BUILD A CLEAR RESTAURANT P&L AND BALANCE SHEET WITH OUR CHART OF ACCOUNTS TEMPLATE

Organize your revenue, cost of goods sold, and operating expenses with a Chart of Accounts designed specifically for restaurant bookkeeping.

Download the Restaurant Chart of Accounts for QuickBooks

DOWNLOAD OUR READY-TO-IMPORT RESTAURANT CHART OF ACCOUNTS FOR QUICKBOOKS

A Chart of Accounts (CoA) provides the structure that organizes every transaction in your restaurant’s accounting system.

When your accounts are set up correctly, your financial reports clearly show the metrics restaurant operators rely on every day including food costs, beverage margins, labor expenses, and overall profitability. This makes analyzing prime costs faster and more accurate. A Chart of Accounts (CoA) provides the structure that organizes every transaction in your restaurant’s accounting system and forms the foundation of accurate restaurant bookkeeping.

Our restaurant Chart of Accounts template gives you a structured set of accounts designed specifically for restaurant bookkeeping and financial reporting, helping you categorize revenue, cost of goods sold (COGS), labor, and operating expenses consistently in QuickBooks.

A Restaurant Chart of Accounts ready to Import into QuickBooks

As specialist restaurant CPAs, we know restaurant owners and operators don’t have time to build a Chart of Accounts from scratch.

That’s why we’ve created a ready-to-use restaurant Chart of Accounts template you can import directly into QuickBooks to simplify your restaurant bookkeeping.

Just follow three simple steps:

1: Import the Chart of Accounts spreadsheet

2: Map the columns to your QuickBooks account fields

3: Review and import your accounts

Once imported, the restaurant-specific account categories will appear directly in your QuickBooks Chart of Accounts.

This gives you a clean financial reporting structure for organizing revenue, cost of goods sold, labor, and operating expenses in a way that reflects how restaurants actually run.

Top tip: The template can also be used as a reference guide when recording transactions, helping you quickly confirm the correct category for income and expenses.

Download the Restaurant Chart of Accounts Template

GO FURTHER WITH CONTROLLER-LEVEL SUPPORT FOR AMBITIOUS RESTAURANTS

DOWNLOADING A RESTAURANT CHART OF ACCOUNTS TEMPLATE IS A GREAT FIRST STEP TOWARDS BUILDING

CLEAR FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

The Fork CPAs help restaurant operators go beyond the basics with specialist restaurant accounting and controller-level support.

Our team works alongside owners to deliver reliable retaurant bookkeeping plus financial reporting, operational insights, and accounting systems designed to support long-term growth of your restaurant business.

It’s like having a dedicated restaurant controller on your team without the in-house cost.

DOWNLOAD THE RESTAURANT CHART OF ACCOUNTS FOR QUICKBOOKS