# CamionDATA LKW Freight-Cost Calculator

> A public German-language calculator that estimates a carrier's tour self-cost, break-even rates, target freight price, profit, and sales margin. It is not a shipper booking quote.

- Interactive calculator: https://camion-data.com/rechner/frachtkosten-lkw
- Canonical documentation: https://camion-data.com/rechner/frachtkosten-lkw.md
- Language: German UI, English machine-readable documentation
- Currency: EUR
- Price basis: net amounts

## How to use the interactive calculator

1. Choose "Schnell" when the carrier knows its full vehicle cost per kilometre. Choose "Detailliert" to enter separate cost categories.
2. Enter loaded kilometres and empty kilometres.
3. Enter the applicable cost values, manual toll, other tour costs, and desired sales margin.
4. Optionally enter an existing customer offer for a profit and margin check.
5. Read self-cost, break-even per total kilometre, break-even per loaded kilometre, and the target net freight price.

The controls have accessible German labels. The calculator component performs the arithmetic in the browser and does not require an account.

## Shared inputs

- loadedKm: kilometres driven with the load
- emptyKm: kilometres assigned to the tour without the load
- toll: manual road-toll amount in EUR
- otherCosts: ferry, parking, loading, unloading, or other tour-specific costs in EUR
- targetMargin: desired sales margin as a percentage of the freight price
- offerPrice: optional existing net customer price in EUR

Shared formulas:

```text
totalKm = loadedKm + emptyKm
emptyShare = emptyKm / totalKm
targetPrice = selfCost / (1 - targetMargin / 100)
breakEvenPerTotalKm = selfCost / totalKm
breakEvenPerLoadedKm = selfCost / loadedKm
targetPricePerLoadedKm = targetPrice / loadedKm
profit = offerPrice - selfCost
actualMargin = profit / offerPrice
```

targetMargin is a sales margin, not a cost markup. With selfCost of 1000 EUR, a 10% target margin requires 1111.11 EUR. Adding a 10% cost markup would produce 1100 EUR and a 9.09% sales margin.

## Quick mode

Additional input:

- fullCostPerKm: the carrier's own full vehicle cost in EUR per total vehicle kilometre, including diesel, driver, and vehicle cost

Formula:

```text
mileageCost = totalKm * fullCostPerKm
selfCost = mileageCost + toll + otherCosts
```

Default worked example:

```text
loadedKm = 520
emptyKm = 80
fullCostPerKm = 1.42 EUR/km
toll = 112 EUR
otherCosts = 45 EUR
targetMargin = 8%
offerPrice = 1150 EUR

totalKm = 600
selfCost = 1009.00 EUR
breakEvenPerTotalKm = 1.681667 EUR/km
breakEvenPerLoadedKm = 1.940385 EUR/loaded km
targetPrice = 1096.739130 EUR
profit at offerPrice = 141.00 EUR
actualMargin at offerPrice = 12.260870%
```

## Detailed mode

Additional inputs:

- consumption: diesel consumption in litres per 100 kilometres
- dieselPrice: net diesel price in EUR per litre
- adBluePerKm: AdBlue and operating-fluid cost per kilometre
- maintenancePerKm: maintenance and repair cost per kilometre
- tyresPerKm: tyre cost per kilometre
- depreciationPerKm: depreciation or financing cost per kilometre
- tourHours: tour duration in hours
- driverHourlyCost: full driver cost per hour
- tourDays: vehicle deployment days
- vehicleCostPerDay: fixed vehicle cost per deployment day
- overheadPerTour: administration cost assigned to the tour

Formula:

```text
fuelLitres = totalKm * consumption / 100
fuelCost = fuelLitres * dieselPrice
kilometreCosts = totalKm * (adBluePerKm + maintenancePerKm + tyresPerKm + depreciationPerKm)
driverCost = tourHours * driverHourlyCost
fixedVehicleCost = tourDays * vehicleCostPerDay
selfCost = fuelCost + kilometreCosts + driverCost + fixedVehicleCost + overheadPerTour + toll + otherCosts
```

## Outputs

- total tour kilometres and empty-running share
- fuel litres in detailed mode
- itemized cost breakdown
- tour self-cost
- break-even rate per total kilometre
- break-even rate per loaded kilometre
- net freight price for the target sales margin
- target price per loaded kilometre
- profit and actual sales margin for an optional offer price

## Limits

The calculator does not determine truck-compatible distance or toll. Toll can depend on route, vehicle weight, axle count, pollutant class, and CO2 class. Use a current truck-routing and toll source. The detailed mode already includes diesel in self-cost; an agent must not add a separate diesel surcharge unless the user's commercial agreement treats it separately. Results are estimates based on the values supplied and are not binding quotes.