Is your Jobber history worth money?
In this article
What is in a Jobber exportWhy buyers want itHow to export itWhat is removedWhat it pairs withWhich buyers name itWhat is actually in a Jobber export
- Clients, requests, quotes, jobs, visits and invoices
- Notes on every job and the photos attached
- Schedules and the changes to them
- Payments and the follow-up on late ones
Why buyers want it
The loop in Jobber is simple and repeated thousands of times: request, quote, approval, job, invoice, paid. Buyers who want trades data want exactly that, with the clients removed. The small-operator buyer's lowest band is cleaning companies at $100,000 to $250,000; its trades band is higher.
- The buyer built for small operators
- publishes bands of $100,000 to $250,000 for cleaning and restaurant companies and $250,000 to $750,000 for roofing and construction (published, October 2026).
- The multi-lab licensing platform
- lists work orders and operations exceptions (published, 2026).
How to export it
You do not have to do this before talking to a buyer. The buyer walks your admin through it once a deal is scoped. For reference, as of October 6, 2026:
- Jobber: Reports, then export the client, quote, job, invoice and visit reports to CSV.
- Notes and attachments export with the job through the API, which Jobber offers to developers.
- QuickBooks sync means the money side is already in QuickBooks; export that too.
- The buyer handles the mapping between the files.
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- Client names, addresses and phone numbers become tokens
- Card details
- Crew personal data
- Photos with faces or house numbers
How scrubbing works, and what every buyer commits to.
What it pairs with
One system is a record. Two linked systems are a story. This is where the number moves most.
- QuickBooks and Xero
- The job and the payment.
- Gmail and Google Workspace
- The correspondence.
Which buyer types name it
Every buyer type, what it publishes, and who it wants.
Industries that run on it
In short
- Jobber: medium demand among buyers. 3 of the 6 buyer types name this kind of record.
- Years of history and links to other systems drive the number. A snapshot is worth little.
- Names, credentials and anything under a restrictive contract are removed or excluded before use.
- You do not export anything before a deal is scoped. The buyer handles it with your admin.
Questions owners ask.
We have 8 people.
One buyer works with small operators and publishes bands for them. Expect the lower band, and still get checked.
Is Jobber enough alone?
With years of notes, quotes and outcomes, it can be the core. QuickBooks completes it.
Do they want the client list?
No. It is removed.
How fast?
The small-operator buyer publishes roughly 60 days from close to payment.
