Trade Call-Out Charge Calculator
Work out a fair call-out charge that covers your minimum time, the travel to get there and the miles on the van — with an optional out-of-hours uplift.
Your rate and minimum
The hourly rate you charge on site, and the least time you will charge for turning up.
Getting there
The time and miles to reach the job and get home — round trip.
Extras
Optional. A fixed fee for admin or booking, and an uplift for out-of-hours work.
A practical guide, not tax or accounting advice. Figures exclude VAT.
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Before you touch a single job, a call-out has already cost you travel time and miles on the van. The charge has to cover that, plus a minimum amount of your time.
Charge too little and every short job loses money once you count the drive. Pick a random round number and you either scare customers off or leave money on the table.
This calculator builds the figure from your own numbers: your hourly rate, a minimum time, the travel to get there and an optional out-of-hours uplift.
A charge you can explain
Enter a few figures and the calculator shows exactly what the call-out covers.
How the call-out charge is built
A 55 per hour rate, a one-hour minimum, a 40-minute round trip with half the travel charged, and 16 miles on the van.
55
18
7
80
55
Travel is time you cannot sell
Every minute driving to a job is a minute you are not being paid for. The further you go, the more each call-out has to carry.
You decide how much of your round-trip travel time to charge for — none, half or all — plus the real cost of the miles. Fuel, servicing, tyres and insurance all add up per mile.
Charge more when it costs you more
An evening, night or weekend call-out interrupts your own time and usually means an emergency for the customer. That is worth an uplift.
Add an out-of-hours percentage and the calculator raises the whole charge and the follow-on hourly rate, so a 9pm emergency is priced differently to a Tuesday morning visit.
Who is this calculator for?
Use the same call-out charge every time
This calculator sets the charge. FieldHive keeps it on your reusable pricing, so every booking, quote and invoice starts from the same fair figure.
Price the visit and the whole job
Use these alongside your call-out charge.
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Build a professional quote or estimate — line items, VAT and a valid-until date.
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Quick answers to the questions people ask most.
Set a call-out charge that covers the drive
Build a fair figure from your rate, minimum time and travel — then keep it consistent on every job with FieldHive.
