We Help Accountants
Launch and Grow
Their Own Business
Bookkeepers, accountants, CPAs, and tax professionals. Sign 3–5 clients a month. Build up your firm to $500K+.
We Do Everything It Takes to Launch Your Firm and Get You Clients Fast
Our process comes from experience. We've built 120+ firms for accountants and bookkeepers who wanted to have something of their own.
1
Strategy
We start by developing a strategic plan for your business. The right strategy turns a struggling firm into a success.
- Niche selection
- Service offering
- Pricing model
- Market positioning
2
Marketing
We build your brand and website, then run your ads. Finding clients is the hardest part. We'll take it off your plate.
- Brand identity
- Client-winning website
- Ad campaigns
- Search and AI optimization
3
Operations
We help set up the processes and software your firm runs on. You'll start with the systems of a mature business.
- Discovery call training
- Client onboarding
- Practice management
- Billing setup
Ongoing
Ad campaign management·Website updates·Advisor access
What You Get When You Launch With Us
The Numbers
$500K+
yearly revenue potential
3 to 5
clients signed per month
60 days
to first clients
The Benefits
An End to the Grind
No more long stressful hours spent on someone else's clients.
More Out of Life
Your income has no effective ceiling and your time is your own.
A Firm With Your Name on It
Your business is worth real money when you decide to sell.
“This is the blueprint you need to build a profitable firm with the potential to grow to 100 clients or more.”
Is it your turn?
Get StartedStart From Where You Are
Choose the destination. Getting you there is our job.
Small Shop
The 1 Person Practice
A one-person practice doing bookkeeping and related services for small businesses. Your clients work with you directly, and most of them stay for years.
Small business owners want one person they know and trust with their numbers. It's a simple yet highly rewarding business.
Accounting Firm
The Full-Service Firm
A firm with a small team handling bookkeeping, tax, and accounting under one roof. Your staff does the day-to-day work while you close new clients and run the business.
At some point a business wants everything, books, payroll, taxes, handled in one place. Your firm is that place.
Advisory Practice
The CPA Consultancy
A practice built on fractional CFO and advisory engagements. A short list of clients on monthly retainers, each getting deep involvement in their financials.
Your clients don't act on the big decisions until they've heard from you. You know their numbers better than they do.
Us vs. Alternatives
There's more than one way to start your own firm. Here's how they compare on the aspects that matter most.
BookedKeeper
A firm created and customized for you by people who specialize in launching accounting businesses.
First signed clients in 45 to 60 days on average, with a steady flow of 3 to 5 clients per month afterwards.
Our monthly fee WILL NOT increase as your revenue grows.
A tested process takes the risk out of starting a business. Money-back guarantee in the first 30 days, no contract, cancel anytime.
The Business
The Speed
The Cost
The Risk
Start on your own
Whatever you can figure out as you go, while running your business.
Years to work out what consistently brings new clients in.
The cheapest option on paper. The years of trial and error end up costing you a lot.
Most new businesses don't make it, and there's no expert guide to fall back on.
Buy a firm
Someone else's processes and someone else's clients who may leave with the old owner.
Take over a firm that's coasting along, and hope it doesn't decline.
A multiple of the firm's yearly revenue, paid up front.
A six or seven figure bet on a firm you can never fully vet at this size.
Buy into a franchise
A ready-made template, whether or not it fits your market or how you want to work.
Months of their onboarding and setup before you see a single client.
A large franchise fee up front, then royalties on everything you make for as long as you're in.
A multi-year contract you keep paying even if the franchise turns out to be a non-performer.
BookedKeeper
The Business
A firm created and customized for you by people who specialize in launching accounting businesses.
The Speed
First signed clients in 45 to 60 days on average, with a steady flow of 3 to 5 clients per month afterwards.
The Cost
Our monthly fee WILL NOT increase as your revenue grows.
The Risk
A tested process takes the risk out of starting a business. Money-back guarantee in the first 30 days, no contract, cancel anytime.
Start on your own
The Business
Whatever you can figure out as you go, while running your business.
The Speed
Years to work out what consistently brings new clients in.
The Cost
The cheapest option on paper. The years of trial and error end up costing you a lot.
The Risk
Most new businesses don't make it, and there's no expert guide to fall back on.
Buy a firm
The Business
Someone else's processes and someone else's clients who may leave with the old owner.
The Speed
Take over a firm that's coasting along, and hope it doesn't decline.
The Cost
A multiple of the firm's yearly revenue, paid up front.
The Risk
A six or seven figure bet on a firm you can never fully vet at this size.
Buy into a franchise
The Business
A ready-made template, whether or not it fits your market or how you want to work.
The Speed
Months of their onboarding and setup before you see a single client.
The Cost
A large franchise fee up front, then royalties on everything you make for as long as you're in.
The Risk
A multi-year contract you keep paying even if the franchise turns out to be a non-performer.
Hear From Our Clients
“Everything lined up exactly with Elena's projections. First client in three months, second one two weeks later. The marketing goes so deep that no accountant I know could do this on their own. I'd recommend it to everyone.”
Christian Villa · Villa Group, San Marino, CA
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“Before working with BookedKeeper, we tried Google and Facebook ads and spent money with no results. After they trained us on how to interview clients and present what we offer, we signed seven clients in three months. I now have real confidence in pricing and talking about our value.”
Emily Hamlin
Tend Bookkeeping, Newman Lake, WA
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“This is the blueprint you need to build a profitable firm with the potential to grow to 100 clients or more.”
Stephen Vigil
Focus Point Accounting, Santa Fe, NM
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“BookedKeeper was the right choice. They did far more than build a beautiful website. They helped me build a real Google presence and walked me step by step through a process I could not have done on my own.”
