# Profit & Loss By Customer

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/profit-loss-by-customer/57919>\
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**Created:** [October 27, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/profit-loss-by-customer/57919 "2024-10-27T16:19:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Burhania](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/burhania/32/40022_2.png) [@Burhania](https://forum.manager.io/u/Burhania)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/profit-loss-by-customer/57919/1 "2024-10-27T16:19:07Z")

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Hi guys, I would like to have Profit & Loss by Customer Report or Income by Customer Report. Because we need to know which customers are profitable or unprofitable.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Joe91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/joe91/32/35781_2.png) [@Joe91](https://forum.manager.io/u/Joe91)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/profit-loss-by-customer/57919/2 "2024-10-27T16:56:58Z")

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You can’t have a P & L by customer - while you may be able to get a gross margin report by customer, based on sale price and cost of goods sold

To calculate profit by customer you would have to allocate all your fixed business costs to customers. There is no legitimate way to do this conceptually, never mind by a program

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**Author:** ![Burhania](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/burhania/32/40022_2.png) [@Burhania](https://forum.manager.io/u/Burhania)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/profit-loss-by-customer/57919/3 "2024-10-28T06:40:57Z")

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Thanks @joe91 How can I get a Gross Margin Report by Customer ?. It is important for me.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Flakily8674](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@Flakily8674](https://forum.manager.io/u/Flakily8674)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/profit-loss-by-customer/57919/4 "2024-10-28T23:58:49Z")

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I did it by making sure all line items associated with a customer have a Division or Project assigned to it. Then you can just run a Custom Report:

- select ProfitAndLossAccount
- where Project/Division contains customer name

Because you can match substring, it’s very flexible.