StashGrade for concrete

Flatwork, foundations, decorative: know which pours pay.

Yardage is easy to count. Margin per segment is not, when it all lands in one income account. StashGrade reads the split from your books.

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Where concrete contractors leak money

Mud and rebar pass-through

Ready-mix and steel prices move with the market. If quotes lag deliveries by a season, the spread comes out of margin. Year-over-year materials share shows it plainly.

Decorative priced like flatwork

Stamped and decorative work carries more labor and more callbacks. Priced off the same per-foot model as flatwork, it can net less than the plain pour. Segment split makes it visible.

Weather days nobody bills

Rain delays, pump reschedules, crews on standby. Fixed overhead against weather-shrunk volume shows up as a net-margin dip the P&L can date to the month.

Typical ranges for a concrete contractor

Typical shares of revenue for a concrete contractor. They are directional estimates drawn from trade surveys and cost data, and StashGrade’s analysis uses the same ones. Your mix and your market move them.

MeasureTypical range
Gross margin25 to 40% of revenue
Overhead10 to 20% of revenue
Field labor25 to 35% of revenue
Materials30 to 45% of revenue

A worked example: a $1.5M concrete contractor

Round numbers, not a customer. Three kinds of pour, one income account.

Line of workRevenueGross marginGross profit
Flatwork$900,00032%$288,000
Foundations$450,00028%$126,000
Decorative and stamped$150,00018%$27,000
All work$1,500,00029%$441,000

Decorative looks like the premium line, and it usually bills more per square foot. Priced off the flatwork model, it carries more labor and more callbacks, and it keeps 18 cents on the dollar against 32 for a plain slab.

Questions concrete contractors ask

How do I work out my net margin as a concrete contractor?

Take your gross margin (typically 25 to 40% for a concrete contractor) and subtract overhead (typically 10 to 20% of revenue). What is left is a rough net before owner pay and taxes. The spread is wide because your mix and your market move both numbers. If yours lands under 5%, overhead is eating the work, and the books show which lines grew.

Do I need clean books before I connect?

No. StashGrade reads your books as they are. When flatwork, foundations and decorative pours all land in one income account, it estimates the split from what is there, and the readout says where cleaner books would sharpen the read.

Does it work if I price by the yard or by the square foot?

Yes. The grade works from your books in dollars, whatever unit you quote in. Per-square-foot numbers show up when your job software records the square footage.

How should I price decorative work against flatwork?

Price it from its own costs. Track a handful of stamped or colored jobs on their own: crew hours, extra materials like color and sealer, and the return trips for callbacks. Turn that into a cost per square foot, then set the price so decorative keeps at least what a plain slab keeps. A flat premium on top of the flatwork rate usually misses the extra labor, which is why decorative can net less than the plain pour.

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Your grade

One score for the whole business, and the next three moves in order.

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Which jobs pay

Margin by job type, pulled out of books that are not organized that way.

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What it's worth

A valuation range from your books, for when you are planning an exit.

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