2026 Garage Door Installation Cost Index
Updated 2026-07-02
A single steel garage door costs $700 to $1,500 installed in 2026 on this site's own calculator model, and the broader US contractor market averages $1,226 per door nationally, per Angi data updated March 17, 2026. Double, insulated, and custom wood doors run higher, and a motorized opener typically adds $200 to $500 when installed at the same time. Every figure below carries its source and the date it was checked, and the full table downloads as a CSV.
Modeled cost by door type and options
These ranges come directly from the constants behind this site's own garage door installation cost calculator: a $700 to $1,500 national baseline for a single steel door with no opener and no old-door removal, adjusted by the same door-type, opener, and removal multipliers the calculator applies. ZIP-level regional adjustment is left out here so the table shows one national baseline; enter a ZIP on the calculator to localize any row.
| Door type | Opener | Old-door removal | Modeled range (installed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single steel | No opener | No | $700 - $1,500 |
| Single steel | Add opener | No | $880 - $1,880 |
| Single steel | No opener | Yes | $770 - $1,650 |
| Double steel | No opener | No | $1,120 - $2,400 |
| Double steel | Add opener | No | $1,400 - $3,000 |
| Double steel | Add opener | Yes | $1,540 - $3,300 |
| Insulated | No opener | No | $880 - $1,880 |
| Insulated | Add opener | No | $1,090 - $2,340 |
| Custom / wood | No opener | No | $1,540 - $3,300 |
| Custom / wood | Add opener | Yes | $2,120 - $4,540 |
Download the full table as a CSV: garage-door-installation-cost-2026.csv.
How the model compares to the contractor market
Angi's garage door replacement cost guide, updated March 17, 2026, puts the national average at $1,226 per door, with a typical range of $753 to $1,700 once size and material are factored in. Its per-material ranges run wider than this site's modeled ranges because they cover every job condition nationally, not one baseline configuration: steel runs $650 to $3,200, wood runs $900 to $4,500, and insulated doors run $1,100 to $4,200. A single-car door runs $500 to $3,000 and a two-car double runs $800 to $5,000. Labor alone averages $350, in a range of $200 to $500.
HomeAdvisor's garage door cost guide, updated December 17, 2024, reports a similar shape: an average of $1,500 with a normal range of $350 to $1,100 and a full market range of $400 to $10,000. Its per-type figures include $400 to $1,200 for a single-panel tilt-up door, $900 to $3,000 for a residential roll-up door, $500 to $3,000 for steel, and $1,000 to $10,000 for wood. It separately lists $220 to $520 for opener installation and $40 to $130 for hauling away the old door.
The two sources and this site's model agree on the ordering: steel is cheapest, wood and custom doors cost the most, and a double door roughly doubles the single-door price. The exact bounds differ because Angi and HomeAdvisor pool results across every job condition nationally, while this site's model holds every variable but one constant to isolate what a single factor changes.
Garage door opener installation cost
Angi's opener guide, also updated March 17, 2026, puts professional opener installation at $218 to $540, averaging $379. By drive type: chain-drive runs $150 to $250, belt-drive $160 to $350, screw-drive $150 to $300, direct-drive $280 to $500, and jackshaft-drive $500 to $750. Labor alone runs $65 to $85 per hour across two to six hours of work.
This Old House, in a guide by Alexis Carthan updated June 5, 2026, breaks the same job into parts: the opener unit itself averages $213 to $371, and professional installation labor runs $132 to $183 on top of that. Added together, a mid-range opener plus labor lands close to Angi's $218 to $540 installed figure.
This site's calculator models the opener as a 1.25x multiplier on the door price, which adds $180 to $380 to a single steel door's $700 to $1,500 base, landing in the same neighborhood as both outside sources even though the calculation method differs. The calculator bundles opener cost into the whole-job estimate; Angi and This Old House price the opener as a standalone add-on service call.
Worked example
Take a two-car garage getting two single steel doors installed, no opener, no ZIP adjustment. At $700 to $1,500 per door, two doors run $1,400 to $3,000 installed, matching this site's calculator when the quantity field is set to 2. Angi's own two-car "dual single" configuration, where a garage gets two separate single doors rather than one wide double door, runs $1,200 to $4,900 nationally. The ranges overlap in the middle, which is where most two-door steel jobs land once local labor and material costs are added.
Methodology
- Modeled ranges: computed from garagedoorinstallationcost.net's own calculator constants: a $700 to $1,500 base range for a single steel door with no opener and no old-door removal, multiplied by the calculator's own door-type multipliers (single steel 1.0, double steel 1.6, insulated 1.25, custom/wood 2.2), opener multiplier (1.25 to add an opener), and removal multiplier (1.1 to haul away the old door). No ZIP regional multiplier is applied, so these are national baselines. Reviewed 2026-07-02.
- Contractor market benchmark: Angi, "How Much Does a Garage Door Replacement Cost?", updated March 17, 2026.
- Contractor market benchmark: HomeAdvisor, "How Much Does Garage Door Replacement Cost?", updated December 17, 2024.
- Opener benchmark: Angi, "How Much Does Garage Door Opener Installation Cost?", updated March 17, 2026.
- Opener benchmark: This Old House, "Garage Door Opener Cost Guide," by Alexis Carthan, updated June 5, 2026.
- Rows we skipped: no federal or NAHB per-door 2026 cost survey is publicly available, so none is quoted here. Aluminum, glass, and carriage-style modeled ranges are also skipped because this site's calculator does not price those materials or styles separately from the four door-type options above.
These are estimates, not contractor bids. Get at least three written, itemized quotes from licensed installers before committing to a project.
Cite this page
Garage Door Installation Cost, "2026 Garage Door Installation Cost Index," garagedoorinstallationcost.net/garage-door-installation-cost-2026/, 2026. The underlying table is available as a CSV download for reuse with attribution.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average cost to install a garage door in 2026?
A single steel door runs $700 to $1,500 installed on this site's calculator model. Across the broader US contractor market, Angi puts the national average at $1,226 per door, with a typical range of $753 to $1,700, in data updated March 17, 2026.
How much does it cost to add a garage door opener?
Professional opener installation costs $218 to $540, averaging $379, per Angi data updated March 17, 2026. This Old House separately puts the opener unit itself at $213 to $371 plus $132 to $183 in labor, in a guide updated June 5, 2026.
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Jessica Martinez spent six years pricing home-improvement bids before she started writing about them full time. She covers what contractors actually charge and where homeowners lose money to vague estimates.