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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.
Start from a typical site
Add the machine price from your quote below to see payback. Selling days and other costs are set to example values. Change them below.
Profit a month
GTQ 6,600
High-return model
- Sales a month
- GTQ 15,000
- Costs a month
- −GTQ 8,400
- Pays back in
- —
- Yearly return
- —
- Profit in a year
- GTQ 79,200
Year one: add the machine price to see payback
Get these numbers checked by an expertMonthly profit projections
Based on 45% product cost, GTQ 1,650 a month in running costs and 30 selling days.
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GTQ 180 sales/day
GTQ 1,320 /mo
GTQ 15,840/yr
Entry level
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GTQ 500 sales/day
GTQ 6,600 /mo
GTQ 79,200/yr
Average operator
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GTQ 910 sales/day
GTQ 13,365 /mo
GTQ 160,380/yr
High-traffic
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GTQ 1,400 sales/day
GTQ 21,450 /mo
GTQ 257,400/yr
Top performer
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 500 × 30 days)
- GTQ 15,000
- Products (45%)
- −GTQ 6,750
- Gross profit
- GTQ 8,250
- Location rent
- −GTQ 1,100
- Power and internet
- −GTQ 230
- Refill and maintenance
- −GTQ 320
- Net profit
- GTQ 6,600
- Products —
- Rent —
- Power + internet —
- Refill + upkeep —
- Your profit —
- Break-even sales
- GTQ 100/day
- Yearly return
- —
- Net margin
- 44.0%
This model shows strong cash generation and fast capital recovery. Focus on execution quality so the live site matches the plan.
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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