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Evidence Score 58/100 at 71% evidence coverage 9 of 12 on the Online and remote providers list How the score works
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not verified
- CPA license or firm permit?
- Not verified
- Publishes prices?
- Publishes prices
- Local or remote?
- Remote
- Software?
- QuickBooks
Who they say they serve: creative agencies, lawyers, coffee shops, hair salons, real estate agents (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
3 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 3 of 5 core services; publishes prices.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Bench | home page | |
| Website | https://www.bench.co/ | home page | |
| Service area | United States (stated by the firm) | /about | |
| Phone | +18887601940 | /privacy | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: Online Bookkeeping Done for You | Bench Services Bookkeeping + Software Ongoing monthly books, done for... | home page | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...to your bookkeeper by phone, message, and video call MOST POPULAR Bookkeeping + Tax Full-service bookkeeping plus income tax filing & advisory. $649 /mo Get started What's... | home page | 8 pts (max 8) |
| Catch-up / cleanup | Documented: ...Just Bookkeeping Add a fractional bookkeeper to your team, keep your systems in place Catch-up bookkeeping Clear months of backlog fast, as is Taxes Filing and year-round advisory... | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: 03 Deliver clean monthly financial statements 04 Reconcile every account | /campaign/catch-up-service | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | creative agencies, lawyers, coffee shops, hair salons, real estate agents, healthcare professionals, restaurants, dry cleaners, spas, plumbers, home services | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Remote | /about | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Pricing approach published | Publishes prices: "$399 /mo" | home page | 6 pts (max 6) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...Taxes Bookkeeping Reliable bookkeeping for your growing business. $399 /mo Get started What's included ✓ Accurate books and year-end tax-ready financials ✓ Unlimited access to your... | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Onboarding described | Documented: ...Main Street to the growing digital marketing agency, legal firm, and local coffee shop. Getting started is simple Step 1 15-minute call We learn about your business and show you... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: ...free 02 Catch up as far back as you need, with a paid subscription 03 Deliver clean monthly financial statements 04 Reconcile every account 05 Categorize every transaction... | /campaign/catch-up-service | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Communication channel / process | Documented: ...hub See How Bench Works Log in Log in See how Bench works Bookkeeping done for you. A dedicated bookkeeper does your books. Simple software keeps your financials at your... | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Working contact route verified | [email protected] (mail server found) | DNS check Third-party Sep 25, 2026 | 2 pts (max 2) |
| Privacy / data-handling page | Documented: Privacy Policy | /privacy | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 10 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-25 (Firm's own website): AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Named contact / team (0 pts, max 3).
- Not verified. Searched Xero's advisor directory for 'Bench' on 2026-09-25; no listing for this firm (Software advisor directory): Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6).
Searches that find nothing are not a mark against a firm. How we search.
Not verified (not checked yet, so each scores 0 and counts against coverage): Office locality; Payroll coordination (0 pts, max 4); Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8); Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record (0 pts, max 6); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Years operating (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).
- Working contact route verified: The email address the firm publishes is on a domain that accepts mail (MX record present).
Data limitations
- 19 of 21 evidenced items come from Bench's own website and are labelled self-reported.
- No ratings or review counts are published here. Why.
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