Profit Margin Calculator
Calculate profit margin and markup from cost and selling price.
Calculated locally in your browser. Nothing you enter is uploaded or stored.
Overview
Calculates profit margin (profit as a percentage of selling price) and markup (profit as a percentage of cost) from a cost and selling price — two related but different numbers that are easy to mix up.
How to use it
- 1Enter the cost price.
- 2Enter the selling price.
- 3View profit, margin and markup.
Formula
Margin
Margin % = (Profit / Selling price) × 100
Markup
Markup % = (Profit / Cost price) × 100
Tips
- Margin and markup on the same sale are always different numbers — a 50% markup on cost is only a 33.3% margin on the selling price.