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Materials Markup Calculator

Convert cost, markup and margin — including wastage and your collection time.

What you get: Sale price, profit on materials, margin achieved and break-even markup.

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True cost of the materials£654.00
Invoice cost £600.00 + wastage £30.00 + 45 minutes of sourcing and collection at £32.00/hr = £24.00.
Price charged to customer£720.00
Cost × (1 + 0.2). Markup is always applied to cost.
Profit on materials£66.00
Sale price less the true cost, including wastage and your time.
Margin achieved9.2%
A 20.0% markup is not a 20.0% margin. Profit ÷ sale price gives the margin.
Break-even markup9.0%
The markup that covers wastage and handling with nothing left over. Anything below this loses money.

Handling time is priced at your hourly rate, because collecting materials is unpaid work otherwise.
Wastage is applied to the invoice cost of materials only.

Results are planning aids based on figures you enter. They are not financial, tax or legal advice, and no price is guaranteed to be accepted.