For electrical contractors

Panel upgrades, EV circuits and rewires, from quote to paid.

Count the devices, price them from your catalog, send the crew with the photos they need. Your licences and insurance certificates sit in the same place, with their expiry dates.

An electrician tests a circuit at an open service panel.

In Optracs

The same job, in Optracs.

The office sends the estimate; the crew opens the job on site. Recreated from Optracs with sample data.

Sample workspace

Sample workspace. An estimate for 200a panel upgrade built from catalog line items: 200A panel, 1 ea, $1,280; Main breaker, 1 ea, $340; Whole-home surge protector, 1 ea, $420; Branch breakers, 24 ea, $720; Install labor, 12 hr, $1,260, and 2 more lines, for a total of $4,450. Its timeline shows it sent and viewed, and not yet accepted. On a phone, the same job shows its address, 3 tasks with 1 ticked off, and 2 files.
  • An estimate in minutes

    Standard line items from your catalog, quantities from the takeoff, and a profit slider that reprices the estimate to your margin.

  • A takeoff for electrical

    On the Crew plan, typed in or imported from a supported report or a CSV.

    Receptacles Switches Recessed cans Circuits Home runs Service size

  • The crew's day, on the job

    Tasks with a person and a due date. Photos, notes and files go onto the job as the work happens.

    Photograph the old panel and meter Label every circuit Photograph the finished panel

Documents

The paperwork, on the job.

Written from your own templates, signed by the customer from one link, kept with the job.

  • Estimate

    Every line from your own catalog, priced to your margin, with upgrade tiers when you want them.

  • Work agreement

    From your template, signed by the customer typing their name.

  • Permit and inspection photos

    Attached to the job they belong to, with the date.

  • Licences and insurance

    On the Crew plan, each certificate is kept with its expiry date and flagged before it runs out.

  • Invoice and payments

    Deposit, progress and final payments, each recorded against the invoice.

A day in the trade

A job, start to finish.

  1. 7:30 AM

    Office

    Two new leads overnight, both on a response clock. Log the first call and the deal moves to Contacted.

  2. 10:00 AM

    Basement

    Photos of the old panel and the meter go onto the job, with a dictated note about the service size.

  3. 1:00 PM

    Office

    The panel, breakers and EV circuit come from your catalog with the device counts from the takeoff. The profit slider sets the margin, and it goes out as one link.

  4. Next week

    On site

    The crew's tasks are on the job. They attach the permit card photo and the finished panel to the job.

  5. End of job

    Office

    Invoice it, record the payment, and the customer's link shows nothing owed.

The trade, by the numbers.

From the US Census Bureau. More in our research.

83,342

Electrical contractors: US establishments with paid employees.Source: Census CBP 2023. Data as of March 2023 (released June 2025).

76.9%

Of those establishments, the share with fewer than 10 employees.Source: Census CBP 2023. Data as of March 2023 (released June 2025).

Early access

Tell us how your business runs.

Optracs is in early access for contractors in the United States. A person reads every request.