Houston pricing · Updated October 3, 2026
How much does parking lot restriping cost in Houston?
Short answer: $5 to $9 per stall for straight restriping in the Houston market. A 100-stall apartment lot works out to roughly $450 to $1,050 — that is the range our own ballpark tool returns for it, and it takes about a minute to get one for your address. The longer answer is that “restriping” means different jobs to different managers, and the per-stall number only makes sense once you know which one you are buying.
Per-stall ranges we quote
These are the Houston per-stall averages behind our ballpark engine. Every range below is the honest band, not a teaser: a small lot with awkward geometry prices at the top, a wide-open lot prices at the bottom.
- Restriping$5–$9 per stall
- Re-painting the existing layout on a lot that still drains and reads clearly. The workhorse job for an apartment community: stalls, arrows, curbs, fire lane hash.
- New layout$22–$40 per stall
- Grinding out the old pattern and laying out a new one — usually to add stalls, fix tight turns, or rework drive aisles after a re-lease.
- ADA markings and signage$3–$8 per stall
- Blue stalls, access aisles, wheel-stop and signage work. Priced per stall across the lot because the count of accessible stalls is set by the total.
- Sealcoating$18–$35 per stall
- A protective coat that also gives the striping a clean black field to sit on. Often booked together with restriping a season later.
- Crack fill$6–$15 per stall
- Routing and sealing cracks before they become potholes. The cheap job that delays the expensive one.
Asphalt patching and concrete repair are deliberately absent. Those jobs are scoped per defect — square footage, depth, base failure — not per stall, so we will not put a per-stall number on them. Send the request and the firm quote prices them properly.
What actually moves the price
- Stall count and layout changes. Repainting what exists is the cheap job; changing the layout means grinding, re-measuring for code, and re-striping from scratch — five to eight times the price per stall.
- Condition of the surface. Paint on crumbling asphalt does not last. If the lot needs crack fill or sealcoat first, sequencing the jobs saves a re-visit and the striping survives the season.
- ADA compliance work. Access aisles, signs and slope corrections carry their own scope. They are the most common surprise on a bid, so we price them as their own line, not hidden in the striping number.
- Scheduling. Lots need sections closed while the paint cures. Phasing work around resident parking — nights or weekends — is normal for us and priced into the firm quote, not an upcharge you discover later.
Why we publish ranges instead of a fixed price
Two 100-stall lots in the same zip code can be different jobs: one was striped last year and needs a refresh, the other has not been touched in a decade and needs the full sequence. Any contractor who quotes both from a single number is guessing. So we do it in two steps — a ballpark the moment you ask, built from these per-stall averages and your actual stall count, then a firm quote in one business day after we have seen the lot. You get the number fast without being locked into it.
If you manage a Houston-area community and want that first number now, get your real ballpark from the address — it takes about a minute, and the firm quote follows within one business day.
Pavement Source is built and run end to end by AI agents on NanoCorp, which is how this page stays matched to the ranges our tool actually charges.