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Commercial painting in Modesto, CA

We hold 1,796 businesses listed for painting inside 25 miles of the Modesto metro center, of which 311 hold a classification for the trade itself and 1,485 are licensed broadly enough to take it on and subcontract it. The median one is 13 mi out, and 1,796 publish a license number on the register they came from.

Covered ZIPs in Modesto: 95221, 95222, 95223, 95224, 95228, 95233, 95247, 95251, 95307, 95309, 95310, 95313 and 32 more. Swap yours in to re-rank by who is closest to your site.

Coverage in Modesto

What we actually hold for painting here

Counts of rows in the directory for this trade and this metro, not a national figure dressed up as local.

1,796
Businesses listed

inside 25 miles of Modesto

311 of 1,796
Licensed for the trade itself

the rest hold a general class that covers it

13 mi
Median distance to site

about 7 min drive

1796 of 1796
With a license number

as published by the issuing authority

1796 of 1796
With a phone number

shown only where the source permits it

Counted by running the same matcher the search page uses, with the Modesto metro center as the origin and the 25 mile radius the list below settled on, then cached for fifteen minutes.

Ranked nearest first

Painting businesses listed around Modesto

Ranked on distance from the Modesto metro center and nothing else. Drive times are estimated from that distance rather than read off it, so a site across town does not read as five minutes away. Enter your own ZIP to measure from your own address instead.

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What it costs

What painting costs in Modesto

We never speak to the businesses listed above, so there is no local median to publish and we will not invent one. Every figure below is our own national band for this job, moved only by how soon you need somebody.

Our estimate for Commercial painting in Modesto, CA, by what drives the price
How soon you need itTypicalRange
Scheduled visitBooked in advance, no urgency multiplier applied$1,800$400 to $18,000
Same dayOur band multiplied by 1.12$2,015$450 to $20,160
Emergency calloutOur band multiplied by 1.35$2,430$540 to $24,300

Every row is the same band with the urgency multiplier the search page applies, so the table can never contradict the headline number. There is no regional index behind any of it. The figures do not change with your metro, and the copy says so rather than dressing a national band up as a local rate.

What drives painting demand around Modesto

Milk cooling and nut processing set the refrigeration standard across Stanislaus County, so the crews that hold a dairy bulk tank at temperature are the same ones a cafe calls when a reach-in fails, and through hulling season they are booked. Harvest dust off the almond and walnut orchards settles on condenser coils from August onward, which is when a marginal unit finally gives up.

Before you book anything

Checks worth doing first, before you call anyone in Modesto

The median listing here sits 13 mi from the metro center, close enough that owners tend to call before checking the obvious. These are the checks that end the most calls for this fault.

Try a quick fix first

Some issues resolve without a truck roll. Two minutes now can save the callout.

  1. 1

    Say up front when the work can happen. Overnight and closed-day working is normal for commercial painting and it changes the price, so it belongs in the conversation rather than as a surprise.

  2. 2

    Ask what the preparation includes. Two prices that look different are usually one contractor washing, filling and priming and the other one not.

  3. 3

    Specify a washable finish anywhere near food, water or hands. Standard flat paint in a kitchen or a restroom fails within a year.

  4. 4

    Check whether your landlord or your brand has a specified color. Repainting twice because the shade was wrong is an avoidable expense.

Questions owners ask

Painting in Modesto: the questions we get

The answers below hold anywhere. Where California rules or permits change one of them, ask the business to put it on the written price before you agree to the visit.

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Who is licensed to do this work in California?
The classification that squarely covers it is C-33 painting and decorating. Every listing above shows the classification, the license number and the date we read it off the register, so you can check it against the state rather than against us. Worth knowing: the classifications do not separate commercial work from residential, so nothing here proves a business specializes in premises like yours.
How far out do these businesses sit?
We hold 1,796 inside 25 miles of the Modesto metro center, 311 of them holding a classification for the trade itself and the rest general contractors who can subcontract it, the median one 13 mi out, and 1,796 publish a license number. Distance is straight line from the metro center to the address each business filed with its licensing authority, which is often a home, so we never print it. Enter your own ZIP to measure from your premises instead.

Modesto, CA

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