Purpose-built for commercial electrical contractors

Electrical Estimating & Takeoff Software Built for Subcontractors

The electrical contractor software with NECA-style labor hours, automatic conduit-to-wire calculation, and a Division 26 assembly library — devices and gear taken off by count, conduit by linear foot and size, and a Schedule of Values formatted for the GC. Purpose-built electrical bidding software, not a generic tool adapted for wire.

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Electrical subs across GA, AL, MS, LA & SC use ScopeTakeoff daily

Estimate total
$284,600
↑ Generated in 26 min
Commercial — Electrical Scope Export SOV
Bid Total
$284,600
Labor Hrs
1,840
Margin
18.5%
Assembly System Qty Unit Total
Branch Wiring — Devices Branch 620 EA $92,200
Feeders — Conduit + Wire Feeders 2,800 LF $78,400
Lighting Fixtures — Set Lighting 340 EA $61,200
Gear & Distribution Gear 1 LS $52,800
Total Electrical Estimate $284,600
Time to estimate
26 min
vs. 6+ hrs in Excel
Branch Wiring & Devices
Feeders & Conduit
Gear & Distribution
Lighting
Low-Voltage & Fire Alarm
Grounding
Site & Exterior
Electrical assemblies

Every electrical system — pre-built, pre-priced, ready to bid

ScopeTakeoff’s electrical estimating programs include Division 26 assembly libraries for every commercial system. The fastest electrical takeoff software for subcontractors — count devices, measure conduit once, and get a fully loaded estimate with conduit, wire, and NECA-style labor hours calculated by the right unit.

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Branch Wiring & Devices

Receptacles, switches, and junction boxes counted off the plan, with branch conduit and the wire inside it derived automatically from the run. Labor applied as NECA-style hours per device.

Devices by count Branch conduit Auto wire Labor hours
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Feeders & Conduit

Feeder and home-run conduit by size and linear foot. Wire footage is calculated from the run length, conductor count, and a makeup allowance — so you are not tallying THHN by hand.

Conduit by size Conduit → wire Makeup % Home runs
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Lighting

Interior and exterior fixtures counted by type, with whips, supports, and controls attached to each fixture. Set labor applied per fixture as NECA-style hours with difficulty columns.

Fixtures by count Whips Controls Exterior
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Gear & Distribution

Panelboards, switchboards, transformers, and disconnects as their own line items. Quoted gear can carry a flat install-hour figure and lump-sum price that bypasses the normal factoring.

Panels Switchgear Transformers Quoted gear
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Low-Voltage & Fire Alarm

Fire alarm devices, data drops, and systems rough-in counted by device, with cable and conduit by run. Bid low-voltage scopes alongside power on the same estimate.

Fire alarm Data drops Systems rough-in Cable runs
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Grounding & Specialties

Grounding electrodes, conductors, and bonding, plus site and exterior work like duct bank, bollards, and pole bases. Material and labor on separate rails with a burdened composite rate.

Grounding Bonding Duct bank Site / exterior
How it works

From plan set to electrical bid in minutes

ScopeTakeoff is electrical quoting software built around how electrical contractors actually work — in labor hours, not just dollars. Go from PDF plans to a submitted electrical estimate faster than any other tool.

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Upload your plans

Drag in your PDF plan sheets. Count devices, fixtures, and gear, and trace conduit runs by size directly on the page.

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Select your assemblies

Pick Division 26 assemblies by system — branch wiring, feeders, lighting, gear. Enter counts and conduit and let ScopeTakeoff derive the wire and labor hours.

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Set labor & pricing

Start from NECA-style labor hours, pick the difficulty column, apply labor factors, and set your composite rate. Override any material cost. Everything updates in real time.

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Export SOV & proposal

One click generates a formatted Schedule of Values and client-facing proposal ready to submit to the GC. No reformatting required.

Who it’s built for

The best electrical contractor software for every electrical sub

Whether you’re a solo electrical estimator or running a team bidding commercial electrical work across multiple states, ScopeTakeoff is the electrical contractor software that scales to fit.

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Commercial Electrical Subcontractors

Bidding commercial, healthcare, and institutional electrical for GCs? ScopeTakeoff handles branch wiring, feeders, gear, and lighting with NECA-style labor hours and SOV output formatted for GC submission. Multi-entity profiles for contractors licensed in multiple states.

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Multi-Family & Repeating Units

Apartments and senior living with repeating unit types. Bid one unit’s electrical, replicate across the building, and keep device counts and feeder sizes consistent unit to unit and floor to floor.

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Power & Low-Voltage Subs

Bid power alongside fire alarm, data, and systems work from the same tool. Mixed-system jobs produce separate material lists per system, all rolled into one clean SOV for the GC.

vs. the competition

How ScopeTakeoff compares to other electrical estimating software

Electrical software splits into deep commercial/industrial catalog platforms, established cloud systems, and low-voltage specialists. Here’s how ScopeTakeoff stacks up for commercial electrical subs bidding from plans with NECA labor hours and SOV output.

