Markup & margin calculator
Price FF&E and design work with confidence. Enter a cost and either a markup, a target margin or a final price — and see the client price, your profit and the markup and margin side by side.
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Result
£1,500.00
client / selling price
Profit
£500.00
Cost
£1,000.00
Markup (on cost)
50.0%
Margin (on price)
33.3%
Markup and margin describe the same profit two ways: markup is a % of cost, margin a % of price. They are never equal except at zero.
Pricing is the easy part. Tracking the order isn't.
Controlbook gives design studios one place to specify FF&E, manage procurement and hand a live asset record to the client — so the margin you set here is protected by data you can actually follow through to delivery.
- Specify, source and track every procured item
- Client-ready exports and a live handover record
- Built for the interior design and FF&E workflow
How to use this tool
- 1Enter the cost price of the item or service.
- 2Choose how you price: by markup % on cost, by target margin %, or by a known selling price.
- 3Read the resulting client price, profit and the margin/markup pair.
- 4Switch methods to see how markup and margin relate for the same numbers.
Markup vs margin, explained
Markup and margin are easy to confuse and the difference costs money. Markup is profit as a percentage of your cost; margin is profit as a percentage of the price you charge. A 50% markup is only a 33% margin — price on the wrong one and your profit quietly disappears.
This calculator lets you price whichever way you work. Procurement-led designers often apply a markup to trade cost; studios working to a target profitability price to a margin; and sometimes you simply have a client-facing price and need to know what margin it leaves. Enter any of the three and the tool fills in the rest, with markup and margin always shown together so the relationship is explicit.
It is built for interior design and FF&E procurement, where a markup on supplied goods is a core part of the fee — but the maths is universal. Use it to set a price list, to check a quote leaves enough profit, or to convert between the two whenever a client or supplier talks in the other.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between markup and margin?
Markup is profit divided by cost; margin is profit divided by selling price. The same money is a higher markup percentage than margin percentage — for example, a 50% markup equals a 33.3% margin. This calculator shows both for any input so you never mix them up.
How do interior designers mark up FF&E?
Many apply a percentage markup to the trade (cost) price of furnishings they procure on a client's behalf, as part of their fee. The right percentage is a commercial decision — this tool lets you model any markup and see the resulting price and margin.
Can I work backwards from a target margin?
Yes. Choose the margin method, enter your cost and the margin you want to keep, and the calculator returns the price you need to charge to hit it.
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