Startup Cost Calculator

The Startup cost calculator helps to determine the costs that you’ll need to budget for starting a small business. The calculator will walk you through the process of identifying and determining your expenses, simplifying the process and making it less overwhelming. Our goal is to help you reduce the chances of omitting any important business expenses. 

As you use the Startup calculator, you can add in additional expense fields and edit the costs, which ensures that the figures will be correct for your business. The calculator does all of the math for you. It’s a fast and simple process, and eliminates a lot of the research you’d otherwise have to do to determine costs. 

Once you have those results, you’ll have a better, more detailed idea of how much money you’ll need to cover essential costs like accounting, licenses and permits, and legal fees for incorporation. Being able to see this figure in full upfront can help you to plan and budget, and it can also help you to decide if you might need to seek additional funding, such as a business loan, so that all of your expenses will be covered. 

If you do pursue funding, having your Startup costs clearly defined can demonstrate your effective planning to your funders. These Startup expenses will also become an essential part of your business plan. 

After you figure out your costs, head to Upwork to hire the right talent to help make your early stage business a success. Explore all of the services on Upwork that you'll eventually need as your business grows.