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Profit Margin Calculator

Convert between cost, price, gross margin and markup — and see the price required to hit a target margin.

Gross margin

40.0%

Gross profit per unit

£80.00

Markup on cost

Margin and markup are not the same

66.7%

Price needed for a 45.0% margin

£218

Monthly gross profit

£8,000

Gross margin is profit as a share of price; markup is profit as a share of cost. Pricing from markup when you meant margin is the most common cause of quietly underpriced work.

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The thinking behind it

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