Transport rate calculator
Work out your cost price and set a rate next to it.
Pick your vehicle and adjust the starting values to your own situation. You see the cost price per hour, per kilometre and per deployment day right away, with a margin slider for your rate. No signup, nothing is stored.
free, no signupindicative, not a quote source
Cost price excl. VAT
Two parts you add together, not a choice between them.
Hourly rate
EUR 40.15
Per hour
Per-kilometre rate
EUR 1.36
Per driven km
A trip costs: hours × hourly rate + km × per-kilometre rate.
Example day: 10 h × EUR 40.15 + 517 km × EUR 1.36 = EUR 1,107
A single all-in rate, everything on one base:
Per km
EUR 2.14
all-in
Per hour
EUR 110.68
all-in
- Per loaded km
- EUR 1.95
- Total per year
- EUR 160,483
- Productive hours per year
- 1,450
Time plus distance (added)
- Rate per hour
- EUR 40.15
- Rate per driven km
- EUR 1.36
A single all-in rate (pick one)
- Per km
- EUR 2.14
- Per hour
- EUR 110.68
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Vectel
Transport cost price
diesel price, reference date: 2026-07-06 · 10/07/2026
Vectel · vectel.nl
Cost price (excl. VAT)
Time plus distance (added)
A trip costs: hours × hourly rate + km × per-kilometre rate.
- Hourly rate
- EUR 40.15
- Per-kilometre rate
- EUR 1.36
A single all-in rate (pick one)
- Per km
- EUR 2.14
- Per hour
- EUR 110.68
- Per loaded km
- EUR 1.95
- Per deployment day
- EUR 1,106.78
- Total per year
- EUR 160,483
- Productive hours per year
- 1,450
Rate (excl. VAT)
Time plus distance (added)
- Rate per hour
- EUR 40.15
- Rate per driven km
- EUR 1.36
A single all-in rate (pick one)
- Per km
- EUR 2.14
- Per hour
- EUR 110.68
Entered assumptions
| Vehicle | Tractor and trailer |
| Ownership | Buy |
| Depreciation per year | EUR 2,565 |
| Interest per year | EUR 4,665 |
| Insurance per year | EUR 2,400 |
| Road tax per year | EUR 0 |
| Other fixed transport costs per year | EUR 335 |
| Diesel price per litre | EUR 1.897 |
| Consumption (litres per 100 km) | 29 |
| Truck toll per km | EUR 0.201 |
| Wage per hour | EUR 18.71 |
| Employer costs (%) | 26.5% |
| Subsistence per hour | EUR 0.00 |
| Overhead (%) | 16% |
| Kilometres per year | 75,000 |
| Hours per year | 1,700 |
| Hours per deployment day | 10 |
| Margin | 0% |
Sources and starting points
Diesel price: reference date 2026-07-06.
Source: CAO Beroepsgoederenvervoer, TLN job pay scales as of 1 January 2026.
Source: Dutch Tax Authority (Belastingdienst) employer premium rates 2026 + statutory holiday pay (minimum 8%). Reference date: 1 January 2026.
Breakdown: Aof high 7.61% + Awf low 2.74% + Whk 1.52% + Zvw 6.10% + Wko 0.50% + holiday pay 8.00% = 26.47%. Assumptions: large employer, permanent contract, salary below max premium wage.
Pension is not included in this default (company-specific, not publicly published). Increase the percentage by the employer share of your pension contribution.
Indicative, excl. VAT, not a quote and not tax or business advice. The values are assumptions you adjusted yourself. No rights can be derived from the result.
About this tool
The starting values are indications to begin with, not fixed figures. Adjust each item to your own purchase, financing, kilometres and hours. The result is an indicative cost price excl. VAT, not a quote and not tax or business advice. No rights can be derived from the result.
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