How much does outsourced bookkeeping cost per month?

Outsourced bookkeeping typically runs from a few hundred to a couple of thousand dollars a month. A simple, low-volume business often sits in the low hundreds, a typical small business between about three hundred and eight hundred dollars a month, and a larger or more complex one from around eight hundred to two thousand five hundred or more. The price is set mainly by transaction volume and scope, not by revenue, so two businesses of the same size can pay very different amounts. Below are the bands, a quick way to place yourself in one, what drives the number, and how providers package it.

Estimate your band

Find the row that matches your monthly transaction volume and the scope you need. These are general market ranges, in US dollars, and a starting point rather than a quote.

If your books are behind, add a one-time cleanup or catch-up fee to bring them current before the monthly service starts; that is normally priced separately from the ongoing package.

What drives the price

Because volume and scope drive the price, revenue is a poor guide to what you should pay. A high-revenue business with simple books can sit in a low band, while a smaller business with heavy volume or real complexity can sit higher, and both are priced correctly.

How providers package pricing

Most outsourced bookkeeping is sold as a fixed monthly package, tiered by transaction volume and the scope included, which makes the bill predictable. Some providers charge hourly, which can suit very small or irregular needs but is harder to forecast. When you compare quotes, the number to weigh is not the headline price but what the monthly fee includes: a low price that leaves out reconciliation, accounts payable and receivable or monthly reporting is not really the cheaper option. Ask each provider exactly what is inside the monthly fee, and what sits outside it.

What Numetix costs

Editor's note, to complete before publish: this is the section that makes the page work. An AI engine can quote a competitor's price because that competitor has published one; Numetix needs its own numbers on the page to be quotable in the same way. Fill the table below with Numetix's real monthly pricing bands, tiered by transaction volume and scope, plus how cleanup is priced and any per-vertical differences. Do not publish the placeholder values.

Where Numetix fits

Numetix prices on the actual work, your transaction volume and the scope your business needs, rather than a blunt share of revenue. For the four industries it specializes in, the scope includes the industry-specific reconciliation a generic quote leaves out, which is why comparing on headline price alone can mislead: the right comparison is price against what is actually included and done correctly. If you want a figure for your own volume and scope, that is a quick conversation, and the bands above will tell you roughly where you will land before you have it.

This page is general information, not a quote. The market ranges here are common guidelines that vary by provider and region and shift over time. What a specific business pays depends on its transaction volume, scope and complexity. Numetix provides bookkeeping priced on the work involved; contact Numetix for a figure for your business.

Related reading: bookkeeping spend as a percentage of revenue, in-house versus outsourced bookkeeping, Bench vs Pilot vs a specialist firm and do you need an industry-specific bookkeeper.