What an empty truck costs you
Every day a truck sits in the lot without a tech, the revenue it would have made walks out the door. Plug in your numbers.
Where the default numbers come from
The $250,000 default sits in the middle of what HVAC service shops report. ShareWillow, which works with 200-plus service businesses, puts “solid, profitable” trucks at $200,000 to $300,000 a year and top operators past $350,000. HVAC finance author Ruth King’s model says a one-tech truck needs to bill about $343,000 a year to cover the tech, overhead and profit. Swap in your own number; you know your trucks.
Sources: ShareWillow on HVAC revenue per truck · Ruth King, ACPro
Questions
How much revenue does an empty service truck cost?
A service truck in a solid HVAC or plumbing shop brings in roughly $200,000 to $300,000 a year, or about $800 to $1,200 per working day. A truck sitting empty for 30 working days walks away from roughly $25,000 to $37,000 in revenue.
Is that lost profit?
No. It's lost revenue. Your profit on that revenue depends on your margins, but the overhead on that truck keeps running either way.