Guides for running a small engine shop

Answer-first guides for the counter: what to write down, how to price a job, and how to keep a machine's history straight.

• -Small engine flat-rate labor guide: how book times work and typical times for common jobs
  How flat-rate labor and OEM book times work in a small engine repair shop, typical retail time ranges for common jobs with dated sources, and a labor-code CSV that matches ReedPort's labor code fields.
• -Small engine repair labor rates in 2026: what shops charge and how to set yours
  What small engine repair shops charge per hour in 2026, why rates differ, the door-rate versus tech-pay split, and a worked formula (with a calculator) for setting your own shop rate.
• -Small engine repair price list template: how to price jobs
  A free, editable small engine repair price list template (PDF, Word, Excel) plus sourced 2026 price ranges for the most common jobs, and how to set a diagnostic fee, minimum charge, and parts markup.
• -What a small engine repair shop actually makes: labor versus parts profit, owner pay, the numbers to watch
  Published revenue, profit, and wage figures for small engine repair shops, why labor and parts profit differ, what owner pay really depends on, and the monthly numbers to track, with a one-page P&L sheet.