Contractor Markup Calculator, Overhead, Break-Even Hourly Rate, Profit Margin Pricing, Excel Google Sheets

Contractor markup calculator for Excel & Google Sheets: enter overhead, billable hours and profit target to get break-even, hourly rate, markup and true margin.

Stop inheriting your markup. Calculate it

Your overhead, your hours and the profit you want → the markup, the margin, the hourly rate and what a rain day costs.

WHO IT'S FOR
Every trade business owner who sets prices

SOUNDS FAMILIAR?
✕ 'We mark up 20%' – and think that's 20% profit
✕ The hourly rate came from what the other guy charges
✕ You can't say what an unbilled day costs

WHAT THIS PACK FIXES
✓ Markup and margin from your own numbers
✓ Break-even and target hourly rate, rounded
✓ Price-a-job panel that shows the profit on a price you're considering

OVERHEAD, MARKUP & BREAK-EVEN CALCULATOR – WHAT YOU GET
• Overhead, Markup & Break-Even Calculator.xlsx: Overhead (24 line items in four groups – owner and office, insurance and licenses, vehicles and equipment, selling and admin – typed monthly or annually) → Calculator: billable hours from crew size, weeks and non-billable share; a normal year's job costs and the profit target; then break-even revenue, revenue needed, overhead as % of cost, the markup and the gross margin it produces, overhead and profit per billable hour, break-even per day; an hourly-rate builder (loaded labor + overhead ÷ profit, rounded up); and a price-a-job panel that also checks a price you have in mind. Markup vs Margin: the conversion table.
• EXAMPLE - Overhead, Markup & Break-Even (3-person remodeler).xlsx: A three-person remodeling crew plus a working owner: $160k overhead, $478k job costs, 10% profit target → 48% markup, 33% margin, $80 / hour, and a job that loses money at the price the owner had in mind.
• START HERE PDF: what's in the download, how to open it in Excel / Google Sheets or Word / Google Docs, a quick start and tips

HOW TO ACCESS
Instant digital download – nothing ships. After checkout Etsy shows a Download button, and the files stay under Purchases & Reviews on etsy.com (downloads don't work in the Etsy app – use a browser). The download is a ZIP: extract it first (Windows: right-click → Extract All; Mac: double-click), then open the files in Excel or Google Sheets and Word or Google Docs. Set it up once on a laptop, then use it anywhere. Because it's a digital file, returns aren't possible – but if something doesn't open or you're stuck, message us and we'll sort it out.

GET THE WHOLE SET
This pack is part of the Everything Bundle – all 42 Trade Templates Co. packs for $199 – and the Contractor Office Bundle ($109) and the Pricing & Profit Bundle ($39). Search our shop for "bundle".

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AI disclosure: these templates were built with the assistance of AI tools and reviewed, tested and edited by the seller.