Estimate only — not a licensed bid, appraisal, or tax advice. Numbers stay in your browser.
Bid worksheet
Construction profit margin calculator: is this bid actually profitable?
Revenue feels good until you subtract real job cost. Enter bid and cost to see margin and markup — planning only from the numbers you enter.
Line-item workbenchLive calc
Bid stack
- Revenue / bid
- $50,000.00
- Cost
- $42,000.00
- Profit
- $8,000.00
Markup 19.0% · Margin 16.0%
Common questions
Gross margin targets often sit in the mid-teens to mid-twenties for many small GCs; net is lower.
Margin divides by bid; markup divides by cost.
Decide before you calculate — loaded cost vs direct-only changes the story.
No — estimate only from your inputs.