For multi-location businesses

The quiet machine behind well-run businesses.

The right numbers delivered to the right people, every morning. No noise. Start with a morning brief from $500 a month on the booking platform you already use, or connect every system you run with the Data Engine.

  • Flat monthly fee
  • Your data stays yours
  • Built and maintained for you
Built in production at a multi-state fitness business: $600k+ a year in value, $220k+ of it measured from production data. See the work
Connects to the systems you already run
MindbodyMariana TekMomenceArketaZenotiQuickBooksRipplingShopifyStripeClassPassWellhubPlaidRampMeta AdsGoogle AdsGoogle Workspace+ anything with an API
On Mindbody, Mariana Tek, Momence, Arketa or Zenoti

A finance team's morning report, without hiring one.

Every location's sales, visits and members, checked and compared overnight, with what changed called out. From $500 a month.

Keep three members who would have cancelled and it has paid for itself.

While you sleepEvery night, for every location
  1. PullEvery sale, class, visit and appointment since the last run.
  2. CheckNothing goes out until yesterday is complete. If it isn't, the email waits and we're alerted.
  3. CompareEach number against the same days in recent weeks and last year, plus where the month is heading.
  4. RankAnything unusual goes to the top, with what needs attention first.
  5. DeliverEach manager gets data scoped to their locations, at the hour you pick. We watch every run.
Sample morning brief for a fictional studio group: revenue on pace for the month, four headline numbers, and two studios that need attention, with what to check at each.
A sample brief for a fictional studio group, built by the same software clients get. See the whole email
  • Every location, every morning, in one email
  • What changed, flagged: a studio slipping, classes emptying, members not renewing
  • Your data, kept in a database you own
  • Set up and maintained by us, live in about two weeks
Pick your system
Start with the brief. Grow into the rest.
  1. Morning briefEvery location, every morning. From $500 a month.
  2. Your own databaseYour full history, updated daily, open to any reporting tool.
  3. Dashboards, reports and AIBuilt on that database, around how you run.
  4. The Data EngineEvery system connected, when one platform isn't enough.
When your numbers live in several systems

A full data department. Nobody to manage.

Booking, sales, payroll and accounting connected and kept running for you. Quoted once we've seen your systems.

Operations Automation

Extension

Let the robots do the robot work. Once the engine runs, we automate the approvals and follow-ups your managers still handle by hand, and your people get back to the human work.

  • Commission rules and approval workflows
  • Payroll-to-accounting transfers
  • Employee portals and operational follow-ups
Built when your business pulls for it, never speculative
Discuss a workflow
And the wider catalog, built to order at a flat price:
Custom integrations Board & investor reporting Payroll to accounting sync Marketing attribution Cashflow forecasting Commission & approval engines Employee portals AI agents & analysts Self-hosted platforms (support, chat)
Production case study · multi-state fitness

Built inside a real business, not a demo.

The platform runs in production end to end: connected reporting, payroll review, and commission workflows. It replaced an outside BI vendor, caught six figures a year in payroll miscalculation, and turned a week of monthly board reporting into one command.

It also means the business never hired the data engineer this would otherwise take. The outside vendor had covered one slice; the platform covers the rest.

None of it is one-off. New clients get the same platform components, configured to the systems they already run, for a flat monthly fee.

We build and run our own software on this same stack, which is how we know it holds up when nobody is watching it.

Platform build and upkeep
BI vendor replaced$63k
Data engineer never hired$200k+
Subtotal$260k+
Payroll and spend, measured
Split-shift payroll fix$120k
Support desk self-hosted$31k
License cleanup$6.7k
Subtotal$157k
Staff time handed back · attested
≈2,700 hours a year, at loaded rates≈$190k
Total value, per year$600k+
Monthly board report1 command
Commission lines decided by rules>99%
Vendor, payroll, support desk, and license figures are measured from this business's production data; the payroll figure annualizes a six-month window. The engineer is one senior data engineer at Los Angeles market rates, fully loaded, the hire the platform made unnecessary. Staff time is attested by the operators at their loaded rates and includes commission review that was previously skipped. Everything is rounded down.
Focused projects

Fixed-fee audits, no platform required.

Bought on their own, with the math behind every finding.

The Savings Audit

Focused project

A fixed-fee sweep of your payroll, subscriptions, and vendor spend. It finds the money you're leaking before you commit to anything bigger.

  • Payroll calculation discrepancies
  • Unused licenses and subscriptions
  • Duplicate charges and vendor spend
Fixed fee, days not weeks · every finding comes with the math behind it
Ask about an audit
Separate engagement · California employers

Wage & Hour Exposure Audit

Review selected wage calculations. The engine finds discrepancies and estimates exposure for management and counsel to examine.

  • Split shifts, meal and rest premiums, and waiting-time calculations
  • Regular-rate and overtime calculations
  • Runs from the payroll export you already have
Ask about the exposure audit Calculations for management and counsel review, not legal advice.
Illustrative audit structure
Review scopeRULES & PERIOD
Input checksMISSING RECORDS
Calculation detailBY RECORD ID
AssumptionsFOR REVIEW
FindingsNEXT STEPS
Illustrative structure. Employees appear by record ID, never by name.
How it works

Live in two to six weeks.

About two weeks for a morning brief and four to six for the Data Engine, once we have access to your systems. More systems or custom reports take longer.

1

Pick what matters

Choose the reports and decisions that matter most. We check access to your systems and quote a fixed setup price and schedule.

2

Build and review

We connect the data, check the calculations, and review report drafts with your team before the scheduled delivery starts.

3

Keep it running

The platform refreshes on schedule and we handle what breaks. Each quarter we review results with you and pick the next improvement.

Before we get started

Who is this for?

Businesses on Mindbody, Mariana Tek, Momence, Arketa or Zenoti start with the morning brief. Businesses whose booking, sales, payroll and accounting live in separate systems get the Data Engine. California employers with an hourly workforce can start with the wage-and-hour audit. The first call is about what fits.

How is pricing set?

The morning brief starts at $500 a month, plus a one-time setup fee. The Data Engine has a setup fee and a flat monthly fee, quoted once we have seen your systems and the reports you need. New integrations or workflows are priced before we build them. Audits are a fixed fee.

What does our team need to do?

Name one person to own the project, give us access to the systems involved, walk us through the reports you rely on, and review the drafts. After launch, we meet quarterly.

Who owns the data, and what happens if we leave?

Your data is yours. Before any work starts, the service agreement spells out hosting, access, export, and what we hand over if you leave.

What does maintenance include?

We monitor the feeds, fix what breaks, and keep the reports in your agreement arriving on schedule. New reports, rules, and integrations are priced before we add them.

How do you handle sensitive data and AI access?

Access and data-processing terms are signed before we connect anything. We build and test on synthetic or de-identified records, and AI only touches client data where your agreement allows it. Please keep payroll records and employee details out of the form below.

Why Mainspring Data?

In a watch, the mainspring is the coiled steel that powers everything. Every gear and every hand runs on it. You never see it working. You just get the time.

A spring is also where a river starts. That's the other half of the name. We build the main spring of your business: the source your numbers, your reports, and your decisions all flow from.

It winds itself, it runs without tending, and the ai was in mainspring all along.

Tell us what your team needs to see.

Share the systems you use and the reporting or workflow you want to improve. We’ll reply to discuss fit and arrange an intro call.

Please describe the workflow without sharing employee details, payroll records, or credentials. See our privacy policy.