Stamped concrete cost in Texas: 2026 pricing guide

What does stamped concrete cost in Texas?

Stamped concrete cost in Texas starts at $10.48 a square foot with us for a stamped patio. With integral color mixed in, the patio starts at $12.00. A 300 square foot Sherman patio runs $1,750 to $5,850 before the drive cost, which is our trip out to your site. That range runs from a plain broom finish up to a full stamped patio.

A stamped driveway starts at $12.57 a square foot. It’s a 5 inch slab with #4 rebar on 18-inch centers over a 4 inch gravel base, and the sealer is extra. A 600 square foot driveway runs $4,350 to $10,300 before the drive cost, from plain broom up to full stamped. Setup and the drive go on top of each per-foot price here. Pattern picks are on the Texas decorative concrete page.

The price per foot drops as the job gets bigger. Forms, stamp mats, and the crew’s trip cost about the same for a 250 sf slab as for a 2,000 sf one.

Want the look on the slab you already have? A stamped concrete overlay is a thin patterned layer on top, with no new pour. Ours starts at $6.14 a square foot, and the old slab has to be sound. See the concrete overlay cost guide.

How does the pattern change the price?

The pattern is the biggest thing you control, and it comes in three levels.

Basic is one stamp pattern, one base color, and one release agent. The release is a powder that keeps the mats from sticking. It tints the low spots a second shade. Think running bond brick borders, plain ashlar walkways, or a broom slab with a stamped border. Most East Texas driveway extensions around Paris, Mount Pleasant, and Marshall land here. So do most farm patios in Erath and Palo Pinto counties. A basic patio starts at $10.48 a square foot.

Medium adds integral color, which is color mixed all the way through the concrete. Most North Texas patios and pool decks land here. They start at $12.00. Ashlar slate and random stone lead. Saltillo-style brick shows up in Wichita Falls neighborhoods with Spanish revival homes. On acreage in Cooke, Grayson, and Fannin counties, big ranch flagstone patterns are common. A patio there can run 600 to 1,200 sf.

Premium means three or more colors, hand-carved details, or a custom medallion. Think a barndominium showpiece patio in Stephenville or Mineral Wells, a Sherman driveway with a compass rose, or a restaurant entry in Longview. We price this level per job, after we see the drawing.

How does the Texas sun change the sealer?

Our part of Texas gets more UV, the sun’s fading rays, than any other place we work. West-facing slabs in North Texas often top 140 degrees at the surface in summer, per NWS Norman climate summaries for the North Texas plains. That heat breaks down a basic acrylic sealer in 4 to 6 years.

Wichita Falls gets more than 3,000 hours of sun a year, and Texarkana about 2,800. Springfield, Missouri, gets about 2,650. Under a basic acrylic sealer, dark colors like slate and charcoal fade by year 5 to 7 in North Texas. In Springfield, that fade waits until year 10 to 12.

In Texas we use an acrylic-urethane hybrid sealer with a titanium dioxide UV blocker. It runs 28 to 32 percent solids, where the Mid-South default is 25 percent. More solids means more of what we roll on stays on the slab. It costs a little more on the first coat. But it stretches the color’s life from 5 to 7 years to 10 to 12. We reseal every 18 months in Texas, not every 24 to 30 months like in milder states.

For a ranch patio in full sun with no shade, pick a lighter color: warm tan, light slate, or terracotta. Light colors show fade later than dark ones.

How does expansive black clay change the base under a Texas slab?

Up front, the clay under North Texas matters even more than the sun. Expansive black clay, called gumbo locally, swells when it’s wet and shrinks when it dries. It’s the main soil on the North Texas Blackland Prairie, which runs from about Sherman south.

How much it moves. Soil engineers rate clay with a plasticity index (PI). The higher the number, the more it swells. Gumbo often tops 35, per Texas AgriLife Extension data, and it can reach 50 to 70 on the worst sites. Untreated gumbo can move 4 to 6 inches up and down in one wet-dry cycle. That’s more than three times what Arkansas Delta clay or Mississippi Black Prairie clay does.

A deeper base. Over gumbo, a stamped slab needs 8 to 12 inches of packed crushed stone under it. Stable soil gets by with 2 to 4 inches. Around Sherman, Denison, and Gainesville, where gumbo is at its worst, we use crushed limestone. Our standard 4 inch gravel base runs $1.20 a square foot and is already in the driveway price. We price the deeper gumbo base per job, after we see the ground.

Tighter joints. Joints go every 8 feet at most, not the usual 12. Isolation joints are soft strips that let two pieces of concrete move on their own. They go against every slab edge, wall, and footing next to the new slab. On North Texas repair calls, a missing one against the house slab is the top cause of the cracked stamped patios we see.

