Free calculator · For UK tradesmen
Nights lost to quoting.
Put in how many quotes you do a week and how long each one takes, sums and all. See how much of your year goes on pricing jobs, and what else you could've done with it.
Every year, you lose
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evenings to quoting.
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Based on a standard working year: 46 weeks (52 weeks minus 5.6 weeks' holiday). An evening = 3 hours. Comparisons are rounded down. Where the figures come from is listed further down the page. Prices checked November 2026.
How it'sworked out.
Quotes a week, times the time each quote takes, times 46 working weeks. That's a standard working year: 52 weeks minus the 5.6 weeks' holiday employed workers get by law. Self-employed? You probably take less, so the real number's likely worse.
An evening counts as 3 hours. Add your hourly rate and your hours are multiplied by it to show what that time's worth.
Do you keep what I type in?
No. The sums happen on your own phone or computer. Nothing you type is sent to us or anyone else.
Where do the comparisons come from?
Real figures, checked in November 2026. Lord of the Rings extended editions: 11 hrs 23 mins (BBFC, without credits). Only Fools and Horses, every episode: 41 hrs 29 mins (complete DVD set). London to Sydney: about 22.5 hrs each way with one stop. London to Cape Town by road: 13,207 km, about 17 days of 8-hour driving each way. Land's End to John o' Groats on foot: 461 walking hours (one walker's logged trek). Round of golf: about 4 hrs (Golf Monthly, UK four-ball). Flat-pack wardrobe: 4 hrs (single wardrobe with doors). Football match: 90 mins. Premier League season: 380 matches. Night's sleep: 8 hrs. Fish supper: £11.41 (Seafish, cod and chips, 2026). Greggs sausage roll: £1.35 (most shops). Tank of diesel: £109.55 (55 litres at 199.18p, RAC, Sept 2026). DeWalt DCD778 18V combi drill kit: £149.99 (Screwfix). Week in the Costa Blanca: £864 per person (Which?, 7-night package, Aug 2026). Cinema ticket: £7.73 (UK average, 2024). Van insurance: £575.05 a year (Quotezone average quote). Night out: a cinema ticket and a fish supper, £19.14.
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