Drywall Contractor KPI Dashboard in Google Sheets

The Drywall Contractor KPI Dashboard in Google Sheets is a formula-driven monthly scorecard that tracks 14 drywall-specific KPIs across five business groups – Financial, Production & Efficiency, Quality, Safety, and Sales & Backlog – with Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date results side by side, prior-year comparison, and traffic-light status on every line. Pick a month from one dropdown and all nine sheets re-calculate. There are no add-ons, no Apps Script, and no query to refresh. Instant download, lifetime access, and free bug fixes; if anything does not work as described, tell us and our team will help within 72 hours.

This is the KPI Dashboard edition – the month-picker scorecard with a KPI Trend page and a KPI Analysis page. It is a different product from our analytical dashboards and from the Drywall Contractor KPI Scorecard in Google Sheets. Also available as the Drywall Contractor KPI Dashboard in Excel and the Drywall Contractor KPI Dashboard in Power BI.

Key Features of the Drywall Contractor KPI Dashboard in Google Sheets

• 14 drywall KPIs in five groups – Gross Profit Margin, Net Profit Margin, Revenue per Labor Hour, Days Sales Outstanding, Square Feet Installed, Labor Productivity (Sq Ft per Man-Hour), Jobs Completed, On-Time Job Completion, Material Waste Rate, Rework Rate, Punch List Items per Job, Total Recordable Incident Rate, Estimate Win Rate and Contract Backlog Value.
• MTD and YTD in the same row – each KPI shows Actual, Target, Achievement %, Status, Prior Year and vs PY for both the selected month and the year to date.
• One month dropdown drives everything – change the Select Month cell on the KPI Dashboard sheet and the header tiles, the trend page and the analysis page all follow it.
• Upper-the-better and lower-the-better logic built in – achievement is Actual / Target for UTB metrics and Target / Actual for LTB metrics, so beating a waste, rework, DSO or incident-rate target correctly scores above 100%.
• Traffic-light thresholds you can edit – On Target from 100%, At Risk 95% to 99%, Missed below 95%, all held in plain Status formulas on the dashboard sheet.
• Seven summary tiles – Total KPIs Tracked, On Target (YTD), At Risk (YTD), Missed (YTD), Improving vs PY (MTD), Average Achievement (MTD) and Average Achievement (YTD).
• Single-KPI trend page – pick any KPI and see twelve months of MTD and YTD figures plus two charts that plot Actual against Target and prior year.
• Group roll-up and ranking – the KPI Analysis page counts On Target / At Risk / Missed per group and ranks the top five and bottom five KPIs on YTD achievement.
• Driven by a master KPI list – add, rename or delete a KPI on the KPI Definition sheet and every other sheet follows automatically. No formula edits.
• Nothing to install – native Google Sheets formulas only. Works in any browser, on the free Google Sheets mobile app, and shares with a link.

What Is Inside the Drywall Contractor KPI Dashboard

The workbook ships with nine sheets, all linked from a Home page:

• Home – navigation to every page, plus a three-step start guide.
• KPI Dashboard – the scorecard itself: the month picker, the seven summary tiles, and the 14-row MTD / YTD table with status colouring.
• KPI Trend – one KPI, twelve months, a Month-to-Date chart and a Year-to-Date chart, each showing Actual, Target and prior year.
• KPI Analysis – Performance by KPI Group, an Average YTD Achievement by KPI Group bar chart, and Top 5 / Bottom 5 performing KPIs.
• KPI Input – Actual – this year’s monthly actuals, MTD and YTD, in the yellow cells.
• KPI Input – Target – this year’s monthly targets.
• KPI Input – PY – last year’s results, which power the vs PY columns.
• KPI Definition – the master list: KPI number, group, name, unit, formula, definition, type, owner, priority and frequency.
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Who This Template Is For – and Who It Is Not For

It is for you if you run a drywall, taping or interior finishing contracting business with roughly 5 to 60 field staff, you already keep job costs and hours somewhere (accounting software, a job-cost sheet, timesheets), and you want one monthly page that shows whether margin, productivity, waste, rework, safety and backlog are moving the right way. It suits owners, controllers, field superintendents and estimators who report monthly to a partner, a lender or a board.

