Roofing
Roofing Revenue Per Crew Calculator
Work out what each crew returns and whether adding another is justified.
Result
An average hides a lot. One strong performer and one struggling one produce the same average as two mediocre ones, and the management action is completely different.
Get a Free Business AuditWhat moves the number
- Workable days per crew, which weather caps.
- Squares per day, which roof complexity caps.
- Full crew cost including vehicle, equipment and burden.
Where this one goes wrong
Adding a crew during a busy season. The demand that justified it may be seasonal, and a crew added in June is a cost carried through the winter.
Questions
About this calculator
When is another crew justified?
When work is being turned away across a full year rather than during a peak, and when the existing crews are at capacity on workable days rather than on calendar days.
What does a crew really cost?
Wages with roofing burden, a vehicle and trailer, equipment, and the supervision time to keep them productive. The wages alone are a minority of it.
Should crews be measured on revenue or squares?
Squares per workable day for productivity, revenue for contribution. Revenue alone rewards whichever crew is sent to the larger jobs.
The formula
revenue per unit = revenue / number of units; contribution = gross profit - cost of the unit
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How to use this calculator
- Number of crews. Enter your own figure; the page starts at 5.
- Revenue per month ($). Enter your own figure; the page starts at $88,000.
- Cost of one crew per month ($). Wages with burden, vehicle, tools, phone.
- Gross margin (%). Enter your own figure; the page starts at 34%.
The result updates as you type, so you can try a figure, see what it does to revenue per crew, and change it back. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere or saved.
A worked example
These are the figures the calculator opens with. Every number in the results column below is produced by the same calculation the page runs, so you can follow it through before putting your own figures in.
What goes in
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of crews | 5 |
| Revenue per month | $88,000 |
| Cost of one crew per month | $7,200 |
| Gross margin | 34% |
What comes out
| Result | Value |
|---|---|
| Revenue per crew main result | $17,600 |
| Per crew per year | $211,200 |
| Gross profit each crew generates | $5,984 |
| Contribution after their own cost | -$1,216 |
Each crew brings in $17,600 a month and contributes -$1,216 after covering their own cost. Anything below zero there means adding people makes things worse, not better.
How sensitive the answer is
Holding everything else steady and changing only revenue per month, this is what happens to revenue per crew. It is worth knowing which of your inputs the answer actually hinges on, and which barely move it.
| Revenue per month ($) | Revenue per crew |
|---|---|
| $44,000 | $8,800 |
| $66,000 | $13,200 |
| $88,000 example above | $17,600 |
| $132,000 | $26,400 |
| $176,000 | $35,200 |
Every other input is held at the example value while this one changes, which is not how a real job behaves. Treat it as a guide to which number matters most, not as five separate quotes.
What each figure means
- Number of crews
- A number, between 0 and 2000, starting at 5.
- Revenue per month ($)
- A money amount, starting at $88,000.
- Cost of one crew per month ($)
- Wages with burden, vehicle, tools, phone.
- Gross margin (%)
- A percentage, between 0 and 95, starting at 34%.
What the results tell you
| Result | What it is |
|---|---|
| Revenue per crew | The headline result. A money figure. |
| Per crew per year | A money figure. |
| Gross profit each crew generates | A money figure. |
| Contribution after their own cost | A money figure. |
What this cannot see
Material quantities assume a clean rectangular plane and the waste factor you enter. Valleys, hips, dormers, penetrations and a steep pitch all raise real waste, and a tear-off frequently uncovers decking that was not in the quote.
Estimating is the easy part
The jobs you never hear about cost more than the ones you mis-measure. BDEVY builds the marketing, systems and automation that bring them in.