Custom software
Internal systems, workflow software, portals, dashboards and web applications, built around the way one business works.
CapabilitiesCompany
An independent software company in Vincennes, Indiana
Kirk & Co. L.L.C. designs and builds custom operating software, makes Horizline, the CRM for contractors and service businesses, and runs Kirk Web Design. It is owned and operated by its founder, Elijah Kirk.
Founder
The person you work with
Elijah Kirk founded and runs Kirk & Co. Strategy, design, code and support stay with one person, close to the work.
The company began with custom web development for contractors, service businesses and local companies across southwest Indiana.
Every system Kirk & Co. builds starts the same way: from how the business actually runs, before any software is chosen or written.
“I believe every business or nonprofit is different. Each has different wants and needs that you need to be able to work around. I try to capture that as best as possible in my work and how I run my businesses.”
The story
From building websites to building systems
First
Websites, then Kirk Web Design
Custom web development for contractors, service businesses and local companies across southwest Indiana, which became a dedicated division for websites, SEO and ongoing growth work.
Then
An internal system
Running it exposed the next problem: client records, inquiries, invoicing and follow-up needed one operating view. Kirk & Co. built it in-house.
Then
Horizline
That system became Horizline, the CRM Kirk & Co. now offers to contractors and service businesses.
Now
Systems for others
Tailored software for other businesses, built the same way: from how the work actually moves.
Working with a founder-led company
What is different, in practice
You work directly with the person designing, building and supporting your system. Here is how that shapes the project.
Who you talk to
The builder, from the first message
You describe the work once, to the person who will design and write the software.
How decisions move
Directly
No account manager relays questions between you and the builder, so answers come from the source.
Who supports it
The same person, after launch
Fixes and changes come from someone who knows why each part was built the way it was.
Who is doing the work
Always clear
You know who is building your system and who to contact when you need a decision or a change.
What Kirk & Co. makes
Custom software, Horizline and Kirk Web Design
- Legal name
- Kirk & Co. L.L.C.
- Founder
- Elijah Kirk, Founder & Lead Developer
- Base
- Vincennes, Indiana
- Structure
- Independently owned and operated
- kirk@kirk-co.com
Horizline
The CRM for contractors and service businesses: every lead, quote, job and payment in one workspace the office and crew share.
About HorizlineKirk Web Design
Custom websites, SEO and ongoing growth work for small businesses, built around the action each visitor needs to take.
Visit Kirk Web DesignStart here
Tell us where work gets stuck.
The first step is a short message. You don’t need a specification, a budget or the right words for what you need.
What to send
A few sentences: what your team does, where work gets duplicated, delayed or lost, and the tools you use now.
What happens next
Elijah Kirk reads it and replies within one business day with a useful next step. Writing in commits you to nothing.
Rather talk first?
Write or call directly.