New York, NY
LOCKSMITH / ACCESS CONTROL ESTIMATING.

## Locksmith Estimating in New York, NY New York is not a typical market. You are competing in one of the densest urban environments in the country, bidding against in-house building engineers, national security integrators, and hundreds of independent shops — all for the same co-op boards, property managers, and commercial tenants. A slow, handwritten estimate costs you the job before you leave the lobby. Estimate.Pro is built for that pace. Median time from walkthrough to a sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ### What Makes Locksmith Estimating Different in New York **Door hardware complexity.** New York City construction and fire codes require specific hardware on stairwell doors, tenant entry doors, and egress paths. Local law and DOB filings dictate closer specs, panic hardware requirements, and electric strike compatibility. Your estimate has to reflect that before you hand it to a building manager who has seen a dozen bids before yours. **Access control layering.** Manhattan high-rises, Brooklyn multi-family conversions, and Queens commercial strips all run different credential systems — proximity cards, mobile credentials, video intercom integration. Scoping a Verkada, Brivo, or Salto installation in a pre-war building with fire-door constraints is not the same job as a ground-floor retail rekey. Estimate.Pro lets you build saved material cost workspaces by system type so your per-door unit pricing stays consistent across proposals. **Licensing and insurance thresholds.** New York State requires locksmiths to hold a license issued by the county in which they operate. New York City additionally requires a NYC Locksmith License under the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP). Clients at commercial buildings increasingly request COI with minimum $1M general liability before you even pull a permit. Your estimate should factor those carrying costs. **Permit fees add up fast.** A typical access control installation requiring a NYC DOB electrical work permit runs $150–$400 depending on job classification and square footage. Factoring that into the line items — not burying it in a markup — builds trust with property managers who read estimates closely. **Prevailing wage jobs.** City-funded projects, NYCHA contracts, and work on public school facilities can trigger New York State prevailing wage requirements. Locksmith rates under New York State DOL schedules run materially higher than standard shop rates. If you are bidding those jobs, your labor line has to reflect the correct rate or you are either losing the bid or eating the difference. --- ### How Estimate.Pro Works for Locksmiths 1. **Walk the job.** Use the AR measurement tools on supported devices to capture door counts, frame conditions, and hardware locations. Camera and photo measurements are flagged as estimates in the output — no false precision. 2. **AI scope-of-work.** The app converts your walkthrough notes into a structured scope: rekey counts, new lockset installs, electric strike or mag-lock positions, credential reader locations, and conduit runs. 3. **Priced estimate.** Pull from your saved material cost workspace — pre-loaded with your preferred hardware, cylindrical locksets, exit devices, access control readers, and labor rates. Adjust for prevailing wage where required. 4. **Send.** The client receives a professional, itemized proposal. You collect a deposit through Stripe Connect at 0% platform fee on Pro+ plans. --- ### Calculators and Tools Relevant to New York Locksmiths - **Per-door access control cost calculator** — scope readers, controllers, power supplies, and labor by door count - **Master key system matrix** — pin combination tracking for large key systems in multi-tenant buildings - **Material cost workspace** — saved pricing for your preferred hardware lines, adjusted for New York supplier pricing - **Prevailing wage labor rate toggle** — flag jobs subject to NYS DOL schedules - **Invoice export (Elite)** — push finalized invoices to your accounting workflow --- ### Pricing Estimate.Pro is free to start — no credit card, no time limit. Pro is $39/seat/month. Elite is $79/seat/month and includes Stripe Connect invoicing and invoice exports. Crew is $399/month flat for larger shops running multiple technicians across boroughs. If you are running service calls in Manhattan in the morning and a commercial access control install in the Bronx in the afternoon, you do not have time to build estimates back at the shop. Estimate.Pro runs on the device in your hand.