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Striping Job Estimator

A striping bid reduces to gallons, hours, and mobilization. Enter the lot, adjust the assumptions to your reality, and see the floor below which the job loses money. Everything runs in your browser.

The lot

StallsStall styleLinear feet per stallabout 19 LF for a typical 18 ft single-line stall

Extra linear feetaisles, crosswalks, curbs, fire laneStencils to paintISA symbols, arrows, wordsMinutes per stencil

Paint

Coverage (LF of 4-inch line per gallon)about 320 at a 15-mil wet film; porous asphalt covers lessYour paint cost per gallon ($)use your real local price

Time and money

Painting pace (LF per hour)measure your own; brochure paces lieLayout hours (restripe)following existing lines is quickCrew rate ($ per hour)what the crew's time must earn

Mobilization ($ flat)travel, load, unload, conesOverhead per job ($)insurance + machine wear spread across jobsTarget margin (%)

Your estimate

Total linear feet: 1,150 LF
Gallons (with 10% margin): 4.0
Materials: $119
Painting hours: 2.9
Stencil hours: 1.0
Layout hours: 1.0
Labor: $244
Bid floor: $587
Quote at your margin: $764

Estimates from your own inputs, before taxes. Not a quote, a market price, or an income claim. The floor is what the job costs you; your market decides what it pays, and you decide whether the gap is worth your night.

The estimate is half the job. The layout is the other half.

The Striping Business Launch Kit pairs this math with the ADA field guide, the site survey and work order templates, and the outreach scripts that put a new operator in front of property managers. $149 once, 30-day money-back guarantee.

See the Launch Kit Next: check the ADA baseline