More steel. Wire mesh isn’t enough on gumbo. Our spec is a grid of #4 rebar on 18-inch centers, at the least. A driveway already has that grid in its price. On a patio, it’s an added line at $1.80 a square foot over the standard fiber mesh. On slabs over 1,200 sf, we recommend post-tension cables, priced per job.

Where gumbo ends. The line runs roughly along I-30. East of Paris, the ground turns to Piney Woods sandy loam. That soil takes the standard 4 inch base and 12-foot joints.

Rain and humidity across Texas

East Texas Piney Woods gets 45 to 55 inches of rain a year, per NWS Shreveport climate data. North Texas around Wichita Falls is drier, at 30 to 35 inches. There, a dry summer pour can need a fine fog spray while we finish, so the top doesn’t dry too fast and crack. In July and August, we pour at dawn when the heat index calls for it.

How do Texas prices compare to the national average?

Stamped concrete in Texas runs about at the national average with us, and our per-foot rates match our OKC work. The national market range for a basic to mid-range stamped driveway is $10 to $20^[1] a square foot. Ours starts at $12.57.

Labor costs less than average around Wichita Falls and Texarkana. But the UV sealer, the gumbo work, and the hot-weather mix eat up that savings.

How is the drive handled on a Texas job?

Three teams cover our Texas work, and the Southern Oklahoma team crosses the Red River to Sherman and Denison. The drive cost is its own line, figured from your address.

A small edge job, like a Gainesville patio under 200 sf or one Longview walkway, usually rides along with nearby work that week. That keeps its price fair.

What’s in a Texas stamped quote, and what isn’t?

Included:

• Layout, forms, cleanup, and form removal
• A 4 inch patio or 5 to 6 inch driveway pour, with a summer hot-weather mix (a set retarder and ice-cooled water)
• Fiber or wire mesh on a patio, and #4 rebar on 18-inch centers on a driveway
• A base color and the release agent
• Stamping with professional stamp mats
• On a patio, the first coat of our UV-blocking sealer (on a driveway, sealer is its own line)
• Joints laid out for your soil (8 feet on gumbo, 12 feet on Piney Woods ground)
• Written care steps, with the 18-month reseal schedule

Not included (each is its own line):

• Tearing out old concrete: $2.30 a square foot for a 4 inch slab, more for a thicker one
• A gumbo base deeper than the standard 4 inches
• A rebar grid on a gumbo patio: $1.80 a square foot over fiber
• Post-tension on gumbo slabs over 1,200 sf
• Accent colors beyond the base color and release
• Custom ranch-brand medallions
• Drainage fixes or French drains on low ranch sites
• Future reseals on the 18-month cycle
• City permits where needed

Other than the tear-out and the patio rebar grid, we price each of these per job, after we see the site.

Is stamped concrete cheaper than pavers in Texas?

Not always on day one. Pavers run $7 to $20^[2] a square foot installed on the national market, and our stamped patio starts at $10.48. So a paver bid can land under or over ours. A 400 sf patio with us builds for $2,250 to $7,550 before the drive cost, from plain broom up to full stamped.

After install, the upkeep works differently. Stamped gets a reseal you can plan, every 18 months here. One solid slab with a rebar grid rides out gumbo. Pavers need fresh joint sand, and on North Texas gumbo part of the patio often needs releveling by year 5, whenever the clay moves. Flagstone cracks from the heat of 140-degree summer surfaces.

Why do Texas stamped concrete bids vary so much?

Does the bid deal with the gumbo? Some North Texas bids don’t list base depth, joint spacing, or steel. That leaves the clay problem unpaid. Wire mesh on gumbo is a crack waiting for the second wet-dry cycle. On sites with a PI of 35 or more, a rebar grid is a must. Get all three in writing.

Does the bid name the sealer? A basic acrylic sealer wears out early in Texas sun. That leaves 5 to 6 years of the color’s life with nothing guarding it.

Does the crew beat the heat? On a summer pour that starts at 10 AM in August, the heat closes the finishing window early. We start at dawn and use a retarder mix from May through September.

Your contract is with Bel Covo, regardless of state

Your contract is with Bel Covo, Concrete Craftsmen since 2004. Our own crew handles your Texas job from start to finish under our license. The last payment isn’t due until you sign off on the work.

Related Texas pages

• Texas decorative concrete services: patterns, steps, and past jobs around Wichita Falls and Texarkana
• Texas concrete flatwork: how we build the slab
• Texas polished concrete cost: polish pricing
• Texas state hub
• What stamped concrete costs in Oklahoma: the baseline page
• Pour-4-Polish process: why the pour matters under a stamp

How do you get your own price?

The fastest way is the online quote calculator. Enter the size, pick the pattern level, and give us the address. It returns a price broken into lines.