Count Pavers Needed for a Patio or Walkway

Count the pavers needed for a patio or walkway from its size and paver dimensions, with coverage area and waste for cuts included.

Inputs
ft ×
ft
Results update as you type — no submit
ResultsLIVE
Pavers to buy
473
Coverage
100 sq ft
4.5 pavers/ft²
Pavers per area4.5 per sq ft
Formula
area = 10 × 10 = 100 sq ft
pavers = 100 sq ft × 4.5/ft² + 5% = 473
Diagram — paver field planNTS
10′ 0″10′ 0″4 × 8 in · 473 PAVERSPAVER FIELD · RUNNING BOND
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Pavers — material listUNITS: FT · SCALE: NTS
Inputs
Patio size10 × 10 ft
Paver size4 × 8 in
Waste+5%
Results
Pavers to buy473
Coverage100 sq ft
Pavers per area4.5/ft²
Paver field plan4 × 8 in · NTS
10′ 0″10′ 0″4 × 8 in · 473 PAVERSPAVER FIELD · RUNNING BOND
Shopping list
☐ 473 × 4 × 8 in pavers
Formula
area = 10 × 10 = 100 sq ft
pavers = 100 sq ft × 4.5/ft² + 5% = 473
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How it works

Pavers are counted from area, not volume. The calculator multiplies the patio length by its width to get the surface area, then divides by the face area of a single paver to find how many cover the space. A 4-by-8-inch paver has a face of 32 square inches, and since a square foot is 144 square inches, that works out to a tidy 4.5 pavers per square foot — the number the industry quotes.

Real installations lose pavers to cuts along curves, borders, and any angled pattern, so a waste allowance is added on top of the exact count. Five percent covers a simple grid or running bond; herringbone and other diagonal layouts cut more pavers and want ten percent. The final number is always rounded up to a whole paver, because you cannot buy part of one.

Because pavers are ordered by the pallet, it is worth rounding your final count up to a sensible pallet quantity and keeping a few spares for future repairs.

Worked example
Patio 10 ft × 10 ft · 4 × 8 in pavers · +5% waste
area = 10 × 10 = 100 sq ft
pavers = 100 sq ft × 4.5/ft² + 5% = 473

Questions from the patio

It depends on the paver's face. A 4×8 in paver gives 4.5 per square foot, a 6×6 in gives 4, a 6×9 in gives 2.67, and a 12×12 in gives exactly 1. The tool derives this from the size you pick.

SOURCES — Nicolock Holland Stone specifications (manufacturer spec table for the 4" × 8" × 2⅜" unit: 4.5 PCS/SF, 540 PCS/Pallet, 120 SF/Pallet, matching the calculator's 4.5 pavers per sq ft for a 4 × 8 in paver (540 ÷ 120 = 4.5).) · Pavestone Holland Stone Series cut sheet, SKU CM 051v9 (2011) (Pavestone's Holland Stone is published at nominal 3 7/8 in × 7 13/16 in (98 × 198 mm) and 4.66 stones per sq ft, with 480 stones and 103 sq ft per 60 mm pallet; makers of the nominal 4 × 8 paver differ by roughly 3.5%, so check your supplier's own coverage figure.) · CMHA Tech Note PAV-TEC-002-22, Construction of Interlocking Concrete Pavements, revised 2022 (the Concrete Masonry and Hardscapes Association, formed by the unification of ICPI and NCMA, sets joint widths at 1/16 to 3/16 in. (2 to 5 mm) and recommends 45 or 90 degree herringbone in all street applications; it publishes no cut or waste percentage, so the 5% and 10% allowances offered here are trade convention rather than published guidance.) · NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.9 (inch to metre 2.54 E-02 and foot to metre 3.048 E-01, both boldface, which the table's own caution note defines as exact; these are the engine's M_PER_INCH and M_PER_FOOT, and the same table's square inch (6.4516 E-04 m²) and square foot (9.290 304 E-02 m²) give exactly the 144 in² per sq ft behind every pavers-per-sq-ft figure.)
Estimates for planning only — verify before purchase

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