Fractional C-level · $1M+ revenue
You did not stall for the reason you think.
Growth flattens and everyone reaches for marketing. The cause is usually somewhere else. We work out which it actually is — financial, operational or revenue — and then help you fix it from inside the business.
One stall, read four ways
Each answer points at the next question.
- Everyone assumes01
Marketing
Growth flattens, so the first instinct is to buy more of it.
Revenue
- The numbers say02
Margin
Revenue held. What is left of each dollar did not.
Financial
- The margin says03
Delivery
The work costs more to get out of the door than it used to.
Operations
- Delivery says04
Hiring
You hired for the business you had three years ago.
Operations
It does not always end at hiring. Any of the four can be the real constraint, which is why we look through all three lenses before saying which one it is. How we work.
Free · no account needed
Not there yet? Start with a good accountant.
Below about $1M, fractional work rarely pays for itself and we will say so. So we built the directory we wanted to point people at: accountants and bookkeepers whose credentials are matched against IRS records, not ranked by star rating.
- Listings
- 4,874
- Credential verified
- 2,128
- Cities
- 775
From the desk
What help costs, and who holds what
- Choosing an Accountant
Tax Preparer Credentials: What the IRS File Shows About 2,711 US Firms
We matched 4,874 accounting and tax firms against the IRS preparer file. At 18.1% of the matched firms, no preparer listed any credential at all.
- Accounting Costs
Fractional CFO Cost: What Is Published, and Why There Is No Going Rate
No survey prices independent fractional CFOs. Here are accounting firms' CFO fee bands, the packaged tiers from $1,500 a month, and their limits.
- Accounting Costs
How Much Does a CPA Cost in 2026? What the Data Actually Says
The last national survey put an itemized Form 1040 at $323 and an S corp return at $903; newer bands run $400 to $799. What the IRS and monthly services list.
