PPF margin calculator

Work from the bottom up. Add your true job cost — film costed by the linear foot off the roll (including the offcuts you can't reuse), install labor at a fully loaded rate, and consumables — then subtract that from your price. Margin percent is gross profit divided by net revenue (price minus card fees). This calculator does that math live: enter your feet, cost per foot, waste, labor and consumables, and it shows the price you need for a target margin and the margin any price actually earns.

There's no single 'right' number — it depends on your market, overhead and mix of work — so this tool lets you set your own target rather than baking in a figure we can't stand behind. The important habit is reading the margin on every job before you send the quote, and comparing profit per bay-hour across jobs, because the biggest ticket isn't always the best use of a bay.

No. All the math runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded, saved or shared. Refresh the page and it resets. Use it as often as you like.

Yes — that's what Service VIN does. Instead of typing numbers into a calculator, it costs each quote from the real film on your rack (inventory tracked to the foot with true cost per roll), adds your labor, and shows projected profit live as you build the quote. You see the margin before you send it, and every finished job draws down inventory with real COGS attached.