Kitchen Remodel Cost in Collin County: A 2026 Price Breakdown

A full kitchen remodel in Collin County typically runs $15,000 to $85,000, with high-end custom projects climbing past $150,000 — and where you land inside that spread comes down to a handful of decisions, not your ZIP code. Nationally, HomeAdvisor pegs the 2025 average kitchen remodel at about $27,000 (with a typical range of roughly $14,600 to $41,600), and Zonda's 2025 Cost vs. Value report puts a mid-scale major kitchen remodel near $83,000. These are typical U.S. market figures, not a quote from The Remo Guys — your real number depends on the cabinets you pick, whether you move the plumbing, and how far the layout changes. This guide breaks down the three cost tiers and the specific drivers that move the total, so you can build a budget that survives contact with reality. (Renovating the whole house, not just the kitchen? That's a different budget — see our whole-home renovation cost guide.)

What a kitchen remodel costs in Collin County (2026): the three tiers

Kitchen pricing sorts cleanly into three tiers. The ranges below blend 2025–2026 industry data (HomeAdvisor, Zonda's Cost vs. Value report, and material cost guides) and are typical market ranges, not a quote from The Remo Guys.

Tier	What it usually includes	Typical project cost
Minor refresh	Same footprint; new countertops, backsplash, paint, hardware, sink/faucet, cabinet refacing or repaint, maybe one or two appliances	$15,000–$40,000
Mid-range remodel	New semi-custom cabinets, new counters and appliances, new flooring and lighting, some relocated plumbing or electrical, possibly a small layout tweak	$40,000–$85,000
High-end / custom	Custom cabinetry, premium stone, pro-grade appliances, moved gas and plumbing, opened or reconfigured walls, designer finishes	$85,000–$200,000+

On a per-square-foot basis, HomeAdvisor puts a kitchen remodel at roughly $75–$250/sq ft, moving with kitchen size, material choices, and how far the layout changes — with large or luxury kitchens running higher still. Collin County projects often land in the mid-to-upper part of each tier — larger homes and higher finish expectations in places like Frisco, Prosper, and West Plano pull budgets up, the same pattern that shows up in whole-home pricing across the county.

One honest note before the drivers: the tier you need isn't always the tier you want. If your layout works and your cabinet boxes are structurally sound, a refresh — new doors, counters, paint, hardware — can deliver most of the visual payoff for a fraction of the cost. Spend where it shows and lasts.

Where the money actually goes

Before the individual drivers, it helps to see the whole pie. The National Kitchen & Bath Association's widely-cited budget breakdown allocates a typical kitchen remodel roughly like this:

• Cabinets — ~29% (the biggest single line, every time)
• Labor / installation — ~17%
• Appliances & ventilation — ~14%
• Countertops — ~10%
• Flooring — ~7%, lighting — ~5%, walls & ceilings — ~5%, with design, plumbing fixtures, and doors/windows making up the rest.

Two things follow. First, cabinets and counters together are close to 40% of most kitchens — control those two and you control the budget. Second, "labor" is a real line, not an afterthought: skilled installation is roughly a fifth of the job, and it's what separates a kitchen that still looks right in year five from one that doesn't.

Cost driver #1: Cabinets (stock vs. semi-custom vs. custom)

Cabinets are where budgets are won or lost. The price gap between the three grades is enormous, and it's measured per installed linear foot (HomeAdvisor, 2026):

• Stock — ~$100–$300/linear ft. Off-the-shelf sizes and finishes. The value play, and genuinely fine for many kitchens.
• Semi-custom — ~$150–$650/linear ft. Stock construction with more sizes, finishes, and modifications. The sweet spot for most mid-range remodels.
• Custom — ~$500–$1,200/linear ft. Built to your exact dimensions and specs, no constraints. Where a luxury kitchen's budget goes.

For a typical 25-linear-foot kitchen, that's roughly $2,500–$7,500 in stock versus $12,500 and up fully custom — a five-figure swing from a single choice. It's also the decision that most affects your schedule: custom cabinetry commonly runs 8–12 weeks to build (see our kitchen remodel timeline guide). If you love the look but not the price, refacing or repainting solid existing boxes is the honest middle path. Our kitchen cabinets page walks the options.

