Labor is a major expense for every franchise business. Get a jump on job costing by tracking labor expenses accurately.
Time tracking and scheduling for franchises and chains
Say goodbye to messy paper time cards for good. QuickBooks Time makes it simple to track time and manage your teams.
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Job costing
Crew management
Easily manage your crews. Track jobs, overtime hours, paid time off, and emergency and after-hours calls, even for temporary workers.
Painless payroll
Shave hours off the payroll process by eliminating manual time entry. Sync time with QuickBooks Payroll or another payroll solution.
Seamless integrations
Seamlessly export employee time from QuickBooks Time to your existing software and operating systems, for valuable financial insights.
Features franchisers love
Mobile time cards
Throw out your messy paper time card system. Employees can clock in and out remotely, from any device.

GPS location tracking
Use location data to show managers where crews are working, better coordinate teams, and allocate resources efficiently.

Job and shift scheduling
Easily create, manage, and edit schedules inside QuickBooks Time. Instantly update employees when their schedules change.

Time Clock Kiosk
Get tablet-based time clock software that goes wherever work takes you. Employees use four-digit PINs to clock in and out and take breaks.

How to track and schedule your franchises
Tracking time, building schedules, and managing your crew has never been easier. QuickBooks Time makes it simple to track accurate employee time for accurate billing and payroll. Robust scheduling software and GPS tracking allow admins to manage teams in multiple locations with ease. Ready to start saving time and money? Here’s how to get started:
- Start a free 14-day trial of QuickBooks Time–no credit card required.
- Invite your teams to start using QuickBooks Time to track time.
- Add jobs or connect with QuickBooks to sync customers.
- Open the Who’s Working window to see who’s on the clock and what they’re working on.
- Build, edit, and share new jobs and employee schedules from any device.
- Use accurate employee time data to run payroll and send invoices.

Who uses QuickBooks Time?
Thousands of businesses around the world use QuickBooks Time to track and manage employee time for payroll, invoicing, and labor costing. Millions of employees clock in and out using QuickBooks Time each day. Franchisers love using QuickBooks Time to manage their crews across multiple locations and save time and money running payroll. QuickBooks Time is a great fit for franchises and chains across industries.


My admins love it because it‘s taking them so much less time to run payroll in QuickBooks. And we can make better decisions with accurate job costing now.

QuickBooks Time has drastically reduced the amount of time it takes us to run payroll.…I‘d estimate it has cut our payroll down by four or five hours per pay period.

QuickBooks Time is ideal for us, as it allows us to customize different job descriptions. This is important for us, as we use this to pull reports for Workman‘s Comp Annual Audits from our carrier.
Why QuickBooks Time for franchises and chains
QuickBooks Time is the top-rated time tracking and team management software on Apps.com. And it has over 20,000 five-star reviews across G2Crowd, Capterra, and Software Advice. Thousands of franchisers and chain managers turn to QuickBooks Time for a robust time tracking and scheduling solution.
