What Are the Monthly Running Costs of a Flooring Business?
What breaks a flooring cost table isn’t the rent but the price given without a survey. The surprises that appear on site are absent from the quote and abundantly present in the cost. 🪵
Short answer: a mid-sized business runs at ₺50K to ₺145K a month.
Below: the spending lines, fixed-versus-variable, three inflating lines and the break-even point.
Monthly cost breakdown
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- Fixed costs
- Variable costs
- The invisible cost: floor surprises
Let’s take it in order.
Fixed costs
Store rent ₺15-42K, storage rent ₺5-14K, fitting crew and staff ₺25-75K, accounting and insurance ₺3-7K. Crew cost is the most defining line in this branch. 📊
Variable costs
Fuel and delivery ₺5-14K, electricity and heating ₺2-7K, fitting consumables (underlay, silicone, screws) ₺2-6K. Consumables grow with job counts and are usually forgotten in quotes.
The invisible cost: floor surprises
Uneven screed, damp and old covering that needs removing — without a survey, these jobs are paid out of the profit. One surprise can take a job’s entire earnings.
Fixed side or variable side?
A crew-weighted structure.
The weight of the fixed side
The fitting crew produces cost even when there’s no work, which makes keeping the job flow steady a cost line in itself. Every idle day comes off that month’s profit.
Three lines that inflate the cost
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- 1. Quoting without a survey
- 2. Not writing in the wastage allowance
- 3. Stocking pattern variety
All three are set at the start of the job.
1. Quoting without a survey
A square-metre price given over the phone melts away against what appears on site; a survey saves both the cost and the customer’s trust, and lifts the conversion rate too.
2. Not writing in the wastage allowance
If the extra square metres needed for cutting loss aren’t counted, a second delivery and extra freight become inevitable. The line looks small but repeats on every job.
3. Stocking pattern variety
Holding quantities in dozens of patterns splits the money and creates dead stock when fashion moves. Depth in five or six best-sellers always beats a wide range.
When do you break even?
Turnkey selling lowers the threshold.
The logic of the calculation
With ₺85K in monthly fixed costs and a 24% gross margin, break-even revenue is roughly ₺354K. Turnkey selling at a 36% margin brings it to ₺236K. Margin mechanics in the flooring margin article. 🧭
Who does this cost structure suit?
Those who can manage a crew.
How were these numbers built?
Field records, open tariffs and sector studies are read together to produce each band. Publishing a range rather than one number reflects how differently businesses land. See our methodology page. 📐
📝 Field Notes
A business quoted square-metre prices over the phone; customers hung up and called elsewhere. He changed to “let me come and see the floor, then give you a firm price.” Surveys revealed old coverings needing removal, and the quotes reflected it. Customers lost on the phone dropped, and surprise costs on site ended. In this branch the survey is the cheapest cost control there is. 🪵
📖 Terms in Brief
Survey: inspecting the floor in person before quoting. Underlay: the sound and moisture layer laid beneath the flooring. Wastage allowance: the extra square metres added for cutting loss. Turnkey: product and fitting sold at one price.
⚡ Quick Summary
Monthly running cost ₺50-145K. 📊 The invisible line: floor surprises. Three inflating lines: quoting without a survey, no wastage allowance, stocking pattern variety. Break-even: fixed cost ÷ gross margin.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Stock policy and crew model can be flexed. The sample area is not where you cut; it’s an investment, and the highest-returning square metre you have.
A business that can’t build a crew falls into a price race and can’t cover its fixed costs. For those not managing crews, ironmongery; for higher margins on a similar basket, bathroom and tiles. All branches side by side on the hardware sector page.
Most businesses survey free because it lifts the conversion rate. On distant jobs, taking a symbolic fee and deducting it once the work is won is a reasonable method.
With a steady work flow your own crew is both cheaper and easier to quality-check. With volatile work a subcontractor is advantageous because it removes the fixed cost.
Holding depth in a few best-sellers and sourcing the rest to order is common. It lowers both storage cost and fashion risk.
Source: Contract Flooring Association