We asked pool pros what they'd hand off tomorrow if they could. Bookkeeping came up more than anything else.
That tracks with the wider picture: 40% of small business owners say bookkeeping and taxes are the worst part of owning a business, and more than 60% say they don't really know accounting. Most pool pros we talk to are doing their books at the kitchen table on a Sunday, or handing a shoebox to a CPA in March and paying for the cleanup.
The options haven't been good. Generic accounting software is built to serve every industry at once, so the chart of accounts doesn't match how a pool business actually spends money, and it still leaves the work to you. A quality local bookkeeper solves that, but often doesn’t know the pool industry and charges anywhere from $330-$660 per month on average, with some prices topping out around $1,500 per month.
So we built the thing in between: accounting software with a real bookkeeping service on top of it, inside the platform you already run your business on.
How it works
You meet your bookkeeper on a 20-minute onboarding call and connect your bank accounts, cards, and payroll. Your Skimmer sales flow in automatically. Every week, your bookkeeper categorizes what came through and texts you if something needs context. Within 5 business days of month end, your P&L and balance sheet are in Skimmer. In April, your CPA gets a complete packet instead of a shoebox.
What we're deliberately not doing
This isn’t accounting. We are not filing your taxes, paying your bills, or running your payroll. We're not giving business advice. Your bookkeeper will walk you through your reports and explain what the numbers mean and work directly with your CPA, but the moment a question turns into tax or business advice that's a conversation for your CPA or your own judgment.
What we are providing is software and bookkeeping services built for pool pros, in Skimmer at a price 40-70% less than a typical firm. All within Skimmer and pool-industry specific.