How many quotes should I get for a fireplace & stove job in Bismarck?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Bismarck fireplace & stove permits were filed between $2,500 and $5,500, so two ordinary jobs can sit 2.2 times apart and both be normal for Bismarck. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.

What range is normal for fireplace & stove jobs in Bismarck?

Half of permits were filed between $2,500 and $5,500; 8 in 10 between $2,500 and $9,400. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do fireplace installers charge in Bismarck?

The usual fireplace & stove job is filed at $4,000. The 5 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $3,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job

How many fireplace & stove firms work in Bismarck?

10 firms appear on the file; 5 pulled at least one permit in the last 12 months.

Where does this data come from?

City of Bismarck TRAKiT building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits on homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Bismarck

Fireplace & Stove Cost in Bismarck, ND: Usual $4,000 (2026)

How much does a fireplace & stove job cost in Bismarck?

The usual fireplace & stove job filed with Bismarck is $4,000, from 283 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A fireplace & stove permit here usually takes 146 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 283 priced permits across 10 firms, pooled into one. Half of Bismarck fireplace & stove permits were filed between $2,500 and $5,500.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$2,500	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$2,500	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$3,400	the middle permit
75th	$5,500	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$9,400	1 in 10 filed above

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 5 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Keller Hearth'n Home Products	169	63	$3,000	$2,500–$4,000	73.8%
Hebron Brick Supply Co.	67	20	$7,000	$4,950–$8,677	83.1%
J.E. Homes, LLC	30	11	$2,500	$2,500	87.1%
Cold Spring Granite Company	11	8	$9,800	$6,650–$12,000	—
Thomas Built & Consulting LLC	1	1	—	—	—

Why filed values run low or high

The 5 busiest firms usually file $3,000; the 6 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $1,500.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 fireplace & stove permits is filed under $2,500 and 1 in 10 over $9,400, 4 times as much.
100.0% of the 283 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 283 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Bismarck, 1 in 10 fireplace & stove filed values sit under $2,500, the middle half between $2,500 and $5,500, and 1 in 10 over $9,400.

$12,200Above $9,400: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Bismarck.
$4,000Right at the usual $4,000: in the middle of the file.
$1,800Below $2,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule fireplace and stove work in Bismarck

Bismarck files the fewest fireplace & stove permits in August (64 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (127). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Bismarck →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Bismarck TRAKiT building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits on homes. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a fireplace & stove job in Bismarck?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Bismarck fireplace & stove permits were filed between $2,500 and $5,500, so two ordinary jobs can sit 2.2 times apart and both be normal for Bismarck. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
What range is normal for fireplace & stove jobs in Bismarck?Half of permits were filed between $2,500 and $5,500; 8 in 10 between $2,500 and $9,400. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do fireplace installers charge in Bismarck?The usual fireplace & stove job is filed at $4,000. The 5 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $3,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
How many fireplace & stove firms work in Bismarck?10 firms appear on the file; 5 pulled at least one permit in the last 12 months.
Where does this data come from?City of Bismarck TRAKiT building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits on homes, read October 2026. How the records work in Bismarck →

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Fireplace & Stove Cost in Bismarck, ND: what the permits say