Kitchen Remodel Cost Calculator 2026

Build a 2026 kitchen-remodel planning range from kitchen floor area, project scope and a cost-market scenario before comparing contractor bids.

Kitchen remodel planning estimate

Match your kitchen to a published HomeGuide size-and-scope row. The dollars do not come from square feet times a rate.

Nothing is saved. A layout that moves plumbing, gas, or bearing walls is a different kind of project from a finish refresh. This is not a design.

Kitchen floor area (square feet)

Floor area only picks the published size row: about 70–100, 101–200, or 201–350 square feet. It is not multiplied by a price per square foot.

Scope

HomeGuide publishes a midrange row for mid-size kitchens, about 100–200 square feet. It does not publish a separate midrange row for small or large kitchens. Those combinations stop and say so.

Cost-market sensitivity scenario

This is a scenario you choose, not a local price. It is not a ZIP code, a state, or an RSMeans location factor.

Your planning estimate

Enter the kitchen floor area and a scope, then calculate.

How this estimate is calculated

Last pricing review: October 2026. The price is a published project row. Square footage only chooses the row.

1. 70–100 sq. ft. is small. 101–200 is mid-size. 201–350 is large. 2. Minor small: $4,000 / $9,500 / $15,000. Minor mid-size: $6,000 / $15,500 / $25,000. Minor large: $13,000 / $31,500 / $50,000. Midrange mid-size only: $25,000 / $37,500 / $50,000. High-end small: $25,000 / $32,500 / $40,000. High-end mid-size: $50,000 / $62,500 / $75,000. High-end large: $75,000 / $87,500 / $100,000. 3. Multiply by 0.90, 1.00, or 1.15. Round to the cent, then to the nearest $100. Mids are the average of the published ends.

There is no extra cabinet percentage. The row already describes the scope. A missing row is an error, not a guessed cell.

Before requesting quotes

Write down whether the cabinet boxes, the sink location, and the appliance locations stay.
Ask each bidder to price the same appliance list and the same counter material.
Ask what happens if a wall is opened and the wiring or plumbing is not what the plan assumed.
Keep at least two written scopes. A lower bid that omits the counter or the electrician is not a lower kitchen.

Related guide: Kitchen Remodel Cost 2026 covers cabinets, counters, appliances, layout changes and hidden costs. Browse all calculators.

Safety

Gas ranges, electrical circuits, and plumbing moves belong in a permitted scope. This calculator does not tell you to open walls or to relocate a gas line. Lead paint and asbestos can show up in older kitchens; that work has its own rules and is not in the range.

Questions homeowners ask

Why isn’t this price per square foot?: The HomeGuide kitchen page used here publishes project totals by size and scope. Multiplying a borrowed per-square-foot rate on top of those totals would invent a second price.
Why does midrange fail for a small kitchen?: That cell is not in the source. The calculator stops instead of filling the gap.
Does the range include appliances?: The published rows are remodel totals, not a separate appliance allowance you can add again. Ask the contractor which appliances are in the bid.
Can a real bid be higher?: Yes. Layout changes, structural work, and custom cabinets can pass the high end, especially on a large high-end row that HomeGuide already marks with a plus.

Sources

HomeGuide, “How Much Does It Cost to Redo a Kitchen? (2026),” written by Tara Farmer, July 1, 2024. Size-and-scope project rows used above, including minor small kitchens at $4,000–$15,000 and high-end large kitchens at $75,000–$100,000-plus. https://homeguide.com/costs/cost-to-redo-kitchen

Illustrative check: 150 sq. ft., midrange, national baseline. Production result: $25,000–$50,000, midpoint about $37,500.

Planning boundary: This calculator is a budgeting tool, not a local contractor quote. Its assumptions, formula, exclusions, source notes and pricing-review date are shown inside the tool. See our Research Methodology for how Home Cost Desk builds and updates calculator ranges.