Free Airbnb Profit Calculator: Real Profit After the New Fees
This Airbnb profit calculator shows what a short-term rental keeps after the platform fee, cleaning, supplies and every monthly bill. Most calculators stop at gross revenue. Mine also shows your break-even occupancy, how much profit you lose on each platform, and the price you need now that Airbnb charges most hosts 15.5%.
⚡ Short answer: Enter your nightly rate, occupancy, average stay and cleaning fee, pick the platform, then add per-stay and monthly costs. The calculator returns monthly and yearly net profit, the share of each booking dollar that goes to fees and costs, your break-even occupancy and nightly rate, and the same stays priced on Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and direct. It's free and saves nothing.
- ✅ Free, no signup
- 💸 New 15.5% and 12% fees built in
- 📉 Break-even occupancy
- ⚖️ 4 platforms side by side
- 🔗 Shareable link
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Leave out lodging taxes the platform collects and pays for you: they aren't your income.
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This Airbnb profit calculator gives an estimate. Your real profit lives in your bookings. The Host Profit Kit tracks every stay across Airbnb, Vrbo and direct, with a booking calendar, P&L and dashboard. There's a free one-listing version too.
Get the Host Profit Kit →Host fees in this Airbnb profit calculator are the standard rates on each platform's own pages on the date above; your account can differ by region, software or contract, so check one payout and use Custom if needed. Estimates only, not tax or financial advice.
How does the Airbnb profit calculator work?
The Airbnb profit calculator turns occupancy into booked nights, adds what guests pay for nights and cleaning, takes off the platform's host fee, then subtracts cleaning, supplies, fixed bills and any co-host share. The number left is your profit before income tax, shown per month and per year.
- Booked nightsOccupancy × 30.42 days. At 60% that's about 18 nights a month.
- StaysBooked nights ÷ average stay. 18 nights of 3-night stays means 6 turnovers.
- What guests payNights × nightly rate, plus your cleaning fee on every stay.
- PayoutGuest total minus the host fee (Airbnb charges it on the cleaning fee too).
- Net profitPayout minus co-host share, cleaner + supplies per stay and monthly fixed costs.
| Result | What it tells you | Formula |
|---|---|---|
| Break-even occupancy | The share of nights you must book just to cover every cost | Fixed costs ÷ (30.42 × what each booked night leaves after fees and per-stay costs) |
| Break-even rate | The lowest nightly price that covers costs at your occupancy | Solves net profit = 0 for the nightly rate |
| RevPAR | What an average available night earns, booked or not | Nightly rate × occupancy |
| Platform comparison | The same stays priced with each platform's host fee | Re-runs the profit with 15.5%, 12%, 15% and 3% |
The Airbnb profit calculator keeps lodging taxes out on purpose. Where Airbnb or Vrbo collects and remits occupancy tax for you, that money only passes through your listing, so counting it would make every month look better than it is.
How much does Airbnb take from hosts now?
Most Airbnb hosts now pay a single 15.5% host-only fee, taken from the full booking subtotal including the cleaning fee, and guests no longer pay a separate service fee. The old split fee charged hosts about 3% and added a guest fee on top, and a shrinking group of independent hosts still has it.
Airbnb's own example shows the trap. On the split fee, a $100 price paid the host $97. On the single fee, the same $100 price pays $84.50, so a host has to list at about $115 to keep $97. Airbnb moved hosts who use property management software to the single fee on October 13, and anyone who didn't reprice took the cut without noticing (Airbnb's fee page).
| Platform | Host fee used | What's included | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbnb | 15.5% | Single host-only fee; guests see one price | 16% in Brazil and Mexico; split-fee hosts pay ~3% |
| Vrbo | 12% | Flat commission with payment processing included | Applies to bookings made after the October 29 switch; earlier ones ~8%; 12–15% in some regions |
| Booking.com | 15% | Typical commission | Contracts range from about 10% to 25% |
| Direct | 3% | Card processing only | You pay to win the booking (ads, a website, repeat guests) |
Vrbo announced its move on October 1: a flat 12% pay-per-booking commission that folds in payment processing, while subscription hosts migrate at the end of their term (Expedia Group newsroom). On fees alone that makes Vrbo cheaper than Airbnb, but the platform that sends more bookings still wins on profit, which is why the Airbnb profit calculator prices the same stays on all four.
💡 Not sure which Airbnb fee you're on? Open any recent payout: about 3% taken means the split fee, about 15.5% means the single fee. Pick Custom in the Airbnb profit calculator if your number differs.
What does a listing keep? 3 Airbnb profit calculator examples
I ran three made-up listings through the Airbnb profit calculator on Airbnb's 15.5% fee. A self-managed cabin keeps about $1,300 a month, a rented city loft keeps $360, and a spare room keeps about $1,100 because its fixed costs barely exist. These are example inputs to show the math, not market data.
