Oryx Horn BUSINESS ANALYTICS LLC
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2–20 Truck Operators HVAC Owner-Operators ServiceTitan · Housecall Pro · QuickBooks

Get More HVAC Calls.
Turn Them Into
Profitable Jobs.

We help HVAC contractors increase inbound calls—and convert them into high-margin revenue with data-driven operational consulting built around HVAC economics.

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Former McKinsey & Company Serves contractors nationwide 30-minute call, no obligation
// TYPICAL CLIENT SNAPSHOT
20–40%
Potential revenue left on the table
$18K
Avg. missed revenue per truck / month
30 days
To first measurable revenue improvement
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The Real Problem

Most HVAC Companies Lose
20–40% of Potential Revenue

📵
Missed Calls → Missed Jobs
Every unanswered call is a booked job for your competitor. Most contractors don't know their true call answer rate—or what it's costing them.
📉
Low Booking Rates
Answering the phone isn't enough. Weak booking scripts and no follow-up process can cut conversion rates by half—quietly bleeding revenue.
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Underpriced & Unprofitable Jobs
Without job costing visibility, your busiest months can be your least profitable. You're driving revenue, but not building margin.
// WHERE YOUR REVENUE DISAPPEARS
📞 Inbound Calls 100%
−20% unanswered
📋 Calls Answered ~80%
−35% not booked
🗓️ Appointments Booked ~52%
−15% margin leakage
💰 Profitable Revenue ~44%
Fix my funnel →
The Revenue Engine

A Sequential System—Not a Menu of Services

01
📡
Get More Calls

Build the demand layer so more qualified homeowners find you first—not your competitor.

LSA optimization & positioning Google Business Profile audit Call volume benchmarking
02
📲
Convert More Calls

Turn every answered call into a booked appointment with tracking, scripting, and follow-up systems.

Booking rate analysis ServiceTitan / HCP reporting Missed call recovery
03
🔬
Improve Job Profitability

Know exactly which jobs, technicians, and service lines are making—or losing—you money.

Job costing dashboards Revenue per truck analysis Pricing optimization
04
📈
Scale Efficiently

Add trucks, technicians, and markets with a financial model that tells you exactly when and how.

Fractional CFO strategy Growth scenario modeling M&A / acquisition support
Typical Outcomes

What This Looks Like in Practice

+22%
Booking Rate Lift
Identifying and closing the gap between answered calls and booked appointments with targeted process improvements.
Call Conversion
Bottom 20%
Jobs Identified as Loss-Makers
Most contractors are shocked to see which jobs and technicians are actually destroying margin—even on high-revenue months.
Job Costing
+$14K
Revenue Per Truck / Mo.
Systematic improvements in call handling, pricing, and scheduling typically recover five figures per truck per month in latent revenue.
Revenue Recovery
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Revenue Diagnostic

We'll walk through your call volume, booking rates, and job margins live—and show you exactly where revenue is leaking and what to fix first.

📞
Call Volume Analysis
How many calls are you missing—and what's the dollar value of each one?
💸
Missed Revenue Estimate
A concrete number: how much revenue is slipping through the cracks each month.
🎯
Booking Rate Benchmark
Where you stand vs. top-performing contractors in your trade and market size.
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30 minutes No obligation No pitch — just your numbers
Built For Your Stack

Serving HVAC contractors across the U.S. — works with the tools HVAC owners already use.

ServiceTitan
Housecall Pro
QuickBooks Online
Google LSA
FieldEdge
Successware
Common Questions

Answers Before You Reach Out

How do I get more HVAC calls? +
More calls start with your Google Business Profile and Local Services Ads being fully optimized and positioned around the exact language homeowners use—"HVAC repair near me," "AC not cooling." We audit your LSA setup, review your booking funnel, and identify where calls are falling through before we ever recommend adding spend.
Why is my phone not ringing? +
Usually one of three things for HVAC contractors specifically: your LSA profile isn't converting clicks, your Google Business Profile is under-optimized, or your service area / category targeting is off. We diagnose which lever matters most for your specific market before recommending any changes.
Do I need ServiceTitan to work with you? +
No. Most HVAC contractors we work with run ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro, but we also work with FieldEdge, Successware, and HVAC companies still on QuickBooks plus spreadsheets.
What size contractor do you work with? +
Our sweet spot is HVAC contractors running 2–20 trucks generating $1M–$15M in revenue. Large enough to have meaningful data, but still owner-operated—where the right financial clarity creates outsized impact fast.
What happens on the diagnostic call? +
We spend 30 minutes walking through your business: call volume, booking rate, revenue per truck, and HVAC job mix. By the end of the call you'll have a clear picture of where your biggest revenue leak is and what fixing it is worth in dollar terms. No pitch, no pressure.
What does fractional CFO mean for my HVAC business? +
You get CFO-level financial strategy and analytics—job costing, profitability by technician, growth modeling, pricing review—at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. Most contractors our size can't justify a $200K CFO. We make that firepower accessible.
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Business Is Actually Worth

