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How much does a 3-car concrete driveway cost?

The size is punched in below. Change anything; your market sets the real numbers.

Job type

Typical thickness: 5-6 inches

Dimensions

Sq ft
720 ft²

Finish

Add-ons

Example rates behind this estimate

Rough ballpark numbers for driveway. Real prices depend on your market, access, and site conditions. Contractors: your own rates replace these in PriceDesk.

Item Example rate
Standard broom finish $9 / sq ft
Colored $12 / sq ft
Exposed aggregate $13 / sq ft
Stamped $16 / sq ft
Tear out existing (add-on) +$4 / sq ft
Rebar / mesh (add-on) +$1.50 / sq ft
Site prep & grading (add-on) +$2 / sq ft
Sealing (add-on) +$2 / sq ft
Concrete steps (per step) $300 each
Concrete curb $35 / linear ft
Footings $28 / linear ft
Concrete removal / demo $5 / sq ft
Weekend work (add-on) +$500 flat

Three stalls across usually means a driveway around 30 feet wide by 24 feet deep, which is 720 square feet, the size loaded above. At this footprint you are firmly out of small-pour territory. The price follows the area, but the planning is what separates a clean job from a cracked one.

What 720 square feet costs at the example rates

FinishExample rate720 sq ft comes to
Standard broom$9 / sq ft$6,480
Colored$12 / sq ft$8,640
Stamped$16 / sq ft$11,520

Those are the example rates from the calculator above, there to give the math a shape. Local material prices and crew costs set the real rate.

Joints and sequencing decide how this slab ages

A slab this size will crack. The question is whether it cracks along sawed or tooled control joints in a tidy grid, or wherever it feels like. Good layout breaks 720 square feet into panels sized so no cut is an afterthought, with joints lining up on corners and re-entrant angles where cracks start.

The pour itself takes sequencing too. That is a lot of concrete to place, screed, and finish before it sets up, so crew size and truck timing matter. If two trucks are involved, the second needs to arrive before the first load goes off. This is the kind of job where a contractor earns the rate on planning, not just placing.

Truck access and the add-ons

At this size, where the truck can park changes the labor. A clear shot with the chute reaches most of the slab. If the mixer cannot get close, you are pumping or wheeling 720 square feet worth of concrete, and the quote has to carry that.

The standard add-ons scale with the area. At the example numbers: tear-out of an old driveway at $4 per square foot adds $2,880, rebar or mesh at $1.50 adds $1,080, and site prep at $2 adds $1,440.

For different dimensions, use the concrete driveway cost calculator, or see the 2-car driveway breakdown for the more common size. Contractors setting their own rates can start with what to charge per square foot for flatwork.

When the rates are yours instead of examples, this becomes a real quote you can text from the truck. That is what PriceDesk does, free for 14 days.

Common questions

How many square feet is a 3-car driveway?

A common layout is 30 feet wide by 24 feet long, which is 720 square feet. Side-entry garages and turnaround pads add more area on top of that.

Why does a big slab need control joints?

Concrete shrinks as it cures and will crack somewhere no matter what. Joints tell it where to crack, so the lines land straight and on purpose instead of wandering across the slab.

Is a 3-car driveway poured all at once?

Often yes, but it depends on crew size, weather, and truck timing. On hot or windy days some contractors split the pour so the finishing never gets ahead of them.

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