Feature ScopeTakeoff McCormick Accubid Excel
Division 26 assemblies ✓ Devices, feeders, gear, lighting ✓ 25k assemblies ✓ Deep database ✗ Manual
NECA-style labor hours ✓ Hours, editable ✓ NECA Levels 1–3 ✓ Labor factoring ✗ Manual
Conduit → wire auto-calc ✓ With makeup % ✓ Auto Home Run ✓ Yes ✗ Manual
SOV output for GC submission ✓ One click Bid summary Bid summary ✗ Manual
Built for commercial subs ✓ Yes Larger shops Larger shops ✗ No
Monthly price $100/person ~$300/mo + impl. $2k one-time / quote $0 (but slow)
From electrical contractors

What electrical subs say about ScopeTakeoff

★★★★★

“The conduit-to-wire calc alone is worth it. I trace my feeder run, set the conductors, and it figures the THHN with makeup. Used to add wire by hand and miss it half the time.”

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Jason R.
Commercial Electrical Sub · Atlanta, GA
★★★★★

“Finally a tool that bids in labor hours like we actually estimate. I start from the NECA-style hours, bump the difficulty column on the tough rooms, and the recap keeps material and labor separate.”

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Marcus K.
Electrical Contractor · Birmingham, AL
★★★★★

“We bid power and fire alarm across three states. Multi-entity profiles put the right license on every proposal, and quoted gear drops in as a lump sum. Cut our estimate time way down.”

TC
Tyler C.
Electrical & LV Sub · Jackson, MS
FAQ

Common questions about electrical estimating software

ScopeTakeoff is purpose-built electrical estimating software for commercial electrical subcontractors. It includes Division 26 assembly libraries for branch wiring, feeders, gear, and lighting — with devices and gear by count, conduit by size and linear foot, automatic conduit-to-wire calculation, NECA-style labor hours, and SOV output for GC submission — at $100 per person per month. No sales call, no implementation fee, no annual contract.
ScopeTakeoff stores labor the way electrical estimators work — as hours, in NECA-style structure: per device (each), per 100 feet of conduit, and per 1,000 feet of wire, with Normal, Difficult, and Very Difficult columns. You apply labor factors for site conditions and convert to dollars with a burdened composite rate. The starter labor figures are editable defaults modeled on published NECA-style units; for a paying bid, confirm them against your own licensed NECA data and crew history.
When you take off a conduit run, ScopeTakeoff derives the wire inside it automatically: wire footage equals the run length times the number of conductors, plus a makeup allowance (typically 10–15%) for terminations and slack, plus any stub or home-run adders. So measuring the conduit once gives you both the raceway and the THHN without a separate wire tally — the same logic specialist tools call automatic home-run wiring.
ScopeTakeoff covers the major commercial electrical systems in Division 26: branch wiring and devices, feeders and conduit, gear and distribution (panels, switchgear, transformers, disconnects), interior and exterior lighting, grounding and bonding, and low-voltage and fire-alarm rough-in. Devices, fixtures, and gear are counted; conduit is measured by size and length with wire derived automatically. For a 55,000-item manufacturer catalog with licensed NECA units, a specialist like McCormick goes deeper.
Commercial electrical platforms typically use tiered or quote-based pricing — McCormick is reported to start around $300 per month plus implementation, and Accubid Classic is around $2,000 one-time with Anywhere quote-based. ScopeTakeoff is $100 per person per month — no annual lock-in, no implementation fees, and a 14-day free trial. For a solo estimator that’s $1,200/year with transparent pricing you can see before you sign up.
Yes. ScopeTakeoff is fully web-based — it runs in any browser on Mac, PC, tablet, or mobile. There’s nothing to install and no local data. Unlike Windows-oriented desktop tools such as McCormick or Accubid Classic, your electrical estimates are accessible from any device at any time.
Yes — and it’s significantly faster. Excel has no electrical assembly library, no NECA labor hours, no conduit-to-wire math, and no SOV output. Every estimate starts from scratch and a wrong device count or under-figured wire run costs real money. ScopeTakeoff gives you Division 26 assemblies, labor stored as hours, automatic wire calculation, and one-click SOV export. Most electrical subs cut their estimating time by 60–70% within the first week.
Pricing

Electrical estimating software priced for subcontractors

$100 per person per month. No annual contract, no implementation fee, no surprise charges. Less than 1% of what you’ll recover in estimating time alone.

Solo Estimator
$100
per person / per month
vs. ~$300/mo + implementation at McCormick
  • 1 estimator seat
  • All electrical assemblies
  • PDF plan takeoff
  • NECA-style labor hours
  • Unlimited projects
  • SOV + proposal export
  • Email support
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Team
$100
per person / per month
2–5 estimators, same per-seat rate
  • 2–5 estimator seats
  • All electrical assemblies
  • PDF plan takeoff
  • NECA-style labor hours
  • Unlimited projects
  • SOV + proposal export
  • Bid review workflow
  • Multi-entity profiles
  • Priority support
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ScopeTakeoff covers every trade

Electrical is just one of the trade-specific estimating modules in ScopeTakeoff. If your scope includes plumbing, HVAC, or concrete — it’s all included at the same price.

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Ductwork, RTUs, splits, and controls. Plan takeoff and SOV output for commercial mechanical subs.

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Concrete Estimating Software

Slabs, footings, and foundations by the cubic yard. Underground and under-slab work that ties to electrical.

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