Rental ROI calculator
How many rentals until a speaker, tent, or bounce house pays for itself? Change the numbers and see it update.
First-year profit after paying for the item: $6,000. That's a healthy payback for most rental items.
How the math works
Profit per rental is what you charge minus what one rental costs you. Divide the item's cost by that profit and you get the number of rentals it takes to pay for itself; divide that by how often it rents and you get months.
Rentals to pay back = item cost ÷ (rental price − cost per rental)
For pricing strategy beyond the math (packages, multi-day rates, and delivery), read how to price party rentals
What counts as cost per rental?
Everything one rental costs you beyond the item itself: fuel, crew time, cleaning supplies, repairs and wear, and card processing fees if you absorb them.
What's a good payback for a rental item?
Many rental companies aim for an item to pay for itself within about 6 to 10 rentals. Slower than that, look at a higher price, bundling it into a package, or a less expensive item.
Should I buy more of an item that's paying back fast?
If you regularly turn away requests for it because it's already booked, yes. Track requests you can't fill; that's the demand a second unit would capture.
Know what to buy next
BookedGear Insights counts every request you turned away because gear was booked, so you can see exactly which item to add.