Review criteria
- +Bid from square footage, coats, and labor
- +Paint and supply cost with waste factor
- +Margin and quoted price
- +Works in Google Sheets and Excel
Painting Estimate Calculator in Painting Contractor
The Painting Estimate Calculator is a copy-ready spreadsheet for painting contractor that tracks area, coats, paint, labor, markup, bid. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 15 minutes to set up.
Last updated: August 2026
Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up
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What’s inside “Painting Estimate Calculator”
Tabs: How to use · Rooms · BidFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 15 minutesColumns: 5
Columns (grey = calculated for you)
- Room / surface
- Paintable sq ft
- Coats
- Gallons
- Labor hours
- Open the Rooms tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
- Measure each surface's paintable area (wall perimeter × height, minus large openings) and the coats needed.
- Set coverage, production rate and prices on the Bid tab. Gallons and labor hours roll up into the bid price.
- Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.
The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.
Painting Estimate Calculator
About this template
It is built for people who want results without another subscription: painters bidding interior and exterior jobs. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.
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What to verify before choosing Painting Estimate Calculator
Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.
Often worth considering when
- +Painters bidding interior and exterior jobs
- +Anyone standardizing how they price by area
Pause before choosing when
- -Live paint price feeds
- -Color-matching tools
About Painting Contractor
Why people consider this option
- +Estimate paint jobs and track work without paid software
- +Price by area, coats, and labor with margin
- +Keep the job pipeline organized
What to review before acting
- -No color matching or supplier ordering
- -Larger crews eventually need field software
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Questions people ask before copying a template
Does the Painting Estimate Calculator work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Painting Estimate Calculator really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the Painting Estimate Calculator track?
It tracks area, coats, paint, labor, markup, bid. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.