Estimate your all-in build cost and project a rough investment return — with honest ranges, labeled assumptions, and no fake precision.
Single-story, drive-up units with roll-up doors.
Enter width × length above, or type total square footage directly.
Qualitative only — higher-load sites trend toward the top of the band.
These are editable assumptions, not ROI's market data. Enter your own market's numbers.
Gross → net rentable after aisles. ~70% is typical; adjust for your layout.
Enter your local market rate — we don't assume one for you.
Stabilized assumption.
Of gross revenue.
Enter your dimensions to see an estimate.
Estimated total range includes the building package, steel erection, and concrete/site work (national averages). Excludes land, permits, utilities, and other soft costs. Your real number is confirmed in a written quote.
Enter rentable efficiency, market rent, and occupancy to project revenue and payback.
Directional only. Simple payback divides the estimated total build cost by projected gross revenue — it excludes land, financing, and operating costs. Not a financial guarantee.
Pre-fills the quote form with what you modeled. No obligation.
We don't believe in a single cost-per-square-foot number — an honest one doesn't exist without your project's details. So this tool gives you a range, built from the same published all-in estimated totals (national averages) we quote from:
These are the same published figures you'll find across the site — the calculator reads them from one shared source so the numbers never drift.
What this includes: the estimated total range covers the building package, steel erection, and concrete/site work (national averages). It still excludes land, permits, utilities, and other soft costs.
The ROI projectionturns area into a rough return: rentable square feet (after aisles) × your market rent × 12 months × occupancy gives projected gross revenue, and dividing the estimated total build cost by that revenue gives a simple payback range. Every input is an assumption you control — we don't inject market rent or occupancy as if they were our data.
For the full reasoning behind these numbers, read what drives self-storage building cost.
Tell us about your project and we'll send you a detailed quote with engineering specs, pricing breakdown, and estimated timeline. No obligation, no follow-up spam.
