Every second you wait,
your business loses money.
The counter below shows what UK businesses collectively lose to manual work right now. Then pick your industry and see your personal number.
$295B
lost annually in EU
40 hrs
wasted per business/week
$41/hr
average blended rate
UK businesses lose to manual work
$39,400
per second
$2.36M
per minute
$142M
per hour
$295B
per year
ONS Labour Force Survey 2024 · McKinsey Global Institute · 3.5M European businesses · 40h/wk avg · $41/hr blended rate
Now calculate YOUR industry's cost
Dental practice cost, since you opened this page
$0
of today's manual work cost tracked
What that cost could fund instead
The real breakdown
Where the time actually goes
We've tracked 312+ automation deployments. These are the real numbers.
Email triage & response drafting
22%8.8h/wk average per 40hr business
CRM data entry & contact updates
18%7.2h/wk average per 40hr business
Invoice creation, chasing, reconciling
15%6.0h/wk average per 40hr business
Reporting: pulling data, building decks
20%8.0h/wk average per 40hr business
Client onboarding & setup
12%4.8h/wk average per 40hr business
Scheduling & appointment management
13%5.2h/wk average per 40hr business
Total: 40 hours per week, that's an entire full-time employee doing nothing but admin.
At $41/hr blended rate = $85,000/yr. Minimum.
The compound effect
Every year you wait, it gets worse
Manual work doesn't stay flat. As your business grows, admin grows faster, unless you automate.
Year 1
$42k
5 people · 20h/wk
Year 2
$85k
10 people · 40h/wk
Year 3
$169k
20 people · 80h/wk
Year 4
$295k
35 people · 140h/wk
Without automation, 4 years
$590,000
total manual work cost · still growing
Hybrid (partial), 4 years
$331,000
partial tools + manual gaps · plateaus quickly
With PURIST, 4 years
$67,000
total plan cost · saving compounds annually
Sources: ONS Labour Force Survey 2024 · McKinsey Global Institute · PURIST client deployment data (312 businesses) · European average blended hourly rate $41/hr
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