Is polyaspartic more expensive than epoxy for Ottawa businesses?

Commercial epoxy runs about $8 to $15 per square foot installed and polyaspartic or polyurea commercial work about $6 to $15 in published 2025-2026 contractor ranges, so the ranges overlap and neither system is consistently more expensive than the other.

What moves a quote for either system comes down to several factors on your specific floor:

• Slab condition and how much prep is needed before any coating goes down
• Whether old coatings, adhesive or tile need to be removed (old vinyl tile and black mastic may contain asbestos; have them tested before any grinding)
• Moisture test results and whether a moisture-tolerant primer is needed
• System thickness and number of coats
• Anti-slip aggregate broadcast, cove base linear footage, and safety line striping
• Job size, phasing across shifts, or after-hours scheduling

Surface prep, when it is not already included, runs about $1 to $3 per square foot extra on published contractor pages; heavy resurfacing of damaged concrete costs more, and we found too few published prices to give a range for that work. Check whether each quote bundles prep or prices it separately.

One manufacturer's data sheet lists polyaspartic at light traffic in 24 hours and vehicles at 7 days; one 100-percent-solids epoxy data sheet lists foot traffic at 24 hours, light vehicles at 72 hours, and heavy traffic at 7 days. The data sheet for the specific product your contractor proposes sets the actual closure window, not these figures. Ask the contractor to confirm the schedule against that sheet before you plan your closure.

Before a contractor visits, pull together what you know about the floor: its age and history, what coatings or adhesives were applied before, the kind of traffic and spills it sees day to day, and how many hours or days you can realistically close the space. Local floor coating contractors can reply by email if you send a request from this page.