construction business profitability

Contractor comparing markup and gross margin while pricing a job

Markup vs. margin for contractors: The pricing mistake that quietly costs you profit

A 25% markup does not produce a 25% gross margin. Learn how markup and margin affect job pricing, discounts, overhead coverage, and contractor profitability.

Samuel Andrus

Aug 114 min read

An infographic illustrates how blind cost cutting of vital operational supports like software and marketing damages a tilting "Business Profit" building, while a chaotic underlying foundation of invisible inefficiencies like labor overruns and poor scheduling leaks profit.

The Cost Reduction Mistake That Shrinks Profit Instead of Improving It

Samuel Andrus

Jun 225 min read