John Long
Jargo, Boca Raton, FL
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“In about a month, I went from zero clients to two clients and roughly eight businesses between them. One client found me through ChatGPT, and the other found me on Google.”
Noe Gabriel Juarez
Tri-County Bookkeeping, Richmond, VA
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“After a deal to buy an accounting firm fell through, I went back to Google and found BookedKeeper. I booked a meeting, and the experience has been amazing. The website exceeded my expectations and gives my firm a much stronger online presence.”
Dan Weaver
Konexus Accounting, Queen Creek, AZ
30-Day
100%
Money-Back
Guarantee
Guarantee
We Stand Behind Our Work
If you decide for any reason not to continue in the first 30 days, we'll give you 100% of your money back. There are no long-term contracts or commitments, and you can cancel anytime.
Questions We Hear a Lot
How does this actually work?
There are two phases. The first is the launch project. Over about 45 days we work out your strategy, build your brand and website, set up your systems, train you on sales, and get your ad campaign live.
The second phase is ongoing. It typically starts at day 60 after you sign up. We manage your ad campaigns, handle website updates, and stay on as your advisor while you run the firm.
The first phase is a one-time project. The second runs month to month for as long as you want it.
How long before I can quit my job?
You don't have to quit to start. Most of the launch happens around your work schedule, and many of our clients stay employed until their new firm is bringing in enough to live on.
At 3 to 5 new clients a month, most people reach that point within months. When you make the jump is entirely up to you.
What if I start my own business and it just doesn't work?
20% of new businesses fail in the first year, mostly due to a lack of clients. After helping launch over 120 successful practices, we know how to reliably make a business work in the accounting industry. We know how to keep you out of that 20%.
We'll guide you through strategy, daily operations, and sales. Most importantly, we'll do the marketing work that brings in new clients every month.
What if I end up losing my income when I start my own business?
The better question is what you could gain. Compared to a job, the upside of running your own business is enormous and the risk is largely overstated. The only thing standing in your way is fear itself.
You can even get started while employed and go full time once you have your first clients, to hedge the risk further. Think of it this way, you'll spend the same time working on your own business as you do at a job, but your revenue for that time can be 10x or more.
I've never had a business, is this really for me?
If you're here even considering starting a business, that's a sign you have entrepreneurial drive. For an entrepreneur, the satisfaction of running your own business is unmatched. The key is to take the first step, be resilient, and face any issues as they come.
After working with over 120 practices, we know exactly where new owners run into trouble. Our launch process is designed to steer you clear of those issues.
How am I supposed to find clients?
Bringing you clients is the core of what we do. The main engine is paid advertising. We build the campaigns, write the ads, run them, and keep tuning them, all pointed at the exact clients your strategy calls for.
Leads land on a website built to turn them into booked calls. Alongside that, we set up your search and AI visibility, so when someone looks for an accountant, or asks an AI assistant for one, you come up.
Is there even a need for my services?
Small businesses need bookkeepers and accountants and there aren't enough to go around. Established firms are full, which is why they have waitlists or have stopped taking new clients.
70% of small businesses don't have an accountant. The demand for bookkeeping and accounting services is there, the supply isn't.
What if my market is too competitive?
It looks like there's an accounting firm on every corner. But you won't be competing with all of them, because we work with you to define specialty niches. To the dental practices or contractors or restaurants you specialize in, the generalist down the street isn't the right alternative. You are the obvious choice.
And even without a niche, the numbers favor you. 75% of accountants are nearing retirement, there are 340,000 fewer than five years ago, and most established firms aren't taking new business at all.
I'm not a salesperson, how do I get them to sign?
The clients coming to you through our marketing aren't cold leads. They've read your website and decided they want to work with you, so you don't have to convince anyone of anything. It's more like being a plumber on a house call. You listen to the problem, you tell them what it'll take to fix, and you get to work.
We train you on how to run these calls to find the real issue, project professionalism, and close the deal without sounding like you're selling.
What services do I even offer?
We will work with you on a market positioning strategy that accounts for the services you could potentially offer, your niches, and what's in demand in your market segment. You will have a clearly defined services list that fits the demand and maximizes your revenue.
What should I charge?
Pricing is part of the work we do with you on positioning. We decide together on the pricing model (flat monthly rate, per service, retainer, etc.) and the actual rates. The goal is to maximize your revenue and margin.
Should I specialize or take any client?
As part of the positioning work, we look at your experience to figure out the right industry targets. Specializing usually beats going broad. Clients trust a specialist who knows their world over a generalist who doesn't.
There are usually more than enough clients in any one industry to fill your roster. We make the final call together during the strategy work.
What if I've never worked with clients before?
This mostly comes with experience, but it's easier than you'd expect once you know the right approach. We prepare you for serving clients while avoiding the rookie mistakes most new practice owners make.
Can I really handle the day-to-day?
Practice operations are covered as part of our launch process, including the tools and processes that keep your business running smoothly. We show you how to stay organized, based on our experience.
Can my practice be fully remote?
Yes, most new practice owners go that route. The work itself is online, client meetings can be virtual, and your clients don't generally care where you are located. You get to save the commute and the office rent.
Will AI replace accountants?
AI is a tool, not a replacement for human professionals. The new owners we work with use it to do more in less time. The hype is loud right now but the reality is much less dramatic.
Small business owners still want a person who knows their business, takes their calls, and explains what's happening with their books. That need isn't going away any time soon.
Bet On Yourself.
Grow Your Own $500K+ Practice.
Take the first step today. Book your introductory call with an advisor.
We work with a limited number of practices at a time.
What Happens Next
- 1
Book your call
A 30-minute intro call with an advisor.
- 2
Ask questions
An advisor walks you through the process and answers all your questions.
- 3
Sign up and get started
Within days, we will start the strategy work that shapes your firm.