FREE CALCULATOR

Minimum Sell Price Calculator for Commercial Contractors

Know your floor. Protect your margin. Calculate your minimum sell price and see if your proposed price keeps you safe.

Cost Inputs

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Pricing Decision

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Results

Total Cost$0.00
Minimum Sell Price$0.00
Buffer Above Floor$0.00 (0.0%)
Actual Markup0.0%
Actual Margin0.0%
Break-Even Point$0.00

Real Commercial Example

A commercial contractor quotes a mechanical room upgrade. Here's how the numbers break down:

Total Cost$47,500
Target Markup25%
Minimum Sell Price (Floor)$59,375
Proposed Sell Price$65,000
Buffer Above Floor$5,625 (9.5%)
Actual Margin26.9%

What happens after a 5% client discount?

Discounted Price

$61,750

New Buffer

$2,375 (4.0%)

Status

At Risk

A small 5% discount ate 58% of your buffer. One more concession and you're below floor.

Why This Matters

Pricing mistakes happen early

Most margin erosion occurs before the quote is sent—not during negotiation. The wrong floor assumption compounds through every change order.

Markup ≠ Margin

Teams regularly confuse markup with margin. A 25% markup on $47,500 doesn't give you 25% margin on $59,375—it gives you 20% margin. That gap kills profitability.

Small discounts erode fast

A 5% discount can wipe out over half your buffer in one move. Protected floor pricing prevents silent margin loss across your team.

ONE QUOTE VS EVERY QUOTE

This calculator checks one pricing decision.

Quoteloc enforces protected floor logic across every quote your team sends—calculating automatically, warning on violations, and locking approved pricing so margin doesn't drift.

Stop catching margin errors after they're priced.

WITHOUT QUOTELOC

Hope your team got the math right

WITH QUOTELOC

Floor enforcement on every quote