Startup Cost Calculator

Description

Plan a new business or branch with confidence. List one-time setup costs and monthly running costs, add your funding sources, and see the total you need, the funding gap and the payback time. This startup cost calculator works in Excel and Google Sheets.

What it does

• One-time setup costs by category, estimated vs actual
• Monthly running costs and working capital
• Contingency buffer you set
• Funding sources with secured vs expected status
• Dashboard with total needed, funding gap and months to recover

How it works

1. Settings: set your contingency % and working-capital months.
2. Startup Costs: list setup costs, running costs and funding sources.
3. Dashboard: see how much you need and the funding gap.

What’s inside

Start Here guide, Dashboard (14 headline numbers and 6 charts), Startup Costs, Analysis and Settings sheets.

Good to know

• Excel and Google Sheets: open it in Microsoft Excel, or upload it to Google Drive and choose Open with → Google Sheets. Formulas, dropdowns and charts carry over.
• Colour-coded: blue cells are for your entries, grey cells calculate automatically, so you can’t break a formula by accident.
• Sample data included: a demo business fills every sheet so the dashboard works from day one. Clear the blue cells when you start.
• Any currency: amounts show without a symbol, and you set your currency once in Settings.

Want every template?

This template is part of the Small Business Complete Bundle: all 38 templates in six workbooks, each with its own dashboard.

Step-by-step guide

New to this? Read our guide: How to Calculate Startup Costs for a New Business.

Delivery

Instant download right after payment. The download link is also emailed to you and works up to 5 times within 30 days. One-time payment, no subscription. As a digital product, it is non-refundable once downloaded, but if a file is faulty we fix it, replace it or refund you. See our refund policy.