What is a plumbing or electrical company's data worth?
In this article
Why buyers want a plumbing or electrical contractor's recordsWhich systems hold the valueWhat never leaves your buildingWhich buyers fitA worked exampleWhat to check firstRange is our estimate from the buyers' published figures, October 2026, sources on file. Not an offer.
Why buyers want a plumbing or electrical contractor's records
Plumbers and electricians run the same loop as HVAC companies: call, dispatch, diagnose, quote, fix, invoice. Buyers want field service history and almost no one in the trades has been asked yet.
What a buyer is paying for is the loop: a piece of work that starts, moves through people and systems, and ends with a visible result. In a plumbing or electrical contractor that looks like:
- Emergency call, dispatched within the hour, diagnosis, quote approved on site, repair, invoice, review request.
- A new-construction rough-in: bid, award, schedule, inspections, change orders, final.
- A failed inspection and the correction.
Which of your systems hold the value
Value follows the systems that recorded the work. For a plumbing or electrical contractor, the usual ones are:
| System | What the buyer sees in it |
|---|---|
| ServiceTitan, Jobber or Housecall Pro | every job from call to paid invoice, with the technician notes |
| QuickBooks | job costing, progress billing on larger projects, collections |
| Gmail, Outlook and texts | customer, inspector and supplier correspondence |
| Permit and inspection records | what was filed, when it passed, what was corrected |
More connected systems means a higher number. A ticket that links to an invoice that links to an email thread is worth more than any one of them alone. See every system, and how each one is exported.
What never leaves your building
The buyer scrubs before anything is used, and you approve the categories first. For a plumbing or electrical contractor that always means:
- Customer names, addresses and contact details
- Card details
- Technician and apprentice personal data
- Builder contracts that restrict use, if any
How scrubbing works, and what every buyer commits to.
See what your company's records could get.
Ten questions, under five minutes, built from the buyers' own published ranges.
Get my estimate →Which buyers fit a plumbing or electrical contractor
- The buyer built for small and mid-size operators
- Trades are its core segment.
- The enterprise buyers
- 30+ employees; 20+ full-time, 3+ years.
- The multi-lab licensing platform
- Operations exceptions, work orders.
We check your company against every program and introduce you to the one that publishes the most for your size, with the fastest payment if you are in a hurry. Every buyer type side by side.
A worked example
A 35-person plumbing company, eight years old, on Jobber, QuickBooks and Gmail. Our model: roughly $120,000 to $290,000. Add a CRM with quote history and it rises.
What to check before the first call
Service companies with both residential and commercial work should separate them. Commercial contracts occasionally restrict data use; residential almost never does.
Other industries
In short
- Typical range for a 40-person plumbing or electrical contractor with 8 to 15 years of records: $140,000 to $330,000, from published buyer figures.
- 3 of the 6 buyer types fit this industry. One buyer that works with small and mid-size operators publishes $250,000 to $750,000 for roofing and construction companies; trades sit in the same category.
- Customer, patient, borrower and employee identities never leave. Buyers want the process and the outcomes.
- Owners pay nothing. The buyer pays Briggs Analytics only when the company signs.
Questions owners ask.
We only have Jobber. Is that enough?
It can be. Years of jobs with notes, quotes and outcomes is the core. QuickBooks adds the money side. Two systems with eight years beats five systems with one.
What about photos and videos of job sites?
Useful when tied to the job record. Faces, plates and house numbers are removed.
Does new-construction work count?
Yes. Bids, change orders and inspections are documented decisions with outcomes. Buyers like them.
Which buyer?
The trades-focused buyer first for a company under 50 people. An enterprise buyer above 30 if you also run a CRM and a support desk.
