Electrical contractor software for small service electricians

Where software helps on an electrical service call

Electrical service work runs from small device swaps to panel upgrades that need a permit and an inspection. Before the visit, the shop needs prices for receptacles, GFCI and AFCI devices, breakers and circuits that every electrician uses the same way. At the door, it needs to lay out choices, such as repairing a failing circuit versus upgrading the panel. Approval should be written before the electrician pulls a permit or orders a panel. After the job, the invoice should match the approved scope, including any permit fee you pass through.

Pricing devices, circuits and upgrades from your own numbers

TierMenu builds each task price from your billable rate, labor hours, material costs and markup tiers, with optional fixed fees such as a permit or inspection charge and one rounding rule across the book. A single receptacle and a two-hundred-amp panel can carry different markups because tiers follow material cost. The starter library lists electrical task names and customer descriptions but no prices. When copper or breaker costs move, update materials, preview the bulk price change and apply it. Technicians never see your costs or margins.

Presenting panel and upgrade choices

Many electrical quotes are really a decision about scope. A proposal holds one to four options, so a customer with a tripping breaker can compare replacing the breaker, adding a dedicated circuit, or upgrading the panel to make room for an EV charger. Mark one Recommended. Surge protection or extra devices go in as add-ons outside the options. Discounts and tax appear on each option, and photos of a scorched breaker or a crowded panel help the customer understand why the work is proposed.

Recording approval before permits and material orders

A signature matters before you pull a permit or order a panel the customer may later decline. The customer can sign on the electrician's phone or tablet, or open an emailed link and review it at home. They choose an option and add-ons, type a name, draw a signature and accept the authorization; TierMenu locks the proposal and saves a signed PDF. The signature records commercial approval only. Code compliance, licensing, permits and inspections remain the contractor's responsibility, as they do on paper.

Service plans, if your shop sells them

Maintenance agreements are less common in electrical work than in HVAC, so treat this stage as optional. Shops that sell a standby generator service plan, a yearly safety inspection or periodic checks for a light-commercial customer can set the plan price, included services, member discount and one to four visits per year. TierMenu tracks enrolled locations, due and overdue visits and renewals, emails reminders if you want them, and applies member pricing to new proposals. Plan fees are collected outside TierMenu.

Invoices that match the signed scope

Create the invoice from the approved option and add-ons so device counts, circuits and any permit fee carry over exactly. If the customer approved extra work on site, send it as a new proposal first; for a quick call with no proposal, start a blank invoice. Invoices follow your numbering, tax rules and payment instructions, go out as a branded PDF by email and show Draft, Sent, Paid or Void. You record the payment once you receive it; TierMenu does not process cards or post to accounting software.

What is outside TierMenu's scope

TierMenu is not an estimating suite for commercial blueprints, and it has no plan takeoff or large bid management. It has no dispatch board, scheduling, GPS, payroll or inventory, and it does not take card payments, sync accounting, send texts, work offline or install as a native app. The wire size, voltage drop and conduit bending calculators on this site are free references outside the app; they do not replace the electrical code or your own engineering judgment. Keep your current scheduling or dispatch tool and use TierMenu beside it.

Deciding between an all-in-one platform and a focused tool

An all-in-one field service platform fits an electrical shop that needs to coordinate crews across service and construction work, run payroll from time entries, track stock and sync every payment to the books. A dedicated estimating suite fits shops bidding commercial plans. A focused pricing and proposal tool is enough when your work is mostly residential and light-commercial service, booking already runs on a calendar or dispatch app, and the gap is inconsistent quotes and invoices that do not match the approval.

Everything for electrical contractors on TierMenu

How it works in TierMenu

1. Step 1

   Price devices and circuits

   Set your labor rate, material costs, markup tiers and fixed fees such as permit charges.

2. Step 2

   Present upgrade options

   Show up to four options with add-ons and photos, then collect the signature on site or by link.

3. Step 3

   Invoice the approved scope

   Turn the signed option into an invoice and record payment when you receive it.

TierMenu, a spreadsheet and a paper price book

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