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Commercial NOI Calculator

Work out the net operating income on a commercial property. Enter an optional property price, the potential rental income and any other income, then the operating expenses the owner carries. The numbers update live, and you can take away a one-page PDF. It is an estimate to help you think, not financial advice.

Report

Shown on the PDF and used to name the report if you save it to your account.

Property

Enter this to see the net operating income as a percentage of the price paid, and to work out usable equity below.

Leave blank if the property is unencumbered or you're assessing a fresh purchase.

Income

Gross market rent for a fully let building, before expenses.

Parking, signage, storage, vending, licence fees and other ancillary income.

A spare line for anything not captured above.

Operating expenses

Tick "recovered from the tenant" on any outgoing the lease passes through, and it drops out of the net operating income.

The agent's fee for running the building.

Owners corporation or body corporate levies where the property is strata titled.

Recoverable in some states and lease types, not others.

Cleaning, security, pest, fire services, accounting and anything else not listed.

Valuation

A market capitalisation rate. Net operating income divided by this is an implied property value. Blank leaves the value out.

Your net operating income

Total gross operating income
Outgoings recovered from tenant
Total operating expenses (net of recoveries)
Net operating income
Net operating income as a %
As a % of property price
Cap rate
Implied property value
Usable equity (up to 70% LVR)

Figures are part-hidden. Unlock the full numbers and one-page PDF below.

Project Carter is sent your figures for an assessment only if you request one.

How the numbers work

  • Total gross operating income is the potential rental income plus any other income (parking, signage, storage and the like). This calculator does not deduct a vacancy allowance, so it is a fully let figure.
  • Operating expenses are the costs of running the building: insurance, maintenance and repairs, property management, council and water rates, strata or body corporate levies, marketing, land tax and anything you add to the "other" line. Property management can be entered as a dollar figure or as a percentage of gross operating income.
  • Recovered from the tenant. Tick this on any outgoing the lease passes through to the tenant, property management included, and it is left out of total operating expenses, so it does not reduce the net operating income. The total recovered is shown for reference.
  • Net operating income is total gross operating income less total operating expenses (net of any recoveries). It excludes loan interest, income tax, depreciation and one-off capital works.
  • Net operating income as a % is the net operating income divided by gross operating income. As a % of property price is the net operating income divided by the property price you enter, the going-in yield on the price paid.
  • Implied property value is the net operating income divided by the cap rate you enter. Leave the cap rate blank and no value is shown. A lower cap rate implies a higher value.
  • Usable equity (up to 70% LVR) is 70% of the property price (or the implied value, if you haven't entered a price) less any existing loan against the property. It's a guide to how much you could look to release or use as a deposit elsewhere, not a lending decision.