Enter your table layout, the average dining time per cover, and the service periods you operate each day. The tool calculates your maximum theoretical covers per service, per day and per week, and estimates your revenue potential.
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This tool calculates your theoretical maximum capacity. In practice, covers will always be lower due to uneven party sizes, last-minute cancellations, no-shows and the impracticality of seating parties of 3 at a table of 4. An occupancy rate of 75–85% is realistic for a well-run busy service.
A table turn is one complete cycle of a table being occupied, dined and reset. If your dining time is 75 minutes and turnaround is 15 minutes, each cycle is 90 minutes. A 2-hour (120-minute) service gives you 1.33 turns per table — meaning most tables turn once and roughly a third turn twice.
The most effective ways to increase covers without adding space are: reducing dining time (e.g. through faster service or pre-set menus), reducing turnaround time (pre-set tables, efficient clearing), extending service periods, and optimising table configuration to minimise wasted seats (fewer large tables, more flexible configurations).
The revenue potential figure multiplies your theoretical daily covers by your average spend per head. This is a planning estimate — combine it with your break-even analysis to understand what cover count you need to achieve your financial targets.
This calculator provides theoretical maximum capacity estimates. Actual covers achieved will vary. JWBIZ Ltd accepts no liability for operational decisions made on the basis of this tool.