The essential event budget template and example

Get a clear view of your budget and reduce the risk of underbudgeting and overspending by keeping track of all your event income and costs in one place.

Use this essential event budget template and example to simplify your budgeting process, manage expectations, and make leadership buy-in easier.

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SpotMe’s event budget template is used by leading Fortune 500 and top life science companies like:
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Use the essential event budget template to:


  • Keep track of all your event income and costs

  • Justify expenses to secure leadership buy-in

  • Make event budgeting simple for any kind of event

  • Set up the right expectations with all stakeholders from the get-go

  • Assess where you can cut costs and gain profit

Use the essential event budget template to:


  • Keep track of all your event income and costs

  • Justify expenses to secure leadership buy-in

  • Make event budgeting simple for any kind of event

  • Set up the right expectations with all stakeholders from the get-go

  • Assess where you can cut costs and gain profit

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This template is based on insights we’ve gained from working with 12,000+ event planners, strategists, and marketers from high-touch industries over the past 20 years.

It is ideal for life science, professional services, and technology companies that run hundreds of large global events a year using an omnichannel strategy, as it contains an extensive list of all the income and costs to consider when planning virtual, hybrid, and in-person events.

Save hours of stress with the essential event budget template

With costs rising but event budgets staying the same, there’s a lot of pressure to pull off engaging events with limited resources.

Set realistic expectations from the very start of the planning process with our fully customizable event budget template. And keep tabs on expenses and save time by having all the calculation formulas set up for you already.

Here’s a sneak peek of what’s inside:

  • 3 separate sections for your budget & income, costs, and overview

  • 2 columns for your estimated and actual budget

  • 15+ subsections to list all your sources of event income and costs

  • Ready-to-use formulas to calculate estimated and actual profit and loss

  • Filterable columns for different event formats

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Join the hundreds of companies that have already downloaded ‘The essenntial event budget template’ and say goodbye to the risk of underbudgeting and overspending!