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Sales Capacity & Headcount Planner

How many salespeople does the target actually require? Do the workload math.

How many salespeople does the target actually require? Work backwards: target ÷ deal size = deals; ÷ win rate = opportunities; × meetings to close = workload; ÷ per-rep capacity = headcount. Then argue about the assumptions, which is the point.

For: Sales Head / CFO·Free — no sign-up for results·Related service: Sales Transformation
Deals needed100
Qualified opportunities needed400
Meetings required / year2,400
Opportunities one rep can run / year115
Reps required3.48 → hire 4
Verdictunder-resourced
Short by ~0.48 reps — and new hires take 3–6 months to ramp. The target needs either more people, a bigger deal size, or a better win rate. Say which, now.
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How it works

Deals needed = revenue target ÷ average deal size. Opportunities = deals ÷ win rate. Meetings = opportunities × meetings-to-close.

One rep's annual capacity = meetings per week × working weeks ÷ meetings-to-close.

The gap verdict accounts for neither ramp time nor attrition — if you're short, you're hiring for last quarter already.

Worked example

₹5 Cr target at ₹5 L deals needs 100 wins = 400 opportunities at 25% = 2,400 meetings. A rep running 15 meetings a week closes 115 opportunities a year. The team of 3 is structurally short by half a rep — the 'motivation problem' was arithmetic.

Illustrative figures, not a client outcome.

Questions, answered

Which assumption lies most?

Win rate — reps report it on pipeline they chose to count. Anchor it to closed-lost data, then stress-test the plan at minus 5 points.

What if we're over-resourced?

Then the constraint is demand, not capacity — feed the team or resize it. Carrying idle hunters is the most expensive morale problem in sales.

Version 1.0 · Reviewed 2026-10 · Methodology is fixed and version-controlled; results depend on your inputs.

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