Fitness and recreation
Fitness class profitability
Compare paid class attendance with instructor, venue and participant costs.
Your inputs
Complete the fields for your selected method. Zero means intentionally zero, not unknown. Currency selection labels amounts; it does not convert exchange rates.
How this calculation works
class contribution = attendees × (price - variable cost) - instructor - venue
Count paid attendance rather than registrations including no-shows. Supply suitable instructor and capacity requirements yourself. No exercise, health, supervision or safety recommendation is provided. Use your own records for the same scope and period. Example figures are illustrative, not industry benchmarks. Results exclude income taxes and any cost you have not entered. Check the result before pricing work or committing resources.
What information do I need?
Use records for the same job, equipment or accounting period. Only the fields for your selected entry method are required. An unknown amount is not zero.
Input definitions and where to find them
- Paying attendees (people): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
- Collected price per attendee (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Variable cost per attendee (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Instructor cost for whole class (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Venue and other fixed class cost (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Your supplied safe class capacity (people): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
Use the Where to find this value controls beside the inputs for available work-it-out helpers. Estimates remain your assumptions; a helper does not verify the source figures.
Worked example
Example amounts use US dollars (USD).
Example answer: Class contribution after entered costs is $78.00 for the illustrative inputs below.
Example inputs
- Paying attendees: 12 people
- Collected price per attendee: $15.00
- Variable cost per attendee: $1.00
- Instructor cost for whole class: $60.00
- Venue and other fixed class cost: $30.00
- Your supplied safe class capacity: 20 people
- Class contribution after entered costs
- $78.00
- Whole paid attendees to break even
- 7 sales
- Seat occupancy
- 60.00 %
These illustrative values are not recommended rates or industry averages. Replace every example input with your own figures.
Use the result well
Compare paid class attendance with instructor, venue and participant costs. Inputs come from your own records and stated assumptions; no rates or legal limits are looked up.
Keep inputs on the same scope and time basis. Calculations retain precision internally; displayed values generally round to two decimal places, with extra precision for very small values and whole-unit rounding where required. Economic comparisons describe your supplied assumptions and do not guarantee future results.
This tool provides business arithmetic. It does not approve engineering designs, establish legal or tax treatment, select equipment or certify safe operating conditions.