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Percentage Growth Calculator

Find the percentage increase or decrease between two values — instantly.

Enter values
Percentage increaseLive
+25.00%
1.25× start100125
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Breakdown
Start
100
80.0% of total
Increase
25
20.0% of total

Values at a glance

Start
100
Increase
+25
End
125

From 100 to 125 is a +25.00% change (1.250× the start).

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Apply a % to a number (markup / discount) →

About the % Growth calculator

A free percentage growth calculator. Enter a starting value and an ending value to see the percentage change (increase or decrease), the absolute delta and the multiplier. Works for sales growth, price changes, statistics, grades and everyday math — no signup, instant results.

How it works

  1. 1
    Enter the starting value
    Type any starting number — sales last quarter, last year's traffic, the original price. Tap a preset chip (100, 1K, 10K, 100K, 1M) for a one-tap baseline.
  2. 2
    Enter the ending value
    Type the new value or pick a preset. Negative numbers are supported, so deltas against a negative baseline work too.
  3. 3
    Read the headline
    The hero shows the signed percentage change — green for growth, red for decline. The multiplier pill (e.g. ‘1.25× start’) keeps large percentages honest at a glance.
  4. 4
    Check the breakdown
    The split bar visualises the starting value versus the increase or decrease. The values-at-a-glance card shows start, delta and end in one row.

Frequently asked questions

  • Percentage change = ((End − Start) / |Start|) × 100. A positive result is an increase, a negative result is a decrease. Using |Start| as the denominator keeps the sign of the change correct even when the starting value is negative.

  • Percentage increase has a direction — it's relative to the starting value. Percentage difference is symmetric and uses the average of the two values as the denominator, so the order doesn't matter. Most everyday questions (sales growth, price hikes, grade changes) want percentage change, not percentage difference.

  • Yes. An ending value lower than the start produces a negative result (e.g. 200 → 150 is −25%). The headline switches to ‘Percentage decrease’ and turns red.

  • A doubling is a +100% increase (you added 100% of the original on top). +125% means the value grew to 2.25× the starting amount. The multiplier pill makes this explicit so you can sanity-check the result at a glance.

  • Use the sibling Apply Percentage calculator — it takes a starting value and a percentage and returns the new value. Handy for markups, discounts, tips and projected growth.

  • Percentage change is undefined when the start is zero (you can't divide by zero). The calculator returns 0% in that case and you should rely on the absolute change instead.

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