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47 Examples of Business Costs

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Business costs are any expenditures that are paid out by a business. These can be classified as either capital expenditures that represent a long term investment in your business or operating expenditures that go towards the day-to-day functions of your business such as production, sales and administration. The following are examples of business costs.
Advertising & Promotion
Bad Debt Expense
Benefits
Building
Business Services
Communication
Components
Computers
Computing Infrastructure
Construction
Consulting
Contractors
Energy
Entertainment
Equipment
Franchise Fees
Freight & Delivery
Hourly Wages
Incentives
Insurance
Interest and Bank Charges
Inventory Write-down
Land
Land Improvements
Legal Costs
Licences
Machines
Maintenance & Repair
Materials
Meals
Outsourcing
Partner Commissions
Parts
Pension
Permits
Professional Services
Rent
Salary
Sales Commissions
Software
Supplies
Taxes
Training
Transaction Fees
Travel
Utilities
Vehicles

Cost vs Expense

The difference between a cost and an expense is that an expense can be immediately deducted from revenue to calculate earnings. A cost can potentially represent an investment in the business that must be depreciated or amortized as expenses over many years. In some cases, costs can never be expensed where they don't lose any value. For example, the cost of land can't be depreciated and expensed because land doesn't lose its value over time. Generally speaking, costs that are considered opex can be expensed and costs considered capex are depreciated or amortized over time.
Overview: Business Costs
Type
Definition
Expenditures that are paid out by a business.
Primary Types
Related Concepts

Business Costs

This is the complete list of articles we have written about business costs.
Abatement Costs
Amortization
Applied Cost
Assets
Business
Business Costs
Business Services
Capacity Cost
Capex
Closing Costs
Communication
Construction
Cost Estimates
Cost Of Capital
Cost Of Living
Cost Of Revenue
Customs Duty
Direct Cost
Distress Cost
Employee Costs
Entertainment
Excise Duty
Fixed Costs
Friction Cost
Holding Costs
Incentives
Insurance
Intangible Cost
Land Improvements
Legacy Costs
Lifetime Cost
Machines
Marginal Cost
Materials
Menu Costs
Merchandise
Normal Costs
Operating Cost
Opex
Outlay Cost
Outsourcing
Overhead
Overhead Costs
Parts
Relevant Cost
Relevant Cost
Software
Step Costs
Sunk Costs
Supplies
Tangible Cost
Taxes
Training
Travel
Unit Cost
Utilities
Variable Costs
Vehicles
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Cost Of Living

An overview of cost of living with examples.

Customs Duty

The definition of customs duty.

Excise Duty

An inland tax on the production or sale of goods.

Materials

A list of common types of materials.

Overhead Costs

An overview of overhead costs.

Relevant Cost

A definition of relevant cost with examples.

Sunk Costs

A business or investment expenditure that has already been made that can't be recovered.

Business Expenses

A list of common types of business expenses.

Assets

A definition of asset with a few examples.

Operating Cost

A list of common operating costs.

Business Costs

A list of common types of business cost.

Matching Principle

A principle of financial accounting.

Cost Reduction Examples

Common examples of cost reduction.

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