Electrical Takeoff Software for Electrical Contractors
Togal.AI is cloud-based electrical takeoff software that finds and counts fixtures, devices, and distribution equipment across a full set of digital plans, then hands the quantities to whatever you price in. Built by estimators, for estimators.
Electrical takeoff software that counts up to 4X faster
Electrical takeoffs can mean hundreds of devices, fixtures, and equipment locations spread across lighting plans, power plans, reflected ceiling plans, schedules, and details.
Togal helps you find and count those items across the drawing set, measure the areas and linear scope you need, and organize quantities for estimating. The AI handles repetitive searching and counting while you stay in control of the takeoff.
What slows electrical estimators down
None of it is complicated. All of it eats the takeoff time you needed for scope review before the bid closes.
Your scope is split across sheet types.
Lighting on the RCP, power on the floor plan, fire alarm and data on their own sheets. One room gets walked three times.
Symbol legends change job to job.
The filled square that meant a duplex receptacle last project means something else on this one.
Fixture types move late.
An addendum swaps A1 for A3 across two floors, and the recount lands bid week.
Schedules sit away from the plan.
A circuit count means flipping between the sheet, the panel schedule, and the spec section.
How Togal runs an electrical takeoff off one selection
Count one symbol, then the whole set
Box a duplex receptacle on E-201 and Togal.AI Image Search runs that symbol across every sheet you uploaded, returning a count and location for each hit. Same for exit signs, occupancy sensors, and any fixture symbol the engineer drew.Text Search covers the tagged side, pulling fixture tags and panel designations across a range of file formats.
Measure the scope around what you counted
Togal Button returns room-by-room areas and linear runs, a base for device density checks and per-room counts
Linear tools track conduit runs, feeders, and cable tray along the routing as drawn
Pattern Search picks up repeated conditions, like a corridor lighting layout running the length of a floor
Manual tools stay in reach for anything the AI passes over - split, cut, merge, arc
Repeat units without repeat counting
Multifamily, hospitality, and healthcare stamp the same room hundreds of times, device layout included. Repeating Groups takes off one master unit down to the fixtures and receptacles, then places it everywhere that room appears. 240 identical guest rooms come out of one careful takeoff instead of 240 rushed ones.
Everything Togal measures for electrical estimating
Devices and wiring devices
Receptacles by type, including duplex, quad, GFCI, and floor boxes
Switches by type, including single-pole, three-way, and four-way
Dimmers and occupancy sensors
Junction boxes and device boxes
Lighting
Fixture counts by type tag
Exit signs and emergency lighting units
Site, pole, and exterior fixtures
Ceiling areas from the reflected ceiling plan
Power distribution
Panels and panelboards
Transformers and disconnects
Switchgear and motor starters
Equipment locations by room
Low voltage
Data and communication drops
Fire alarm devices
Cameras, card readers, and speakers
Linear scope
Conduit runs as drawn
Feeder and branch circuit homeruns
Cable tray and raceway
Area and room context
Room-by-room areas for device density checks
Floor and building totals
Space classifications carried through to your export
Togal captures what the drawing shows. Conductor sizing, voltage drop, labor requirements, and code review stay with you and your estimating system, which is where accurate calculations on those belong.
From takeoff to estimate
Quantities leave in the shape your pricing expects, keeping takeoff and estimating in a single workflow.
Excel
for teams whose labor units live in a spreadsheet
ServiceTitan
for trade contractors running their electrical estimating there
Zebel
for connected quantity and cost workflows
Ediphi
a native integration that carries counts into estimating without duplicate entry
Material costs and assemblies stay in the system that owns them. Togal supplies the counts those systems need to create accurate estimates.
What else electrical estimators get with Togal
One takeoff, several estimators
Split a large set so power goes to one estimator and lighting to another, working the same file on one platform. Bring the GC in during buyout and settle quantity questions inside the takeoff.
Drawing comparison
Addendum four revised the fixture schedule and added a circuit on level three. Compare the sets and see which device counts moved before you reprice them.
Every common file type
E-sheets arrive scanned, half-size, or photographed off a plan table. Upload the set the way the GC sent it and Auto-Naming lands the whole package named and sequenced, E-series in order, within seconds.
Mobile access
Verify existing conditions on the morning walk-through, then price the job from the truck that afternoon. iPad, laptop, whatever is with you.
3D visualization
See ceiling heights and room volume that a flat plan flattens out, the conditions that drive conduit drops and fixture mounting heights.
Togal.CHAT
Ask questions of your own documents. Panel schedules, fixture type ratings, gear specifications, answered from the set you uploaded. It drafts RFIs and scope language for your proposals too.
Who Togal.AI is built for
Togal fits commercial electrical contractors who bid often enough to keep an estimator busy. The clearest signal is a dedicated estimator on payroll, or a self-performing electrical division inside a GC.
Multifamily, hospitality, and healthcare fit best, since those sets repeat unit types and carry heavy device counts floor to floor. Business size matters less than bid volume. Smaller teams gain most, because one estimator stops being the bottleneck on more projects than the business can otherwise chase.
Estimating
Preconstruction
inside a larger GC scope
Proof estimators can check
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Coastal cut preconstruction effort by half
How Togal compares on price and control
Questions electrical estimators ask
Will it read my drawings if the set came through as a scan?
Togal handles a range of file formats rather than only clean vector PDFs, and Text Search works across them to pull tags and sheet information. Quality still tracks with the source: a crisp scan performs better than a fax-grade one. Bring a set from a recent bid to your demo and see how your typical drawing quality holds up.
Does Togal size conductors or check code?
Togal produces quantities from the drawing set: counts, lengths, and areas tied to what the engineer drew. Conductor sizing, voltage drop, and NEC review remain with your estimating team and your estimating software. The point of the tool is to hand you a reliable count fast enough that you still have time to apply that judgment before the bid closes.
How is this different from electrical estimating software?
Electrical estimating software owns pricing: an electrical item database, material pricing data, labor units, and the bid assembly that turns quantities into a number. Togal owns the step before it, pulling counts and measurements off the plan set. Comparison lists of the best electrical estimating software tend to mix the two categories, so check which one a tool actually does. Togal is built to feed your estimating system.
How do quantities get into my pricing?
Export to Excel, or push quantities into ServiceTitan, Zebel, or Ediphi through existing integrations. Most electrical contractors keep their labor units and material pricing where they already sit and use Togal for the counting and measuring that feeds them. One workflow, one set of numbers, no retyping between tools.
Can I use it when the electrical drawings are still developing?
Yes, and design-assist work is where drawing comparison earns its keep. Take off the set you have, then compare each new issue to see which fixture types, device counts, and equipment locations moved. You price the change instead of re-pricing the job.
How long before my estimators are actually productive in it?
Most teams start on a real bid rather than a sandbox, which keeps the learning curve attached to work that's already on the board. Onboarding is included and the support team includes former estimators, so the first unfamiliar legend or odd sheet package gets handled by someone who has estimated off one. Plan on running your first live set with support on standby rather than blocking out a training week.
Is our bid data protected?
Togal is SOC 2 Type II compliant, which audits security practices over a period of time rather than on a single date, and enterprise SSO is supported for contractors whose IT group requires it. On government, healthcare, and data center work where the drawing set itself is sensitive, that audit trail is usually the first thing procurement asks about.