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.
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.
Open the toolLabor 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.
Open the toolJob 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.
Open the toolChange 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.
Open the toolRetainage 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.
Open the toolOverhead 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.
Open the toolBudget 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.
Open the toolConstruction 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.
Open the toolFree 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.
Open the toolWant the thinking behind the numbers? The guides explain each one in plain language. Read the guides