// Business Tool

MARGIN & MARKUP

Work out profit, gross margin %, and markup % from your cost and price — or solve for the selling price you need to hit a target margin or markup. Everything calculates instantly in your browser.

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Margin vs Markup — what's the difference?

Gross Margin %

Profit as a share of the selling price. It tells you how much of each dollar of revenue you keep.

margin% = profit ÷ price × 100

Markup %

Profit as a share of the cost. It tells you how much you add on top of what you paid.

markup% = profit ÷ cost × 100

Same profit, two different bases — so markup is always the larger number. A 50% markup is only a 33.3% margin; a 100% markup is a 50% margin. Margin can never reach 100% (that would mean zero cost), but markup has no upper limit.