A 30-minute call. Your real numbers. A clear picture of where revenue is leaking and what to fix first.

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Serving HVAC contractors across the United States · Remote-first · 30 minutes · No obligation

Oryx Horn LLC
Business Analytics · Fractional CFO · HVAC Contractors
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Fractional CFO for HVAC Contractors

Fractional CFO for HVAC contractors is what Oryx Horn provides — CFO-level financial strategy and business analytics built specifically for HVAC companies operating 2–20 trucks. If you run an HVAC business and you’re not sure where your revenue is leaking, a fractional CFO for HVAC contractors gives you the visibility to fix it fast — typically within the first 30 days of engagement.

Why HVAC Contractors Need a Fractional CFO

HVAC contractors lose 20–40% of potential revenue through missed calls, low booking conversion rates, and underpriced jobs. A fractional CFO for HVAC contractors identifies exactly which levers to pull — and in what order — to recover that revenue without adding headcount or marketing spend. The pattern is consistent across HVAC businesses we work with: data exists in ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, FieldEdge, and QuickBooks, but no one is connecting the dots between operational performance and financial outcome.

An HVAC fractional CFO closes that gap. We work directly inside your existing field service management software and accounting system to surface the metrics that actually drive HVAC profitability: job margin by HVAC service type (AC repair, AC install, furnace install, heat pump install, maintenance tune-ups), technician revenue contribution, lead source ROI, and seasonal capacity utilization. For HVAC contractors specifically, peak-summer dispatch capacity and shoulder-month cash flow are where most of the unrealized margin sits.

What a Fractional CFO Does for HVAC Contractors

Our fractional CFO service for HVAC contractors covers four sequential stages, applied in the order your business needs most:

  • Increase inbound HVAC call volume. Local Services Ads optimization, Google Business Profile audit, and lead source benchmarking against best-in-class HVAC operators in your market.
  • Improve booking conversion. CSR scripting review, missed-call recovery process, and ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro reporting setup so you can see booking rate by CSR weekly. Most HVAC contractors are losing 30–40% of inbound calls to weak conversion processes.
  • Optimize HVAC job-level profitability. Full HVAC job costing analysis with fully-loaded labor burden, drive time, parts cost, and overhead allocation. Most HVAC owners discover at least one job type they thought was profitable is actually a margin loss once everything is accounted for.
  • Build the financial infrastructure to scale. Cash flow forecasting, hiring and capacity models, pricing strategy, service agreement program design, and acquisition or sale readiness work for HVAC companies considering a transaction.

HVAC-Specific Fractional CFO Work

Oryx Horn’s fractional CFO for HVAC contractors is built for HVAC owner-operators generating $1M–$15M in annual revenue. We work with HVAC companies across the United States on a remote-first basis. Our background includes commercial due diligence at McKinsey & Company and direct investing experience, which means we bring institutional-grade financial analysis to HVAC contractors who have never had access to it before.

The work is structured around HVAC-specific economics: seasonal revenue concentration with 40%+ of annual revenue often coming from June through August, technician utilization ratios that don’t show up in stock ServiceTitan reports, and the gap between gross margin and fully-loaded job profitability. We also cover HVAC service agreement program economics, replacement-vs-repair decision frameworks, equipment financing structure, and the financial preparation required ahead of a private equity transaction.

Who We Work With

Our typical client is an HVAC contractor running 2 to 20 trucks. Below $1M in revenue, operational complexity isn’t yet there to justify the work. Above $15M, you may need full-time CFO capability rather than a fractional engagement. Between those revenue points — where most owner-operated HVAC companies sit — a fractional CFO for HVAC contractors is the right financial firepower at the right cost.

Learn more about how we approach HVAC job costing, explore our thinking on service call fee pricing for HVAC contractors, or read about BI dashboards for HVAC on the Oryx Horn site.