Profit margin & markup calculator
What you are making on a sale, or what to charge to make what you want.
Selling price
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Profit per piece
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Margin
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of the selling price
Markup
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on top of cost
Margin and markup are not the same
Buy at ₹80, sell at ₹100. The profit is ₹20 either way, but it is two different percentages:
- Margin is 20%: the ₹20 profit as a share of the ₹100 selling price.
- Markup is 25%: the same ₹20 as a share of the ₹80 cost.
A supplier who says “keep 20%” may mean either. If you add 20% on top of cost when they meant a 20% margin, you sell at ₹96 instead of ₹100 and lose ₹4 on every piece.
The sums
- Profit = selling price − cost price
- Margin % = profit ÷ selling price × 100
- Markup % = profit ÷ cost price × 100
- Price for a margin = cost ÷ (1 − margin ÷ 100)
- Price for a markup = cost × (1 + markup ÷ 100)
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