Eight questions across five areas — pricing, measuring, quoting speed, job costing and team — scored against how the most profitable painting businesses operate. Free, instant, no account.
An 8-question diagnostic that evaluates a painting business across pricing, measurement, quoting, team, and visibility — and shows the painter where the gaps are. The scorecard takes about 2 minutes and produces a written assessment with prioritised next steps.
Healthy painting businesses run cost-plus pricing with locked margins per cost category (35–50% labour, 20–30% materials), measure surfaces digitally rather than on a notepad, send branded proposals within 24 hours of site visit, run a documented project lifecycle from quote to review, and have a permanent surface register so they can re-quote without re-measuring. Businesses missing several of these are far more likely to run thin net margins.
The strongest signal is being asked 'is that all?' by clients on the phone after they receive your quote. The mathematical signal is using markup multipliers (cost × 1.30) instead of cost-plus (cost ÷ 0.70) — markup at 30% target produces 23% margin in practice. The Profit Reality Check tool exposes this from your last job's numbers.
In order: (1) confusing markup with margin, (2) using flat day rates instead of measured production hours, (3) not loading the labour cost rate with statutory on-costs and leave, (4) not separating direct costs from per-job overheads, (5) writing quotes by hand without a branded template, (6) no review collection sequence after job completion.
Most pricing fixes can be implemented within 30 days — switch from markup to cost-plus, load the labour rate properly, set per-category margins. Operational fixes (digital measurement, branded proposals, review drips) typically take a month per process to embed. A focused painter can transform pricing and quoting in 90 days.
Yes — completely free, no credit card. You see your score immediately. The detailed written report by email after submission is also free.