TrimWell Score Case Study: How a Family of Four Cut $1,800 a Year
Published 2026-07-13 · TrimWell Media
The starting list
The household entered 11 subscriptions spanning three streaming platforms, two music accounts (one per parent, unnecessarily), a meal-kit service used twice in six months, a gym membership one parent no longer attended, two overlapping cloud storage plans, and one forgotten annual software renewal neither parent remembered signing up for.
What the score revealed
Against the national benchmark of $219/month and 8.2 subscriptions, the family's raw total of roughly $340/month and 11 subscriptions put them meaningfully above average on both dimensions, driving an initial TrimWell Score in the 'Room to Trim' range.
The Trim Plan in action
Flagging the unused gym membership, the twice-used meal kit, one of the two music accounts, and the forgotten annual software renewal as 'rarely used' generated a Trim Plan totaling $150/month in identified waste — $1,800 annually.
Where the savings went
Rather than letting the freed-up $150/month get absorbed into general spending, the family set up an automatic transfer into a existing investment account the same week they finished canceling, turning the audit into a lasting change rather than a one-time cleanup.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How much did this family save using the TrimWell Score?
- $150/month, or $1,800/year, after canceling four flagged subscriptions.
- How many subscriptions did the family start with?
- 11, against a national average of 8.2.
- What did the family do with the savings?
- Set up an automatic monthly transfer into an existing investment account the same week they canceled.