Bolt And QuickBooks Online Take Guesswork Out of Money Management

Running a trade contracting business is tough enough without doing everything twice. If you're using QuickBooks Online for accounting and ECI Bolt for scheduling, crews, and job management, you know the pain of bouncing between systems just to get paid or run payroll. 

We built the new QuickBooks Online integration for Bolt to fix that. 

Now, Bolt talks directly to QuickBooks. That means your customer information, products, pricing, time entries, and invoices can sync automatically. No more copy-paste mistakes, no more wasted hours, just cleaner books, faster billing, and better control over your jobs. 

This integration is made for residential trade contractors: framers, plumbers, electricians, drywallers, roofers, and anyone juggling job sites, builder schedules, and a crew to keep paid. 

What the QuickBooks integration means for you 

Here’s what this update unlocks for your team: 

Sync your key data automatically 

• Customers, products, crews, and pricing flow between Bolt and QuickBooks Online
• Changes in one system show up in the other without manual updates 

Create and send invoices from Bolt 

• Build invoices inside Bolt using real job and cost data
• Submit them straight to QuickBooks without exporting or retyping
• Set custom invoice templates, service descriptions, job addresses, and more 

Push time entries to QuickBooks 

• Bolt captures hours worked in the field
• Approved time entries feed into QuickBooks for easier payroll and job costing 

Pay your crews faster 

• Pay hourly employees or 1099s based on the Bolt time tracking
• Create vendor checks right from the crew pay reports 

Customize your setup 

• Choose how jobs appear in QuickBooks (by address, lot, community)
• Link invoices to QuickBooks Projects if you use sub-customers or project tracking 

How contractors use it in the real world 

Whether you're running three crews or thirty, this integration gives your office staff and field leads more time to focus on the work, not the paperwork. Here’s how it can help: 

• Office admins can cut invoice creation time in half by pulling job data directly from Bolt, avoiding mistakes and improving turnaround.
• Crew managers can ensure that hours are tracked and paid on time, without chasing down timesheets or manually entering payroll data.
• By linking operational tools like Bolt with accounting tools like QuickBooks, business owners can finally see the whole financial picture, including labor, materials, and profit.
• Subcontractors working across multiple builders can stay organized by syncing builder accounts, jobs, and customer pricing between both systems, keeping billing clean and builder relationships strong. 

Bottom line: less back and forth, fewer errors, and a faster path to getting paid. 

Ready to try it? 

If you're already using ECI Bolt, you can turn on the QuickBooks integration in your settings. Go to: Settings > QuickBooks > Connect 

The setup is simple, and we’ll walk you through it step-by-step. 

If you're not using Bolt yet and you're tired of bouncing between tools that don’t talk to each other, let’s fix that. Bolt was built for trade contractors like you, with the jobsite and the back office in mind. 

Contact us today to see how the right contractor software can save your team serious time.