Wedding table calculator

How many tables you need, including the top table and the children's table.

Including the two of you, plus-ones and children.
Including you. 0 if there's no top table.
Children sitting with their parents don't count here.
People per table

13 tables

the top table and 12 for guests.

There are 6 seats spare: better 6 tables of 10 and 6 of 9 than one half-empty table.

How it works

The people at the top table and any children at a separate table come off the total; everyone else is split into tables of the size you choose, rounding up. If there are seats to spare, it's better to spread them out (several tables with one person fewer) than to leave one table half empty.

Each venue decides its own table size: ask how many people fit comfortably at theirs. And for working out who sits where, there's our guide on how to plan your wedding seating.

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