Online business plan calculator
Calculate the financial part of a business plan: revenue, costs, taxes, net profit, investment, payback and break-even point.
This free online business plan calculator builds a financial model from your assumptions. Enter operations or sales, average check, direct, variable and fixed costs, taxes and startup investment to calculate profit, break-even, payback and financial safety margin.
Choose a business model
Choose a business type to open a dedicated financial model with the relevant calculation inputs.
Current model result
This is the current result. It changes immediately when any field is edited.
Online business plan calculator: what the model calculates
This online business plan calculator turns operating assumptions into a structured financial forecast. It calculates monthly revenue, direct cost of sales, gross profit, variable costs, contribution, fixed costs, operating profit, break-even revenue, financial safety margin, investment need, target sales volume and estimated payback. The result is designed for early feasibility checks and scenario comparison, not as a promise of future profit.
The universal model uses two sales channels: regular operations and operations with your own delivery. You enter the expected operations per day, average check and direct cost for each channel. The calculator applies the same transparent formulas to your values, so a useful result depends on realistic inputs.
Revenue and direct costs
Two operating channels
For each channel, enter the number of operations per day and the average check. Monthly revenue equals daily operations multiplied by the average check and the number of sales days. Keeping the channels separate helps show whether delivery produces additional contribution or only adds cost.
Cost of goods or direct service cost
Enter the direct cost per operation for both channels. Depending on the business, this may include goods, materials, ingredients, packaging or another cost that rises with each sale. Gross profit is revenue minus these direct costs. Your own delivery cost is entered separately as a variable expense.
Variable and fixed expenses
Variable expenses may include employee bonuses, delivery, marketing as a share of revenue, turnover taxes and losses or waste. Fixed expenses include rent, utilities, accounting, software support, other regular payments and the employer cost of the team. Up to six employee roles can be added with their headcount and salary.
The model subtracts variable expenses from gross profit to calculate contribution. It then subtracts fixed expenses to calculate monthly operating profit. This separation is important: a business can have positive gross profit and still lose money after payroll, premises and administrative costs.
Startup funding, inventory and supplier credit
The startup section includes renovation, equipment, software investment, other startup costs, prepaid rent and a cash reserve. Inventory is estimated from monthly direct costs and the number of inventory days. Supplier payment delay reduces the amount that must be financed immediately. Own capital and loans are entered separately, allowing you to compare the project need with the available funding structure.
Break-even point and payback
- Revenue is calculated from both operating channels.
- Direct cost is deducted to obtain gross profit.
- Variable expenses are deducted to obtain contribution.
- Fixed expenses are deducted to obtain operating profit.
- If the contribution ratio is positive, break-even revenue is fixed expenses divided by that ratio.
The safety margin shows how far forecast revenue is above the break-even level. The target operations indicator estimates the volume needed for the profit goal entered in the form. Payback is calculated only when operating profit is positive: investment need is divided by monthly operating profit.
How to build a realistic business plan
- Use a conservative daily sales estimate rather than maximum capacity.
- Keep the average check and direct cost in the same currency and period.
- Include the full team, payroll charges, rent, utilities, taxes and recurring services.
- Add enough inventory and cash reserve for the operating cycle.
- Compare a weak, base and strong scenario by changing the input assumptions.
How to interpret the result
A positive result means that the entered assumptions produce a surplus under the calculator’s formulas. It does not validate demand, pricing or operational capacity. Compare the forecast with supplier quotations, payroll offers, confirmed customer data and actual sales. After launch, replace assumptions with plan-versus-actual figures and recalculate the model regularly.
Frequently asked questions about the calculator
These answers explain what the selected model calculates and how to enter data correctly.
What will I receive after the calculation, and can I view sample files?
Yes. Open the complete PDF sample in a new tab or download the real Excel sample. Both files are generated by the same calculator with demonstration data and contain the same sections as a personal result.
What does this business plan calculator calculate?
It combines sales, cost of sales, staff, taxes, fixed costs and variable costs, then shows revenue, gross, contribution and net profit, investment, payback and the break-even point.
How should regular sales and delivered sales be entered?
Enter operations without delivery paid by your business as regular sales. Enter sales delivered to the customer at your expense in the separate delivery fields, and never count the same operation twice.
Can unused fields be left blank?
Yes. A blank or zero field is treated as zero and does not stop the rest of the calculation.
How are Ukrainian sole-proprietor taxes handled?
The calculator does not choose a tax group automatically. Group 3 starts with a 5% unified tax and a separate 1% military levy on turnover; both rates, the social contribution and minimum-salary base remain editable.
Which result formats can be downloaded?
Choose Excel for a detailed working table or PDF for a ready analytical report. Both files use the same inputs and calculation results.