🏞️ Owned cabin$205/night · 64% · 4-night stays · $120 cleaning fee
- Guests pay$4,575/mo
- Airbnb fee (15.5%)−$709
- Cleaner + supplies−$487
- Mortgage, utilities, insurance…−$2,055
- Net profit$1,324/mo
Break-even at 38.9% occupancy: a 25-point cushion. On Vrbo's 12% the same stays keep $1,484.
🏙️ Rented city loft$140/night · 65% · 3.5-night stays · $75 cleaning fee
- Guests pay$3,192/mo
- Airbnb fee (15.5%)−$495
- Cleaner + supplies−$367
- Rent, utilities, insurance…−$1,970
- Net profit$360/mo
Break-even at 55%: only 10 points of cushion. One slow month and the year's profit is gone.
🛏️ Spare room$85/night · 60% · 2.5-night stays · $35 cleaning fee
- Guests pay$1,807/mo
- Airbnb fee (15.5%)−$280
- Cleaner + supplies−$263
- Extra utilities, rider…−$150
- Net profit$1,114/mo
Break-even at 7.1%. Low rent-side costs make the smallest listing the safest one.
The pattern is the lesson. Fixed costs, not nightly rates, separate the winners: the loft books as often as the cabin yet keeps a quarter of the profit, because rent eats 62% of what guests pay. Adding a 20% co-host to the cabin would take $773 of its $3,866 payout and leave $551 a month.
What's a good occupancy rate and profit margin for an Airbnb?
A good occupancy rate is any level well above your own break-even, not a national average. For context, AirDNA's midyear outlook expects U.S. short-term rentals to average about 57.4% occupancy this year. Aim for at least 10 points of cushion above break-even so one slow month doesn't erase the year.
That forecast comes from AirDNA via Short Term Rentalz, which also notes rate growth is now driving revenue more than new bookings. Your market can sit far from 57%: ski towns spike in winter, city lofts flatten out. The occupancy chart in the Airbnb profit calculator shows how fast profit moves when you lose or win ten points.
For margin, read the "share of what guests pay" line under your monthly profit in the Airbnb profit calculator. In the examples above it runs from 11% for the rented loft to 62% for the spare room. Under about 15%, a single repair or a fee change can turn the listing negative for the year.
How can I raise my Airbnb profit without more bookings?
Reprice for the fee, set the cleaning fee to cover cleaning after the fee, push repeat guests to book direct, set a minimum stay that fits your turnover cost, and attack the biggest fixed bill. Each lever works at the same occupancy, which is why the Airbnb profit calculator is the place to test it first.
⚠️ Check local rules before you raise prices or add stays: many cities cap nights, require permits or charge lodging tax that changes your real take.
How do I track my real Airbnb profit, not an estimate?
Log every stay with its channel, dates, nightly rate and fees, then let a spreadsheet split stays across months and subtract real costs. An Airbnb profit calculator gives the estimate; a booking log tells you what happened, month by month and listing by listing.
I built the Host Profit Kit for that: an Excel and Google Sheets workbook with a booking log for up to 5 listings, a color-coded booking calendar, an expense log, a month-by-month P&L, a dashboard with occupancy, ADR and RevPAR, and the same Airbnb profit calculator math as a Price Calculator tab. It ships with the new Airbnb and Vrbo fee rates and a free one-listing version.
Airbnb profit calculator: frequently asked questions
How do I calculate my Airbnb profit?
Start with booked nights times your nightly rate, add the cleaning fees guests pay, and take off the platform's host fee: that's your payout. From the payout, subtract cleaner pay and supplies for each stay, your monthly fixed costs and any co-host share. The rest is profit before income tax, and the Airbnb profit calculator above runs those steps for you.
How much does Airbnb take from hosts?
Most hosts pay Airbnb's single 15.5% host-only fee on the booking subtotal, cleaning fee included, with no separate guest fee. Some independent hosts still have the older split fee: about 3% from the host plus a guest service fee. One recent payout tells you which one applies to your account.
What is a good occupancy rate for an Airbnb?
AirDNA's midyear outlook puts the U.S. average at about 57% this year, but the number that matters is your own break-even. If the Airbnb profit calculator shows break-even at 45%, running at 55% or more gives you room for a slow month.
Is Vrbo cheaper than Airbnb for hosts?
On the fee, yes: Vrbo's flat 12% with payment processing included, for bookings after its October 29 switch, against Airbnb's 15.5%. The platform that fills more of your nights still decides which one earns more, which is why most hosts list on both.
Should lodging taxes be included in Airbnb revenue?
Leave them out when the platform collects and remits them for you, since that money was never yours. If you collect a local tax yourself, track it separately and set it aside so it doesn't inflate your profit.
Does this Airbnb profit calculator save my data?
No. Everything runs in your browser with no account, cookies or storage. A shared link carries your numbers inside the link itself, so only the people you send it to can see them.