How many quotes should I get for an irrigation job in Cape Coral?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cape Coral irrigation firms usually file between $1,650 and $2,500 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.5 times apart and both be normal for Cape Coral. 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 irrigation jobs in Cape Coral?

Half of permits were filed between $1,700 and $2,500; 8 in 10 between $1,300 and $2,500. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do irrigation contractors charge in Cape Coral?

The usual irrigation job is filed at $2,200; the middle half of firms usually file between $1,650 and $2,500. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $2,200, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $1,650, the lower third $2,200.

Where does this data come from?

City of Cape Coral building permits (the city's open permit table starts January 2025), read October 2026. How the records work in Cape Coral

Irrigation System Cost in Cape Coral, FL: Usual $2,200 (2026)

How much does irrigation system cost in Cape Coral?

The usual irrigation job filed with Cape Coral is $2,200, from 2,891 priced permits, January 2025 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $1,650 and $2,500. 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. An irrigation permit here usually takes 31 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 2,891 priced permits across 98 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cape Coral irrigation permits were filed between $1,700 and $2,500.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$1,300	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$1,700	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$2,200	the middle permit
75th	$2,500	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$2,500	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: the Florida Department of Revenue tax roll for Lee County (just value).

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $271,754	$2,200	32	1,044
Middle third	$271,754–$334,061	$2,200	33	1,248
Upper third	$339,072 and up	$1,650	33	620

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 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. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Derscons LLC dba Arkos Builders	217	217	$2,500	$2,500	—
RBS Services Corp	493	175	$2,200	$1,800–$2,200	96.4%
Irrigation Innovators a Sprinkler Service Company LLC	405	168	$2,200	$2,200	86.4%
R & R Sprinkler and Sod, Inc	240	156	$2,500	$2,500	99.8%
Danny Yates Landscaping Inc	304	129	$1,650	$1,650	99.9%
Polcats Irrigation, Inc	232	115	$2,450	$1,400–$2,450	99.8%
H2O Systems Inc	161	68	$2,450	$2,450	99.8%
NA Septic & Plumbing Inc	126	60	$2,000	$2,000	91.6%
Juniper Landscaping of Florida LLC	74	41	$1,000	$1,000	99.5%
Aztec Irrigation & Landscaping LLC	73	40	$3,500	$3,500	94.7%

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $2,200; the 71 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $2,000.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $339,072 and up) usually file $1,650, against $2,200 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 irrigation permits is filed under $1,300 and 1 in 10 over $2,500, 2 times as much.
99.0% of the 2,919 permits carry a value; the 28 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 2,891 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Cape Coral, 1 in 10 irrigation filed values sit under $1,300, the middle half between $1,700 and $2,500, and 1 in 10 over $2,500.

$3,300Above $2,500: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Cape Coral.
$2,200Right at the usual $2,200: in the middle of the file.
$920Below $1,300: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule irrigation work in Cape Coral

Cape Coral files the fewest irrigation permits in November (61 against an average month of 100) and the most in March (185). 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 Cape Coral →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Cape Coral building permits (the city's open permit table starts January 2025). The window is January 2025 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 an irrigation job in Cape Coral?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cape Coral irrigation firms usually file between $1,650 and $2,500 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.5 times apart and both be normal for Cape Coral. 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 irrigation jobs in Cape Coral?Half of permits were filed between $1,700 and $2,500; 8 in 10 between $1,300 and $2,500. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do irrigation contractors charge in Cape Coral?The usual irrigation job is filed at $2,200; the middle half of firms usually file between $1,650 and $2,500. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $2,200, about the same as the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $1,650, the lower third $2,200.
Where does this data come from?City of Cape Coral building permits (the city's open permit table starts January 2025), read October 2026. How the records work in Cape Coral →

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Irrigation System Cost in Cape Coral, FL: what the permits say