Free store layout planner for your shop floor

Give your next shop-floor idea a little room before you move a single shelf. This free tool lets you arrange rectangular fixtures in a measured room and compare where shelving, display tables, clothing racks and checkouts could go. Start with the fictional shop, or build an empty room around your own measurements.

Everything is in meters. The plan is a top-down sketch, with the front of the store along the bottom edge. It suits a small retail store layout, a pop-up, or one corner of a larger shop you want to rethink. When you are happy with the arrangement, plan the products on each fixture with the planogram builder.

How to use the planner

1. Name your plan and enter the room width and depth in meters, from 3 to 50 m in steps of 0.1 m. Add any notes, then choose Apply room.
2. Choose Add fixture. The planner drafts a 1 × 1 m display in the first free space it finds. Give it a name and a type (Shelf, Display table, Checkout or Clothing rack), set its width, depth and distance from the left and top edges, then choose Apply fixture. A plan holds up to 24 fixtures.
3. Move a fixture by dragging it, by focusing it on the plan and pressing the arrow keys, with the move buttons, or by editing its position. Each step moves 0.1 m, and Shift plus an arrow key moves 1 m. Rotate swaps width and depth around the fixture's top-left corner.
4. Apply or discard any open edits. Then download a layout file to reopen later, download the fixture list as text, or choose Print / PDF.
5. Check real doorways, aisles and access in the room before putting the layout into use.

Read the sample plan

The fictional shop is a 10 m wide, 8 m deep room, or 80 m², with four fixtures. Positions give the distance from the left and top edges to each fixture's top-left corner.

You can read gaps from the numbers. The display ends 4 m from the left edge and the rack starts at 6 m, so 2 m separates them. The checkout ends 7 m down an 8 m room, 1 m from the front.

Grid, loop and free-flow layouts

Most store layout design starts from a few common patterns, each a set of rectangles you can sketch here.

• Grid. A grid store layout places shelving in long parallel runs with straight aisles between them, as many grocery and convenience stores do. Draw it with several shelf fixtures of the same length and equal gaps.
• Loop. A racetrack layout leads shoppers around one main path.
• Free-flow. A boutique store layout often uses free-standing display tables and clothing racks with open space between them, so people can browse in any direction.

Checkout counter placement deserves its own pass. Many shops put the counter near the entrance, where staff can see the door and the line stays out of the main path. On this plan, that means near the bottom edge. Try two or three positions and compare the space each leaves.

What the planner checks

The planner checks only geometry. Every fixture must stay inside the room and must not overlap another fixture, measured to the centimeter; touching edges are allowed. Fixtures are at least 0.2 m wide and deep, in 0.1 m increments.

It does not model walls, door swings, exits, services, aisle clearances or access requirements. The result is a schematic planning aid, not a store floor plan for construction, permits or a compliance review, and printed plans fit the page rather than a fixed scale.

Frequently asked questions

How to plan a store layout

Measure the room first, including doors, windows, columns and outlets the tool will not draw. Enter the room, add your largest fixtures, then fill in displays and the checkout. Leave clear routes between fixtures, and test the plan by walking the real space before moving anything heavy.

How wide should store aisles be?

The planner does not check this, and the answer depends on where you are. In the United States, the 2010 ADA Standards set requirements for accessible routes, and the U.S. Access Board guide to accessible routes explains that their continuous clear width must be at least 36 inches, reducing to 32 inches at points such as doorways for no more than 24 inches. OSHA's exit route rule, 29 CFR 1910.36, says an exit access must be at least 28 inches wide at all points. A 0.9 m gap on this plan is narrower than 36 inches. Confirm the rules that apply to your store with your local building or fire official.

Can I save and reopen my layout?

Download a layout JSON file before leaving, then open it here later and review it before it replaces the current plan. Files are read on your device without uploading, up to 1 MB. The page does not save automatically or connect to a business workspace.