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Vending machine profit calculator
Drag the sliders to see what one machine earns each month and how fast it pays for itself.
Illustrative site examples, not benchmarks
Add the machine price from your quote below to see payback. Selling days and other costs are set to example values. Restocking labour, payment fees, spoilage and taxes are not included. Change them below.
Profit a month
GTQ 765
Healthy unit
- Sales a month
- GTQ 6,900
- Costs a month
- −GTQ 6,135
- Pays back in
- —
- Yearly return
- —
- Profit in a year
- GTQ 9,180
Year one: add the machine price to see payback
Get these numbers checked by an expertMonthly profit projections
Based on 65% product cost, GTQ 1,650 a month in running costs and 30 selling days.
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GTQ 180 sales/day
GTQ 240 /mo
GTQ 2,880/yr
Illustrative scenario 1
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GTQ 500 sales/day
GTQ 3,600 /mo
GTQ 43,200/yr
Illustrative scenario 2
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GTQ 910 sales/day
GTQ 7,905 /mo
GTQ 94,860/yr
Illustrative scenario 3
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GTQ 1,400 sales/day
GTQ 13,050 /mo
GTQ 156,600/yr
Illustrative scenario 4
Estimates are for illustration only. Results vary with location, product mix and pricing.
Fine-tune every number
Changes here and in the sliders above stay in sync.
Monthly profit statement
- Sales (GTQ 230 × 30 days)
- GTQ 6,900
- Products (65%)
- −GTQ 4,485
- Gross profit
- GTQ 2,415
- Location rent
- −GTQ 1,100
- Power and internet
- −GTQ 230
- Refill and maintenance
- −GTQ 320
- Net profit
- GTQ 765
- Products —
- Rent —
- Power + internet —
- Refill + upkeep —
- Your profit —
- Break-even sales
- GTQ 157/day
- Yearly return
- —
- Net margin
- 11.1%
The economics are in a workable range. Pressure-test site traffic and refill discipline, then move toward launch with confidence.
When you get your money back
Enter the machine price from your quote above to see the month you get your money back.
- Still paying back
- In profit
- Months
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