Outsourced bookkeeping for small businesses generally runs anywhere from about $200 to $2,500 a month, depending heavily on how complex your books are. That’s a wide range, so here’s what actually drives the number up or down — and where Trinity Bookkeeping’s packages fall within it.

What Actually Drives the Price

Bookkeeping pricing isn’t really about the size of your revenue — it’s about volume and complexity. A business with a couple hundred transactions a month and one bank account costs less to keep clean books for than one with multiple accounts, payroll, inventory, and a high transaction volume. The more moving pieces, the more time it takes to do it right, and the more it costs.

The General Market Range

On the lower end, basic bookkeeping for a very small, low-transaction business tends to run in the $200–$400/month range. For most established small businesses with regular transaction volume, monthly pricing more commonly lands in the $400–$800 range. Businesses with higher complexity — multiple entities, payroll, inventory, or a large volume of transactions — can run well beyond that, up toward $1,500–$2,500+ a month for full-service support.

Where Trinity Bookkeeping Fits

Trinity Bookkeeping’s packages start at $425/month — solidly in the range most small businesses actually pay for real, hands-on monthly bookkeeping, not the bare-minimum end of the market. What you get for it: a dedicated person who knows your business, not a rotating support queue.

What’s Usually Included (and What Isn’t)

Most monthly bookkeeping packages, Trinity’s included, cover transaction categorization, bank and credit card reconciliation, and monthly financial reports. Services like payroll and sales tax or 1099 filing are often priced separately since they scale with your team size and filing frequency rather than transaction volume — worth asking about specifically so there are no surprises.

The Real Question Isn’t the Price — It’s the Cost of Not Doing It

A missed deduction, a late filing penalty, or hours of your own time spent on data entry instead of running your business usually costs more than the monthly bookkeeping fee itself. The right way to think about pricing isn’t just “what does this cost” but “what does it save me, in time and mistakes avoided.”