Contractor Launch
Start and run your contracting business
From choosing a business structure to writing your first quote, this is the path through the parts of contracting nobody teaches on the job site - Kentucky-specific, linked to official sources, and wired straight into free tools that do the busywork.
New to all of it? Read the overview first: How to become a contractor in Kentucky
1Start
Pick a structure, register it, get your tax ID. A morning of paperwork done in the right order.
2Protect
Insurance and licensing before the first job - not after the first incident.
3Find work
A findable business gets called. A callable business gets hired.
Get a professional website - $0 setup4Estimate
Price from your numbers - cost, overhead, and profit - not from a guess at what the customer will pay.
Use the guided quote builder free5Quote & contract
Professional paperwork wins jobs and prevents disputes. Most of it can be generated, not typed.
Free e-signatures for every contractor6Perform & get paid
Scheduling, invoices, milestone payments, and records that hold up later.
- Mechanic's liens: the deadlines that get you paid
- Sales tax: what you pay, what you collect
- Hiring your first helper
7Grow
When the phone won't stop: an AI receptionist, online booking, and a client base that rebooks.
See Plus & Pro growth tools
The free tier is actually free
Clients, jobs, quotes, invoices, contracts, e-signing, and Tooly - the AI that helps you run all of it - cost nothing. Upgrade only when you want the website, booking, and phone tools.