Built for auto service operators

The finance team your shop never had

OperatorIQ connects to your QuickBooks, syncs your P&L daily, and puts Thalen — your AI financial intelligence layer — to work. When labor spikes, when margin drops, when a location is trending the wrong direction, Thalen tells you the same day. Not 30 days later in a PDF.

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The problem

Running a shop without real financial visibility

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Your P&L is 30 days behind by the time you see it

Accountants deliver last month's numbers. You make decisions today. By the time the report lands, the labor cost problem from three weeks ago has already compounded. OperatorIQ syncs your QuickBooks every morning so your numbers are never stale.

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Nobody tells you when something goes wrong mid-month

Labor crossed 44% two weeks ago. COGS has been creeping up for six weeks. Revenue at Location 2 is down 12% week-over-week. You found out at month-end. Thalen finds out the same day it happens and tells you before it compounds.

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Multi-location operators are flying blind across units

Your franchisor gives you system-wide averages. That tells you nothing about which of your three locations is underperforming and why. OIQ gives you per-location P&L, health scores, and Thalen context so you can act on the right location.

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What Thalen does for auto service operators

Daily
Health score update after every QB sync

Daily health score — know where you stand every morning

Thalen runs a post-sync analysis after every QuickBooks update. Revenue trend, gross margin, net margin, expense control — all scored and graded. You open your phone and know instantly if today is a green day or a watch day.

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Alert speed vs. 30-day accountant lag

Same-day alerts — not month-end surprises

Set your thresholds: labor over 40%, COGS over 35%, revenue down more than 10% week-over-week. Thalen fires an alert the same day the threshold is crossed. You catch it in Week 1, not Week 4.

30-day
Forward forecast, updated after every sync

30-day revenue forecast — know where the month is going

Thalen builds a forward projection after every sync using your trailing revenue pattern. You see where the month is tracking before you're in the last week scrambling to hit your target.

Live
Answers from your actual P&L, not templates

Ask Thalen — plain English answers from your actual numbers

Type any question. "Which location had the worst margin last quarter?" "What's driving my COGS increase?" "Am I on pace to hit my revenue target?" Thalen answers from your live QuickBooks data, not generic benchmarks.

Industry benchmarks

Know where you stand vs. the industry

Gross margin (full-service auto)55-65%
Labor as % of revenue35-45%
COGS target30-40%
Average ticket (oil change + upsell)$90-150
Net margin (well-run shop)10-18%

Benchmarks based on industry data for full-service auto maintenance operators. Your OIQ health score benchmarks against these norms automatically.

Built by someone who has done this work at scale

OperatorIQ was built by Michael Allison, a Senior FP&A Manager who has built financial dashboards for equipment dealer networks and multi-hundred-million-dollar operations. The same caliber of financial analysis that large franchise systems get from a full finance team, built for the operator managing their own P&L.

Built for operators in systems like:
Jiffy Lube operatorsValvoline Instant Oil ChangeStrickland BrothersChristian Brothers AutomotiveTake 5 Oil ChangeMeinekeMidasIndependent multi-unit shops

See your shop's numbers in 10 minutes

Connect QuickBooks. Thalen gets to work immediately. No setup fee, no finance background required.

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