For small electrical contractors · Plans – Panel – Price
Electrical estimating software for small residential shops
Built for the 1 to 10 electrician shop where the person bidding the work is also running a crew. Import the PDF plans, click to lay out devices and circuits, and Housewire gives you the takeoff, a bid from your own price list, panel schedules, a permit-ready load calc and a proposal with your logo, from one drawing. No CAD, no spreadsheet, no re-counting after a revision.
One pass through the plans
Layout, takeoff, pricing and load calc all come from the same drawing.
No CAD needed
Click to place on the PDF; devices snap to walls and switches gang.
Your numbers
Your supplier prices, labor units, crew rates, overhead, markup and fees.
Wire measured, not guessed
Every circuit routed with drops, slack and waste, totaled by gauge.
Permit-ready
Load calc PDF with the code edition, state and amendments, plus panel schedules.
Look like a bigger shop
Proposals and reports with your company name, logo, license number and terms.
Questions
More answers on the Housewire home page.
Is Housewire a good fit for a one- or two-person electrical company?
Yes. It is built first for small residential shops where the owner or lead does the estimating. It runs in the browser on a laptop or tablet, works offline, and needs no CAD or drafting experience.
Can a larger electrical contractor use it?
Yes. It handles plan sets of 50+ pages and duplexes per unit and combined, keeps company price lists and standards on every project, and exports to Excel and CSV. Shared team accounts and cloud sync are planned but not yet available.
Start your free trial
Plans start at $99 a month for one user, with every feature in every plan and a 14-day free trial. Cancel any time.