure specific to how you make money.
Monthly close
We reconcile every channel and close the books on a predictable schedule.
Industry reporting
You get reports that speak your language — margins, job profitability, inventory turns.
Small Business Bookkeeping — your questions answered
Do you specialize in a specific industry?
We serve several with deep expertise: restaurants, retail, e-commerce, contractors, professional services, and freelancers. We assign you a bookkeeper experienced in your industry.
Can you handle multiple sales channels and platforms?
Yes. Reconciling Toast, Square, Shopify, Stripe, Amazon, and more into one clean set of books is a core part of our small-business service.
Can you do job costing and project profitability?
Yes. For contractors and service businesses, we set up job costing so you can see profitability per project, not just an overall P&L.
How is this different from your freelancer plan?
Small-business bookkeeping adds multi-channel reconciliation, inventory/COGS, job costing, and payroll coordination — the complexity that comes with employees, inventory, or multiple revenue streams.
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