Markup / Margin Calculator

Find profit, margin, and markup from a cost and selling price. Enter both.

Margin
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Profit over price.

Usage Tip

A common mix-up: a 50 percent margin is a 100 percent markup. Always check which base is meant.

THE MATH
margin = profit ÷ price; markup = profit ÷ cost
profit = price − cost
Margin and markup both describe profit, but against different bases: margin is profit over selling price, markup is profit over cost.
The same sale gives a higher markup percentage than margin percentage.
Both cost and selling price must be positive.
Margin is always less than the matching markup.
Profit is simply price minus cost.
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