Rex says
Money math without the spreadsheet headache. Plug in your numbers and I'll show you exactly where the dollars land.
Try a scenario
Click to load — tweak from there.Inputs
Result
Net profit per booking
$1,300
Net margin
37.1%
Gross margin (before labor/overhead)
82.9%
Overhead allocated per booking
$700
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How to use this
- 1Enter booking price ($).
- 2Enter direct cost of goods (materials, rentals, subs) ($).
- 3Enter labor cost (your time + staff) ($).
- 4Enter monthly business overhead ($).
- 5Enter bookings per month (to allocate overhead).
- 6Read your net profit per booking on the right — it updates as you type.
- 7Hit Share to keep the scenario or send it to someone.
About this calculator
It's easy for a wedding vendor to look busy and still be unprofitable once real costs are counted. This calculator takes a booking price and subtracts direct cost of goods (materials, rentals, subcontractors), labor cost, and an allocated share of monthly overhead, then computes gross margin, net margin, and breakeven bookings per month — a general-purpose profitability check that works across photography, catering, florals, or any service-based wedding vendor.
Worked example
Using the values the calculator loads with:
Inputs
- Booking price: 3500 $
- Direct cost of goods (materials, rentals, subs): 600 $
- Labor cost (your time + staff): 900 $
- Monthly business overhead: 2800 $
- Bookings per month (to allocate overhead): 4
Results
- Net profit per booking: $1,300
- Net margin: 37.1%
- Gross margin (before labor/overhead): 82.9%
- Overhead allocated per booking: $700
What each field means
Inputs
- Booking price ($)
- The booking price used in the calculation, measured in $. Starts at 3500 $ so you have a working example on load.
- Direct cost of goods (materials, rentals, subs) ($)
- The direct cost of goods (materials, rentals, subs) used in the calculation, measured in $. Starts at 600 $ so you have a working example on load.
- Labor cost (your time + staff) ($)
- The labor cost (your time + staff) used in the calculation, measured in $. Starts at 900 $ so you have a working example on load.
- Monthly business overhead ($)
- The monthly business overhead used in the calculation, measured in $. Starts at 2800 $ so you have a working example on load.
- Bookings per month (to allocate overhead)
- The bookings per month (to allocate overhead) used in the calculation. Starts at 4 so you have a working example on load.
Results
- Net profit per booking
- Returned as a money amount in US dollars and shown as the headline result. It recalculates instantly whenever you change an input, so you can compare scenarios without reloading.
- Net margin
- Returned as a percentage. It recalculates instantly whenever you change an input, so you can compare scenarios without reloading.
- Gross margin (before labor/overhead)
- Returned as a percentage. It recalculates instantly whenever you change an input, so you can compare scenarios without reloading.
- Overhead allocated per booking
- Returned as a money amount in US dollars. It recalculates instantly whenever you change an input, so you can compare scenarios without reloading.
FAQ
What net margin should a wedding vendor target?
15%-25% net margin is a healthy target for most service-based wedding vendors after all costs including a fair wage for the owner's time counted as labor, not just as leftover profit. Below 10% consistently means the business is essentially subsidizing itself through the owner's underpaid labor.
Why allocate overhead per booking instead of just looking at annual totals?
Per-booking allocation shows whether each individual sale is actually paying its share of rent, insurance, and software costs, which annual totals can hide — a vendor can look profitable in aggregate while systematically underpricing every single booking and only staying afloat through sheer volume.
Should the owner's own time count as labor cost?
Yes, always — at minimum, value it at what you'd have to pay someone else to do the same job. Treating owner time as free is the single most common reason small wedding businesses look profitable on paper but the owner earns less than minimum wage in practice.
How does bookings per month affect margin?
More bookings per month spreads fixed overhead thinner across each one, improving margin per booking even at the same price — which is why off-season pricing strategy and demand generation matter as much as the sticker price itself for overall profitability.
Accuracy and limitations
- Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them.
- Rates are treated as fixed for the whole period — variable-rate products will drift from this projection.
- This is educational maths, not financial advice. Check anything contractual with the lender or your accountant.
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RevenueLab. (2026). Wedding Vendor Profit Margin Calculator. Retrieved from https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/wedding-vendor-profit-margin-calculator
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