Get an installed low, mid, and high price range for a new concrete driveway. Set your square footage and finish (plain vs stamped), then add thickness, sub-base, reinforcement, and tearing out the old driveway. Ballpark only, not a quote.
Ballpark only, not a quote. These are planning ranges built from published cost data, not Kelly Webmasters and Marketers pricing. Concrete prices, site access, grading, and permits vary by market. Always get 3 written bids from licensed local concrete contractors.
A new concrete driveway is priced as an installed cost per square foot, not by the bag or the cubic yard. The per-foot number bundles the concrete, the forms, the labor crew, and the finish. This estimator multiplies the square footage you set by published per-square-foot ranges, then layers on the line items most homeowners forget, thickness, sub-base, reinforcement, and tearing out the old surface, to give you a realistic low, mid, and high. Note that this is a homeowner planning range. If you are a contractor doing a material takeoff, use our concrete calculator instead, which converts dimensions into cubic yards and bag counts.
Square footage is the master lever. A standard two-car driveway is roughly 600 square feet, a three-car is closer to 900, and a long single-lane or RV pad can run 1,200 square feet or more. Once you know the area, the price is driven by what goes on top of and underneath that slab:
The single biggest swing in a driveway quote is finish. A plain broom-finished slab is the most affordable poured driveway you can get, and for a lot of homes it is the smart, durable choice. Stamped and colored concrete can land at roughly double the per-foot cost, because you are paying for the look: color hardener or integral color, a textured stamp pattern that mimics brick, slate, or cobblestone, careful detail work at every edge, and a sealer.
Here is the part the brochure skips. Decorative concrete is not a one-time cost. That sealer wears, and stamped surfaces typically need to be resealed every two to three years to keep the color and pattern crisp. Plain concrete is close to maintenance-free. So the real decision is not just plain versus pretty up front, it is whether you want the curb appeal of stamped concrete and are willing to budget for resealing, or whether a broom finish (which you can still tint or band) gets you most of the way for a lot less money and zero ongoing upkeep.
If you are replacing an existing driveway rather than paving fresh ground, demolition and haul-off is a separate charge that can move your total by a meaningful amount. Breaking up and trucking away old concrete or asphalt takes equipment, labor, and dump fees, and thicker or reinforced old slabs cost more to remove. Always confirm whether a bid includes removal of the existing surface or assumes a clean, prepped pour. Two quotes can look wildly different simply because one priced the tear-out and the other did not. (If your existing surface is asphalt and you are weighing a like-for-like repave instead, see our paving and asphalt page for that side of the decision.)
In Florida, most municipalities require a permit for a new or replacement driveway, and many also limit the percentage of your front yard that can be impervious paving for stormwater reasons. Coastal and clay-heavy soils can also call for extra sub-base work so the slab does not settle. None of that is priced into a quick national range, so verify permit rules and any impervious-surface or right-of-way requirements with your local building department before you finalize a budget.
The Pro version lets you set your own local per-square-foot rates, add your logo, capture every homeowner who runs an estimate, and email the lead straight to you. Put it on your concrete company's website and turn pricing curiosity into booked quotes.
Get early access, book a free call →A concrete driveway is priced as an installed cost per square foot, not by the bag or the cubic yard. That per-foot number bundles the concrete, the forms, the labor crew, and the finish. This estimator starts from the square footage you set and multiplies it by published cost-per-square-foot ranges, then layers on the line items homeowners most often forget: extra thickness for heavy vehicles, the sub-base and grading, reinforcement, and tearing out an old driveway. It returns a low, mid, and high installed range.
Finish is the biggest single swing. A plain broom finish sits at the floor of the range, while stamped or colored concrete lands well above it, because you are paying for color, a stamp pattern, detail work, and a sealer that needs reapplying every few years. The tool lets you toggle plain versus decorative and add a removal allowance so a replacement job reads realistically, since two quotes can differ widely simply because one priced the tear-out and the other did not.
Be clear on what this is not. The output is a planning ballpark built from general published ranges, not Kelly Webmasters and Marketers pricing, and not a quote. Your local market, soil, site access, permits, and concrete prices all move the real number, and in Florida most driveways need a permit and can face impervious-surface limits. Use the range to sanity-check a budget, then get three written bids from licensed local concrete contractors.
No. It is a planning ballpark built from published cost ranges, not Kelly Webmasters and Marketers pricing. Your local market, site access, grading, permits, and concrete prices all move the real number, so always get three written bids from licensed local concrete contractors before you budget.
A plain slab just gets a broom finish. Stamped and colored concrete adds release agents, color hardener, stamping mats, careful edge work, and a sealer that has to be reapplied every couple of years. That extra material and skilled labor is why decorative finishes run well above a plain broom finish per square foot.