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Welding and Fabrication business resources

Shop rates, repair and fabrication quotes, minimum charges and the invoice, for welding and fabrication shops and mobile welders. All of it is free to use, with nothing to sign up for. When you want the office work done for you, see how welders and fabricators run on Koira.

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Price a job

Cost calculators, welding pricing guides and the math behind an honest number for welding work.

Cost calculators and pricing guides

Pricing guideHow to Price Welding JobsHow to price welding repairs and fabrication: your shop rate, minimum charge, mobile trip charge, material and consumables, with sourced benchmarks and a worked mobile repair.

Your rates and margins

Run the businessWelding shop rate calculatorA welding shop's hourly rate from wages, overhead, consumables and billable hours, then a job priced at it.Run the businessLabor rate calculatorThe rate per billable hour that covers wages, burden, unbilled time, overhead and profit.Run the businessMarkup calculatorMarkup and margin both ways, plus a sliding-scale parts markup table.

Paperwork

Welding documents with the trade's own line items, terms and a worked example. Fill one in, then print it or download Word.

Free templateWelding estimateLine items, deposit, good-until date and a signature line.Free templateWelding invoiceLines, tax, deposit already paid and the balance due.

Pay

What the people in this work earn in every state, from the federal wage survey, and how a wage turns into a price.

Pay by stateWelder salary by stateWelders, cutters, solderers and brazers, shop and field.ReportTrade wages by state 2026Median pay for 24 trades in every state, from the BLS wage survey.

Start a business

The steps to open a welding business, a name, and a plan you can take to a bank.

Any tradeHow to Start a Home Services BusinessHow to start and own a home services business: picking a trade, licenses and insurance, pricing, first customers, getting paid and the tools a small shop needs.Any tradeHow to Register a Home Services BusinessHow to register a home services business: structure, name, state registration, registered agent, EIN, licenses and insurance, with a link to each state's official business registration office.

Run and grow the business

Getting found, getting calls, covering the business and running it well, written for welders and fabricators.

Get found and get calls

MarketingMarketing for welders and fabricatorsThe channels that pay off for this trade, a season by season calendar and ideas to use this month.LeadsHow welders and fabricators get leadsPaid lead services against the leads you own, and what each one costs you.

Cover and run the business

InsuranceInsurance for welders and fabricatorsThe policies this work needs, what states ask for and what drives the price.GlossaryWelding and Fabrication terms explainedThe words on the job and on the estimate, in plain English, with links to the math.Any tradeProfit margins by tradeIRS benchmarks for eight sectors, side by side, and how to read your own.Any tradeSuppliers by tradeDistributors, supply houses and the pro desk programs, trade by trade.

What homeowners pay

Cost guides for the welding jobs homeowners search for, with a price range for every state.

Cost guideWelding repair costWelding repair usually costs $210 to $480, about $350 typical. What drives the price, Koira estimates for every state and the guides behind it.

Software and comparisons

What welders and fabricators need from office software, and how the big names compare on price and fit.

SoftwareWelding shop software for a small fab shopWhat a welding and fabrication shop needs from software: calls answered while the hood is down, quotes from photos and drawings, your minimum on every repair. A checklist, real prices and card fees.

Get more calls

Get more callsWelding Answering ServiceHow an answering service works for welding and fabrication shops, what live and AI services cost on their own pricing pages, and how to catch repair calls while you weld.Get foundSEO for WeldersWelding shop SEO without an agency: your Google listing for a shop or mobile welder, pages for repair, gates, trailers and fabrication, photos and reviews.

Messages

Texts and emails to copy for the moments every job has: the follow-up, the deposit, the reminder and the review ask.

Message templateQuote follow-up textNudge an open estimate by text: first nudge, check-in, polite close.Message templateDeposit requestAsk for the deposit: what it covers and a link to pay.Message templatePayment reminderUnpaid invoice reminders: friendly, firm and final notice.Message templateReview requestAsk for a Google review after the job, with your link.Message templatesEvery message templateQuote follow-ups, payment reminders, appointment texts, review requests and more.

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