Wholesale Margin
Find per-unit profit and margin across a wholesale order.
About Wholesale Margin
Each unit's profit is the wholesale price minus cost, and scaling by the number of units gives the total order profit. Thin per-unit margins are normal wholesale, so total profit over volume is what keeps the business viable.
Formula
Wholesale Margin
Profit/unit = price - cost; total = profit/unit x units
- margin
- Unit profit as a share of the wholesale price
Worked example
With the default values below, Wholesale Margin returns Profit per Unit of $1.40. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Unit wholesale price
- 4
- Unit cost
- 2.6
- Unitsminimum 1
- 100
Results
- Profit per Unit
- $1.40
- Total Profit
- $140.00
- Margin
- 35.0%
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Wholesale Margin
- 3Profit per Unit= 1.40
- 4Total Profit= 140.00
- 5Margin= 35.0
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Wholesale Margin calculated?
Profit/unit = price - cost; total = profit/unit x units Each unit's profit is the wholesale price minus cost, and scaling by the number of units gives the total order profit.
Why does Wholesale Margin matter?
Thin per-unit margins are normal wholesale, so total profit over volume is what keeps the business viable.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Unit wholesale price, Unit cost, Units. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.