Business Health Score

Free

One 0–100 score for your small business's overall financial health.

What is the Business Health Score?

A Business Health Score boils five financial signals down to a single number you can track month to month. It's the equivalent of stepping on a scale: not a diagnosis, but a fast way to see whether the trend is up or down.

Operator Tools' Business Health Score weights five inputs: cash runway, gross margin, sales-vs-target, overdue invoices, and net client churn. Each contributes points; the total lands between 0 (struggling) and 100 (thriving).

When to use it

  • First-of-month check-in — five minutes, one number, file it away.
  • Before a big decision (hire, lease, large purchase) to remember the wider context.
  • When something feels off but you can't put your finger on it.
  • To compare two periods after a change (price increase, new product).

The formula

The score sums five sub-scores: cash runway (up to 25 points), gross margin (up to 25), revenue-to-target (up to 20), overdue invoices as a share of monthly revenue (up to 15), and net client change (up to 15). A perfect 100 means at least 6 months of cash, 50%+ gross margin, hitting your revenue target, no significant overdue invoices, and growing the client base.

Worked example

Cash runway
4 months
Gross margin
35%
Revenue vs target
90%
Overdue / monthly revenue
8%
Net clients this month
+1
Result

72 / 100 — Healthy

Solid but not perfect: good margin, good growth, but cash and revenue-to-target are pulling the score down. Focus next month: a price nudge or a collections push.

How to use it

  1. 1

    Open the Business Health Score tool

    Sign in with a free account.

  2. 2

    Enter your last full month's revenue, gross profit, and cash balance

    You don't need precise figures — close enough is fine.

  3. 3

    Enter overdue invoices, new clients won, and clients lost

  4. 4

    Read the score, the colour-coded status, and the suggested next step

  5. 5

    Save the scenario and revisit the same five inputs next month

    The trend matters more than the absolute number.

Common questions

Is the Business Health Score an industry standard?+

No. There is no single accepted formula for business health. Different lenders, accountants, and frameworks weigh things differently. Operator Tools' score is designed to be quick, plain-English, and consistent month to month — what matters is the direction.

What's a good score?+

Above 80 is thriving territory. 60–80 is healthy but with at least one weak signal. 40–60 means real friction somewhere. Below 40 needs immediate attention — usually cash or margin.

Why doesn't it pull from my accounting software?+

Operator Tools doesn't connect to accounting platforms. The five inputs take a couple of minutes to type, and that brief friction makes you actually look at the numbers instead of trusting a dashboard.

Is it free?+

Yes. The Business Health Score is in the free tier with no time limit and no card needed. Sign up with an email to use it.

Ready to try it?

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