Indianapolis, IN
LOCKSMITH / ACCESS CONTROL ESTIMATING.

## Locksmith Estimating in Indianapolis Indianapolis runs on a mix of aging residential stock, sprawling commercial corridors along I-465, and a growing downtown core with new multi-tenant builds. That means your ticket mix on any given week might jump from rekeying a 1950s bungalow in Broad Ripple to programming a Schlage NDE series access control panel for a mass-timber office on the Cultural Trail. Those jobs price nothing alike, and a flat-rate sheet built two years ago won't cover today's hardware costs. Estimate.Pro gives you a structured way to build each bid from scratch — without starting from a blank spreadsheet every time. ### What Makes Locksmith Estimating Different Here **Permit exposure is real on commercial access control.** Marion County requires electrical permits when you tie an access control system into a building's low-voltage circuit. If you're installing electric strikes, mag locks, or card reader panels, a permit is likely in play. Inspectors check NFPA 101 egress compliance on mag lock installs — the door must release on fire alarm activation. Miss that during scoping and you're adding hardware you didn't price. **Labor rates have moved.** Indianapolis locksmith labor runs roughly $75–$95/hr for residential service work and $95–$120/hr for commercial access control programming and installation, based on regional trade wage data. If your template was built at $65/hr, you've been leaving money in every bid. **Multi-family is active.** Indianapolis permitted over 4,000 multi-family units in 2023. Property managers on those projects want a per-unit master key system quote, a rekeying schedule for turnover, and an access control proposal for common areas — often in the same document. That's three scopes that need to price separately but present cleanly. ### How Estimate.Pro Handles This You walk the job with your phone. The AR measurement tool — ONNX-assisted on supported devices — lets you tag door counts, frame types, and hardware locations as you move through the building. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates so you know which numbers to verify before you send. Back at the truck or the office, the AI scope-of-work generator turns your walkthrough notes into a line-item draft: cylinders, cores, strikes, readers, credential hardware, low-voltage wire runs, programming time, and travel. You edit what's wrong, confirm the labor rates in your saved material cost workspace, and send. Median time from walkthrough to sendable bid is 8 minutes. For access control jobs, the scope builder knows the difference between a standalone keypad and a networked access control panel tied to a credential management system. It prompts for credential type (PIN, fob, mobile), door count, and whether you're integrating with an existing alarm or video system — all the variables that change the price. ### Payments and Invoicing Estimate.Pro includes Stripe Connect on Pro and Elite plans. You can collect a deposit when the customer approves the bid. On the Pro plan the platform fee is 3%. On Elite ($79/seat/mo) it drops to 0%. Invoice exports are an Elite workflow. If you're still chasing checks after the job, this fixes that. The Free tier costs nothing and requires no credit card. It's a real working tier, not a 14-day trial. ### Pricing - **Free** — no credit card, core estimating - **Pro** — $39/seat/mo, includes Stripe Connect at 3% platform fee - **Elite** — $79/seat/mo, 0% platform fee, invoice exports - **Crew** — $399/mo flat for multi-seat shops ### Built for 25 Trades If you do locksmith work alongside door hardware, low-voltage, or light electrical, Estimate.Pro supports all 25 trades in one account. You don't need a separate tool for the electric strike rough-in versus the lockset install. One walkthrough, one bid. Indianapolis locksmiths competing for commercial access control contracts need bids that look thorough and price accurately. A bid built in Estimate.Pro shows line-item detail — hardware SKUs, labor hours, permit allowances — without taking half your afternoon to build.