Price
What Kota stone actually costs
There is no single rate. Eight things move the figure, and a supplier who quotes one number without asking about any of them is guessing — or quoting the cheapest grade.
The eight variables
What moves a rate, in the order it moves it
1. SizeThe rate per square foot rises with slab size. Large sound pieces are scarcer, slower to saw and break more easily.
2. ThicknessThe stone rate barely changes with thickness. The freight does — a 40 mm slab weighs half again what a 25 mm one does.
3. Weight and freightOn a delivered rate, freight can be a third of the figure or more. Distance and diesel move it week to week.
4. GradeRough fresh against diamond-cut medium is a real gap. Always ask which grade a quoted rate is for.
5. FinishNatural is cheapest. Every step towards polish adds machine time, consumables and breakage.
6. PolishTable or diamond polish before dispatch adds to the stone rate but removes days of site labour and dust.
7. QuantityA full truck is priced differently from a part load. Below a truck, freight per square foot rises sharply.
8. LabourCut-to-size, drilled anchor slots, grooved treads and mitred edges are labour, quoted separately from the stone.
Getting a real figure
Four lines, and we can quote you the same day.
We do not publish a rate card, because a published rate is either out of date or wrong for your job. Send these four things instead:
- The product and finish. “Semi polished Kota, 22×22” or “Kota brown, high polish”.
- The size and thickness. Standard size, or a drawing if it is cut to size.
- The quantity. In square feet or square metres, area rather than piece count.
- The delivery PIN code. Or say “ex-yard” if you are collecting.
Two rates, always
We quote ex-yard Ramganj Mandi and delivered-to-site as two separate numbers, so you can see exactly what the freight costs and decide whether to arrange your own transport.
Where Kota sits
Against the alternatives, per square foot laid
Relative, not absolute — rates move. What does not move is the order they sit in.
| Material | Relative cost | Life on a busy floor | Can it be renewed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kota stone | Lowest of the natural stones | Decades | Yes — grind and re-polish in place |
| Vitrified tile | Similar to Kota | 10–15 years | No — replace |
| Ceramic tile | Below Kota | 5–10 years on a busy floor | No — replace |
| Granite | 3–5× Kota | Decades | Yes, but specialist |
| Marble | 4–8× Kota | Decades indoors | Yes |