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Moving Company Quoting Calculator

The walkup, the piano and the long carry were in the move. None of them were in the quote.

Quote moves from real crew hours, vehicle time and packing materials, with the price solved from the margin you want to keep.

$29 USD · one-time
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Moving Company Quoting Calculator dashboard
Who it's for

Made for the way you actually work.

  • Local movers quoting by room count and hope
  • Crews pricing stairs, long carries and packing honestly
  • Owner-operators with one truck and a thin margin
  • Moving companies tired of eating the heavy days
What's included

Everything in one file.

  • Dashboard: Quote, margin and cost per unit, with two charts. Read-only.
  • Start Here: Five steps from opening the file to a real number on screen.
  • Move Quote: Where you build one bid. The main working sheet.
  • Client Quote: The printable quote you send the client. Prices only.
  • Rate Card: Your trades and their hourly cost. Enter once; used on every bid.
  • Settings: Overhead and target profit margin.
  • Instructions: What each sheet does, and what to do if a number looks off.
  • About: Version, license and support.
  • PDF Quick-Start Guide: two pages, first result in five minutes
How it works

Three steps to a number you trust.

  1. Open Rate Card. Enter your all-in hourly cost per role, wage plus payroll burden, not the rate you bill.
  2. Open Settings. Set your overhead percentage and the profit margin you want every move to earn.
  3. Open Move Quote. Name the move, enter the scope size, and pick a service tier.
A look inside

The screens you'll be working in.

List of the nine sheets in the moving quoting spreadsheetMove Quote sheet with crew hours, trucks, packing and add-onsClient Quote sheet, a printable one page quote with prices onlyRate Card sheet with all-in hourly cost per roleThree steps to a quote: enter the hours, pick the margin, send itCompatibility list showing Excel, Google Sheets, Mac and Windows support
Questions

Good to know.

Can I quote office moves with it?
Yes. Add the roles you use, change the scope unit to workstations, and price crates as materials.
How do I price insurance coverage?
As a material line at the premium you pay. It is a cost of the job, and the margin solver will carry your margin on it.
Does this work in Excel and Google Sheets?
Both. Google Sheets: File > Import, or open and make a copy. Excel 365: open it directly. No macros, no add-ons, nothing to install.
What is the service tier for?
It scales labor hours for work that is harder than routine. Standard is 1.0, Complex 1.15, Premium 1.30. Enter the hours a routine move would take and let the tier do the multiplying.
I'm not confident with spreadsheets. Will I manage?
Yes. The white cells are the only ones you touch. The Quick-Start Guide has your first real number on screen in about five minutes, and if you get stuck, message me.

One mispriced job costs more than this.

$29 once, and it's yours to keep. It pays for itself the first time it stops you underpricing a job or leaving margin on the table. No subscription, no login, just a file that does the maths.

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