How many tables do I need for my wedding?
Type your guest count. The calculator keeps couples and families at one table and leaves a free seat at each, the way a real seating chart works.
Quick answer by guest count
Round tables, no head table. The first number is what to ask your venue for; the second is the bare minimum if every single seat is filled.
| Guests | Rounds of 8 | Rounds of 10 | Rounds of 12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 8 (min 7) | 6 (min 5) | 5 (min 5) |
| 80 | 12 (min 10) | 9 (min 8) | 8 (min 7) |
| 100 | 15 (min 13) | 12 (min 10) | 10 (min 9) |
| 120 | 18 (min 15) | 14 (min 12) | 11 (min 10) |
| 150 | 22 (min 19) | 17 (min 15) | 14 (min 13) |
| 200 | 29 (min 25) | 23 (min 20) | 19 (min 17) |
| 250 | 36 (min 32) | 28 (min 25) | 23 (min 21) |
Every guest count, with the room size: 30 · 40 · 50 · 60 · 70 · 80 · 90 · 100 · 120 · 150 · 180 · 200 · 250 · 300
Why not just divide guests by seats?
Because people come in parties. Four couples and a family of three do not fit at a table of ten: someone would sit away from their partner. A plan where every table is full also has no room for the late RSVP, the surprise plus-one or the high chair. One free seat per table is the margin planners use.
The calculator packs a typical guest list (mostly couples, some families of three to five, some singles). Your own list may pack tighter or looser: big families need more tables, many singles fewer.
Which table size?
- 8 at a 60 in (150 cm) round: comfortable, easy to talk across. More tables, more floor.
- 10 at a 72 in (180 cm) round: the most common wedding table. Ten at a 60 in round works but is tight.
- 12 at a 72 in round: fewer tables for a tight room, but hard to talk to the person opposite.
- Long banquet tables: an 8 ft table seats 8 to 10. Joined end to end they seat big families without splitting them.
Ask the venue or rental company what they have: two "tables for 10" from different suppliers are not always the same size.
How big a room?
Rental guides use about 10 to 12 sq ft (1 m²) per guest for round-table dinners, aisles included, plus a dance floor sized for about half the guests at once (4.5 sq ft, 0.42 m², each). For 100 guests: about 1,100 sq ft (100 m²) for tables and a 15 × 15 ft (4.6 × 4.6 m) dance floor. Leave at least 54 in (1.4 m) between tables so servers and wheelchairs get through.
The head table
Subtract the people at the head table first. A sweetheart table takes 2; a head table with the wedding party takes 8 to 16, often as one long table facing the room. Their partners who do not fit need seats close by, with people they know.
From the number of tables to who sits where
Knowing how many tables is half the job. Wedtide does the other half: paste your guest list and it counts the tables from your real couples and families, seats everyone, keeps apart the people who must not sit together, and gives guests a QR sign to find their seat. Free, in your browser, no account.