Free Vending Machine Business Plan Builder
Enter your machine, location and sales assumptions. Get a smart cooler business plan outline with a startup budget, a monthly profit and loss, your break-even point and payback period, ready to print or save as a PDF.
Smart Cooler Supply ships for a flat $350 per cooler ($400 for double-door models) to the continental US.
Replace with your supplier quote.
LLC filing, licenses and permits for your state and city.
Wrap, signage, tools, dolly.
Leave at 0 if paying cash. If you finance through Affirm, use the payment from your own quote. Rates and terms are set by Affirm.
Number of purchases. Smart Cooler Supply’s fee examples use 100, 300 and 600.
$6.00 is the average used in Smart Cooler Supply’s fee examples.
What you pay for the products. Use your supplier prices.
Whatever you agree with the host. Use 0 if none.
Vendera adds $0.22 per debit card sale.
Phone, bookkeeping, supplies.
What’s in your plan
- Executive summary and company description
- Market and location strategy
- Products, pricing and operations
- Startup budget and monthly profit and loss
- Break-even sales, payback period and funding
- A 90-day launch checklist
The outline and all the numbers are free. Members also get every section written out in plain English from their numbers, ready to hand to a lender or partner.
Questions
Where do the fee numbers come from?
From Smart Cooler Supply’s fee guide (October 2026). HAHA: $40 a month plus 5.95% and $0.05 per transaction. Vendera: $40 a month plus 5.85%, with $0.22 added per debit card sale.
Are the example numbers realistic for my location?
They’re placeholders so the plan isn’t blank. Every field marked Example should be replaced with your own quotes and counts. Sales depend on the location, the products and your pricing.
Is my plan saved?
Your entries stay in this browser only. Print or save the plan as a PDF to keep it, or email yourself the summary.
Not sure you’re ready to plan yet?
Take the 2-minute readiness quiz first.
Take the readiness quiz →Read the business plan guideFree tools give planning estimates, not earnings projections. Vending Business 101 is backed by Louisiana Vending, serving the vending industry since 2006.