Get the materials right the first time — then add your markup
Pick your trade, enter the job, and see exactly how much material you need — paint, concrete, mulch, roofing, drywall, pipe, wire and more. Then drop in your unit cost and markup to see the price you should put on the estimate. Built for painters, concrete crews, HVAC techs, roofers and the rest of the trades.
Pick your trade & job
Add your markup
Enter what the material costs you per unit and the markup you add, and we'll work out the material price to put on the estimate.
Your cost for one unit of the material above.
A common materials markup runs 20–50%.
You’re all set!
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How it works
Real material math — every formula is shown on screen, nothing's a black box.
Pick your trade
Painting, concrete, HVAC, roofing, drywall, plumbing, electrical or landscaping — each loads its own real-world calculator.
Enter the job
Square footage, dimensions, coats, pitch — whatever the job needs. The quantity updates live as you type.
Add your markup
Drop in your unit cost and markup percentage and get the material price to put straight on the estimate.
One material calculator for every trade — and the price to charge
Buying too much material eats your profit; buying too little costs you a second trip and a delayed job. These free material calculators give you the right quantity for the work in front of you, whether you are answering "how much paint do I need" for a repaint, running a concrete calculator for a driveway pour, sizing mulch beds for a landscaping bid, or counting roofing squares before you order shingles. Pick your trade and the page loads the calculator that matches the job — no spreadsheets, no signup.
Every trade gets a real-world calculator built around how the work is actually estimated. Painters get paint coverage by square footage and coats; concrete crews get cubic yards and 80 lb bag counts; HVAC techs get a BTU calculator that also reads out in tons; roofers get roofing squares with a waste factor and shingle bundles; drywallers get sheet counts; plumbers get pipe volume; and electricians get a voltage drop calculator. Landscapers can size mulch by depth and sod by the pallet. The formula behind each result is printed right on screen, so the math is never a black box you have to trust blindly.
Knowing the quantity is only half the estimate. Drop in your material cost per unit and the markup you add, and the calculator shows the marked-up material price to put straight on the quote — so the trip from "how much do I need" to "here is your price" happens in one place. It is built for the trades that live and die by getting the numbers right: plumbers, HVAC techs, electricians, painters, concrete and roofing crews, drywallers and landscapers.
Frequently asked questions
Is this material calculator free to use?
Do I need to sign up or create an account?
How much paint do I need for a room or job?
How does the concrete calculator work out cubic yards?
Does it cover roofing squares, mulch, drywall, BTU and wire?
Can I turn the quantity into a price for my estimate?
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Turn these numbers into a sent estimate in minutes
Working out the materials is half the job — getting a priced estimate in front of the customer wins it. With LeadChime quotes you load your materials and markup once, then send a polished, itemised estimate by text or email the same day, so the numbers you just calculated turn into a booked job instead of a note in your phone.