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Cost Plus Pricing Calculator

Calculate a selling price by adding overhead per unit to your direct cost, then applying your desired profit margin on top of that combined total cost.

How to Use Cost Plus Pricing Calculator
  1. 1Enter your direct unit cost
  2. 2Enter the overhead you allocate per unit
  3. 3Enter your desired profit margin percentage
  4. 4Click Calculate to see your total cost, selling price, and profit per unit
Frequently Asked Questions

Markup Calculator applies your margin directly to unit cost. This tool first adds an overhead-per-unit figure (rent, utilities, indirect labor allocated per item) to cost, then applies the margin to that combined total — useful when overhead is a meaningful share of your per-unit expense.

Any indirect cost you allocate to each unit produced or sold — for example total monthly overhead divided by units produced that month. If you have no meaningful overhead to allocate, enter 0 and this behaves like a standard cost-plus markup.

No — cost-plus pricing is purely cost-driven. It guarantees your target margin on paper but doesn't check whether the resulting price is competitive or acceptable to the market; compare it against competitor prices separately.

The rupee profit you'd earn per unit at the calculated selling price — it equals the selling price minus your total cost (unit cost + overhead).

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