9 free tools

Free tools

Calculators and worksheets for the numbers every small construction business runs on. No account, no signup — your inputs stay in your browser, and every tool has a link you can bookmark.

Calculator

Markup to Margin Calculator for Contractors (Free)

Convert markup to margin and back, see the price that hits your target margin, and find out why a 20% markup is only 16.7% margin.

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Calculator

Labor Burden Calculator: True Hourly Cost & Billable Rate

Turn a crew member's wage into their true hourly cost — taxes, insurance, PTO, downtime — and the billable rate that covers overhead and profit.

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Calculator

Job Cost and Profit Calculator for Contractors

Add up materials, labor, subs and equipment, then see gross profit and margin on a contract price — or the price that hits your target margin.

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Calculator

Change Order Pricing Calculator

Price a change order the right way: labor, materials, subs, then markup and tax — with a summary you can paste into a text before the work starts.

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Calculator

Retainage and Progress Billing Calculator

Figure this period's progress payment from percent complete, subtract retainage and previous payments, and see what's held and still owed.

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Calculator

Overhead and Break-Even Calculator for Contractors

Add up annual overhead, divide by revenue to get your overhead rate, and find the margin, markup and monthly sales you need to break even.

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Tracker

Budget vs. Actual Tracker (Free, Saves in Your Browser)

Track a job's budget against actual costs by cost code, line by line, with variances and totals. Saves in your browser — nothing to install, no account.

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Builder

Construction Cost Code List Builder (Free CSV Download)

Pick your trade, choose the splits you need, and download a ready-to-use cost code list as CSV — the 12-code starter list from our guide, adapted to you.

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Template

Free Excel Job Costing Template for Contractors

One sheet per job: agreed price, change orders, cash collected, recorded costs and what's left — the free template from our job costing guide.

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