Powder Coat Shop: The Numbers
Fill in last year's totals, or a normal month and we'll multiply by 12. Round numbers are fine.
One rule that matters: put a real wage for yourselves in the Labor line. If your own pay is left out, the profit number is fake and the shop looks healthier than it is.
Money coming in
| Total revenue Sales total / bank deposits / accountant's P&L top line | $ |
| Pieces coated Job tickets or invoices. Or count a normal week × 50 | pc |
Cost per piece (the small stuff)
| Powder spend Supplier invoices, full year | $ |
| Chemicals / blast media Degreaser, phosphate, abrasive | $ |
| Masking, hooks, filters Consumables that get used up | $ |
Fixed costs (the bills that come whether the oven runs or not)
| Rent / facility Lease. Monthly × 12 | $ |
| Labor, ALL wages including your own Payroll. Pay yourselves a real number | $ |
| Insurance All policies, annual | $ |
| Power / hydro Bills, full year. The oven is the hog | $ |
| Equipment / loans / lease payments Loan statements, or replacement cost ÷ years of life | $ |
| Everything else Admin, software, phone, accounting, vehicle | $ |
One last question
| How much profit do you want, on TOP of your own wages? The reward for owning the risk | $ |
Hand these numbers back and they go straight into the calculator. It will show how many pieces a year just pay the rent, where the break-even line sits, and whether to raise price or push volume.