Ceramic Coating
Current Index — September 2026 · 3,213 advertised price observations

Paint protection price index

A clear baseline for comparing quotes. These are rates businesses publish on their own websites, normalized into comparable service groups.

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Middle half of advertised prices

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Ceramic coating$600–$1,399 · median $950
Paint protection film$1,199–$3,800 · median $1,999
Paint correction$349–$700 · median $470
The bar spans the 25th to 75th percentile of eligible advertised price-row midpoints; the marker is the median. Frozen snapshot effective September 15, 2026. Services and coverage are not equivalent. See the table and definitions below before comparing a quote.
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Snapshot: 2026-09 · CSV SHA-256 f3ef5ff4b6ca… Citation: CeramicCoating.com, “Paint Protection Price Index,” September 2026. Link to this chart. Historical releases.

National advertised price ranges and sample sizes by paint protection service
ServiceTypical advertised rangeMedianObservationsBusinessesWhat to compare
Ceramic coating$600–$1,399$9502,201708Durability tier, preparation and coated surfaces.
Paint protection film$1,199–$3,800$1,999343128Named panels, edge coverage, film and warranty.
Paint correction$349–$700$470669330Stages, paint condition and expected defect removal.

The downloadable file contains these national aggregates only. It does not expose business-level price observations or source-page text.

Method, definitions and limits

This frozen September 2026 snapshot describes eligible advertised price rows in the curated catalog at capture. It does not claim to represent every installer or completed purchase in the United States.

Ceramic coating

Ceramic-coating rows using per-vehicle, “from” or unspecified whole-job units; row midpoints below $200 are excluded. Starting prices and unspecified units may not establish full-vehicle coverage.

Snapshot sample: 2,201 observations from 708 distinct businesses.

Paint protection film

PPF rows using per-vehicle, “from” or unspecified whole-job units. Starting prices and unspecified units may describe selected panels rather than full-body coverage.

Snapshot sample: 343 observations from 128 distinct businesses.

Paint correction

Paint-correction rows using per-vehicle, “from” or unspecified whole-job units. Starting prices, stages and the initial paint condition vary.

Snapshot sample: 669 observations from 330 distinct businesses.

How the figures are calculated

  1. Use only advertised price entries assigned to the matching service and a whole-job unit.
  2. Convert a listed low–high range to its midpoint; an exact listed price keeps that value.
  3. Report the 25th percentile as the low end of the typical range, the median, and the 75th percentile as the high end.
  4. Require prices from at least five distinct businesses before publishing an aggregate. Multiple eligible packages from one business can contribute multiple observations.

Advertised rates are not quotes, invoices, a representative survey or a guarantee. Vehicle size, paint condition, coverage, product, correction stages, taxes and required maintenance can change a real quote. Not available in the curated price-row schema; this snapshot records the aggregate effective date, not a per-row observation date range.

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Suggested citation

CeramicCoating.com. “Paint Protection Price Index.” September 2026 snapshot (2026-09), effective September 15, 2026. https://ceramiccoating.com/research/prices/

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