Empty Seat Calculator
See how much revenue your empty seats are costing you — every service, every week, every year.
Total covers across all areas — indoor, outdoor, bar, and private dining.
Small venue 20–40 seats · medium 40–80 · large 80–150+
Lunch only = 1 · lunch and dinner = 2 · breakfast through dinner = 3
How many times each seat fills during a single service.
Fine dining 1.0–1.2x · casual dining 1.3–2.0x · fast-casual/cafe 2.0–4.0x · bars 2.0–3.0x (R&CA)
Include every day you're open, even part days.
Total bill divided by covers. Include food, drinks, everything.
Your honest average across every service — not just Saturday night.
Most Australian venues average 55–70% across all services (R&CA)
You have ~21 empty seats per service at 65% occupancy.
If you improved your occupancy by just 5% — from 65% to 70% — that's an extra $117,000 per year. That's not a massive transformation. That's a few more bookings a week. That's one good Instagram campaign. That's what consistent marketing does.
Now you know the gap. See what it costs to start closing it.
See how fast a HospoPro plan pays for itself against this gap.
Most venues don't have an awareness problem — people know they exist. They have a consistency problem. Consistent content, consistent ads, consistent reasons for people to book. That's what fills the empty seats. That's what we do.
Get StartedMost venues don't need more awareness. They need consistent marketing that fills the seats.
This is one of the things we handle for our clients.