Bookkeeping for contractors, small businesses, truckers, and trades in Steubenville and Jefferson County.
Local Context · 01
Steubenville contractors and small businesses are running hard in a market where the margin doesn't forgive sloppy books. The apparent small wins on the day-to-day can hide slow bleeds — and most don't know it until it's too late.
A generic bookkeeper sets up your QuickBooks like you're running a coffee shop. No job costing. No project tracking. No way to know which work is actually paying.
Subcontractor payments, equipment financing, hiring decisions — every major call gets made without a current number to support it.
Services · 02
Both start with getting your QuickBooks right.
Monthly bookkeeping, CFO advisory, and ongoing support — so you never have to think about it again.
We clan up your books, train your admin, and leave behind a guide — so your team can handle it going forward.
What that actually looks like. Cleanup. Monthly close. The leave-behind playbook. Three things we do every day for trades businesses across Steubenville and Jefferson County.
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We go into your existing file, clean it up, and make it right. No blowing it up. No losing your history.
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We keep your books clean every month and actually talk to you about what the numbers mean. No surprise reports you don't understand.
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We train whoever handles your books, show them the right way to do it, and leave behind a written guide they can use every day.
The Transformation · 04
You know your margin before you commit to the next job. Your books hold up when a Jefferson County lender or bonding company asks for your financials. Hiring, equipment, bigger contracts — every call backed by real numbers.
Job costing by project means every Steubenville contract tells you the truth. Stop finding out after the crew goes home which jobs made money.
Clean, reconciled financials that stand up to a lender's review. When a Jefferson County bank or bonding company asks for your P&L, you hand it over with confidence.
Monthly close means you see what's coming before it hits. Equipment decisions, crew additions, bigger bids — all backed by clean current numbers.
Next Steps · 05
We spend about an hour in your books. We tell you exactly what we find. No charge, no obligation.
Based on what we find, we put together a proposal — either we take over the books or we train your team. Whichever makes more sense for your business.
Cleanup first, every time. Then monthly bookkeeping or team training — whichever track you chose. No surprises.
Start with a free QuickBooks Review and find out exactly what your books are telling you.
We'll be straight with you — we wrote this section so Google shows this page when Steubenville contractors and small businesses search for a bookkeeper.
740 Accounting & Bookkeeping specializes in bookkeeping and business advisory for trades businesses and small businesses across Steubenville and Jefferson County — contractors, plumbers, electricians, truckers, landscapers, and remodelers.
Most Steubenville trades businesses come to us because their QuickBooks was never set up for how they actually operate. Wrong categories, no job costing, accounts out of reconciliation. Our QuickBooks Cleanup service fixes the foundation without starting over. No lost history.
From there, we take over the books through our monthly bookkeeping service or clean everything up and train your team through our employee training service. It always starts with a free QuickBooks review — no charge, no obligation.
We work with businesses in Steubenville and throughout Jefferson County — including Weirton, Wintersville, and communities along the Ohio River corridor into West Virginia. In-person when you need it. Virtual when that works better.
We're not a national remote service. We're based in Barnesville — close to the realities of running a trades business in this part of Ohio. Kristal Hunkler ran a trades business herself for over 20 years and has been serving Ohio Valley businesses since 2011.
Searching for "bookkeeper Steubenville Ohio" or "QuickBooks bookkeeper Jefferson County"? Start with a free QuickBooks review — no sales pitch, just an honest look at what's there.