Cost driver #2: Countertops (the material is the whole story)

Countertops are about 10% of the budget but carry one of the widest per-material ranges in the house. Installed costs per square foot (SlabWise, 2026):

Material	Installed cost / sq ft
Laminate	$25–$65
Butcher block	$40–$100
Granite	$50–$200
Quartz	$60–$150
Marble	$100–$300

A typical kitchen has about 40–50 sq ft of counter, so SlabWise pegs a full countertop line at roughly $2,000 to $10,000+ installed depending on material — laminate and butcher block at the low end, marble and exotic stone at the top. Quartz has become the default for DFW kitchens (about half the U.S. countertop market in 2026) because it lands mid-range on price, never needs sealing, and shrugs off the stains and etching that porous granite and marble don't. Our kitchen countertops page covers the trade-offs material by material.

Cost driver #3: Moving plumbing, gas, and electrical

Here's the lever homeowners underestimate most: keeping fixtures where they are is cheap; moving them is not. A same-spot sink-and-faucet swap is inexpensive. Relocating that sink is a different project — industry plumbing guides put moving a kitchen sink at roughly $500 for a same-wall shift up to $2,500–$5,000 or more across the room or out to a new island, with supply lines around $300–$1,000 and drain lines $500–$1,500. Moving a gas line runs about $15–$25 per linear foot, commonly a few hundred dollars for a kitchen relocation including testing and permit (Angi, 2026).

There's a Collin County wrinkle that makes this pricier here than in basement markets: most of our homes are slab-on-grade on expansive Blackland Prairie clay. Relocating a sink or adding an island drain can mean cutting and re-pouring part of the slab — days of work, and cost a same-spot swap never touches. This is also where trade licensing matters: in Texas a TSBPE-licensed plumber pulls the plumbing permit and a TDLR-licensed electrician handles the wiring. (Texas has no statewide residential general-contractor license, so vet your GC on insurance and bonding, not a license that doesn't exist.) Kitchens carry real electrical scope even when nothing moves — code requires dedicated 20-amp small-appliance circuits and GFCI protection, and an older panel may need capacity added.

Cost driver #4: Layout and wall changes

Changing the footprint is the fastest way from a mid-range budget to a high-end one. Taking out a wall to open the kitchen to the living space or add an island sounds like demo, but if the wall is load-bearing it's a structural job: an engineer's beam design, a header, a permit, and its own inspection before framing can close. A cosmetic partition is cheap to remove; a load-bearing wall adds real cost and weeks of time. If your existing layout functions, leaving walls put is one of the biggest budget levers you control.

Cost driver #5: Appliances

Appliances are about 14% of the NKBA breakdown, but the range inside that slice is vast. A builder-grade suite is a few thousand dollars; a pro-grade Sub-Zero/Wolf package runs $20,000–$30,000 on its own (Yale Appliance, 2026). Ventilation, a second oven, a 48-inch range, or panel-ready integration each push it further. Appliances are one of the easiest places to right-size — buy the performance you'll actually use, not the badge.

Don't forget permits and the contingency

Permits are a small line relative to cabinets or counters, but skipping them is the expensive choice in disguise. Kitchen work that moves plumbing, gas, electrical, or a wall needs a permit and inspections; purely cosmetic work usually doesn't. We break the fees and process down in our Collin County remodeling permit cost guide. The bigger budgeting rule: carry a 10–20% contingency, and lean toward the high end on homes built before the 1990s. Once demo opens the walls, older kitchens routinely reveal old wiring, failed supply lines, or water damage — and you want that money already set aside instead of scrambling for it.

Build a real number for your kitchen

Online ranges are a starting point, not a bid. The two levers you control most are cabinet grade and whether you move anything — nail those and your budget gets predictable. To pressure-test your own numbers, start with our cost estimator. And when you want a real scope and figure, The Remo Guys is an insured and bonded design-build general contractor based in Allen, serving Plano, Frisco, McKinney, and Prosper. We'll walk your kitchen, map these drivers to your actual house, and give you an itemized number — not a range off the internet. Request a consultation and let's build it right.