It is not for you if you need live job costing that reads from your accounting system automatically – this is a monthly manual-entry scorecard, not an integration. It is also the wrong choice if you want daily crew scheduling, per-job take-off estimating, or per-project Gantt tracking; those are different tools. And if your team lives in Microsoft 365 rather than Google Workspace, buy the Excel edition instead.

How to Use the Drywall Contractor KPI Dashboard

1. Make your copy. Your download is a PDF that carries the “Make a copy” link. Open it, click the link, and Google Drive creates your own editable copy.
2. Set your reporting year. Cell E3 on KPI Input – Actual is the first month of the reporting year. Change it and the whole workbook re-bases.
3. Review the KPI list. Open KPI Definition and edit, rename or remove any of the 14 KPIs, or add your own with a group, unit, formula, type (UTB or LTB) and owner.
4. Enter three sets of numbers. Type your monthly actuals on KPI Input – Actual, your monthly targets on KPI Input – Target, and last year’s results on KPI Input – PY. Only the yellow cells are for typing.
5. Pick a month. Use the Select Month dropdown on the KPI Dashboard sheet. The tiles, the statuses, the trend page and the analysis page all follow it.
6. Work the exceptions. Read the Bottom 5 Performing KPIs list on KPI Analysis, then open KPI Trend for each one to see whether the miss is a one-month blip or a twelve-month slide.
7. Share it. Share the sheet with your controller and superintendent as editors and everyone else as viewers.

Real-World Use Cases

Marco, owner of a 22-person drywall crew. Marco closed September at 28.18% gross margin against a 27.75% target and assumed the month was fine. The scorecard showed On-Time Job Completion at 93.5% achievement and Rework Rate at 87.6% – both Missed. The margin was holding only because crews were absorbing rework in overtime. He now reviews the Bottom 5 list with his superintendent on the first Monday of every month.

Dana, controller at a commercial interiors contractor. Dana reports against a bank covenant every quarter. She watches Days Sales Outstanding, Contract Backlog Value and Net Profit Margin on the YTD half of the scorecard, exports the KPI Dashboard sheet to PDF, and sends it as-is. It replaced a hand-built deck that took most of a day.

Ray, field superintendent running four jobs at once. Ray watches Labor Productivity in square feet per man-hour and Material Waste Rate. When productivity came in at 98.8% of target, the KPI Trend page showed it was the second month under target rather than one bad week, so he re-worked board delivery scheduling instead of blaming the crew.

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly do I download?

A PDF. It contains the “Make a copy” link for the Google Sheet plus setup notes. Click the link and Google Drive creates your own private, fully editable copy. There is no spreadsheet file to import and nothing to install.

Is this the same as the Drywall Contractor KPI Scorecard?

No. The KPI Scorecard is a separate product with its own KPI set and layout. This is the KPI Dashboard edition: 14 KPIs, a month picker, a dedicated KPI Trend page, and a KPI Analysis page with group roll-ups and top and bottom five rankings.

Can I change the KPIs to match my business?

Yes. The KPI Definition sheet is the master list. Add, rename or delete rows there – with a group, unit, formula, type and owner – and the dashboard, trend and analysis pages pick up the change automatically. You do not edit formulas anywhere else.

Does it need Apps Script, macros or an add-on?

No. Everything is native Google Sheets formulas. Nothing to authorise, nothing to install, and no refresh step – it recalculates as you type.

How do lower-is-better KPIs like waste and rework get scored?

Each KPI is typed UTB (upper the better) or LTB (lower the better) on the KPI Definition sheet. Achievement is Actual / Target for UTB and Target / Actual for LTB, so coming in under a waste, rework, DSO or incident-rate target correctly scores above 100%.

Can more than one person use it at the same time?

Yes. It is a normal Google Sheet, so your controller can enter financials while your superintendent enters production hours. Share it as editor or viewer per person.

Is the sample data real?

No. The workbook ships with a full year of realistic sample figures so every chart, status and ranking renders the moment you open it. Replace them with your own numbers on the three input sheets.

About the Author

Built by PK – Microsoft Certified Professional with 15+ years of Excel, Google Sheets, and Power BI experience. Founder of NextGenTemplates, reaching 300K+ subscribers across YouTube channels. Every template is hand-built and tested before release.

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Last updated: September 2026.