How many tables a wedding sets, how many guests sit at each, and how often the room is round: counted from the seating charts couples and planners built in PlanSeats.
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A wedding of 100 to 149 guests sets 14 tables. The median rises to 18 at 150 to 199 guests and 25 at 200 or more: guest count divided by nine, rounded up, plus a head table.
The typical table seats 8.9 guests. A round table most often carries 8 chairs, with an average of 8.6 once the tens and twelves are counted.
62 percent of tables are round. The share climbs with the size of the wedding, from 58 percent at 50 to 99 guests to 72 percent at 200 or more.
54 percent of guests arrive from a file. More than half of every guest list was imported from a spreadsheet or a registry export rather than typed in by hand.
61 percent of weddings are on a Saturday. The busiest months for events in 2026 and 2027 are May, June, October and November.
Median number of tables on a chart, by guest count.
Smaller weddings of 50 to 99 guests settle on 9 tables, 150 to 199 guests on 18, and 200 or more on 25.
The rule of thumb holds at every size: divide the guest count by eight or nine and round up, then add a head or sweetheart table if you want one.
Guests per table across every chart, and the seat count of a round table.
Eight is the number a round table is built for, and the charts bear it out: a round most often seats 8, with the tens and twelves lifting the average to 8.6.
Counting every table shape, the typical seat count lands at 8.9, which is why a guest count divided by nine comes out close.
Share of tables that are round, by guest count.
Across every chart, 62 percent of tables are round. The share rises from 58 percent at 50 to 99 guests to 72 percent at 200 or more.
Long tables show up most at small dinners, where one or two of them can hold everyone, and give way to rounds as the room fills.
How guests reached the list, as a share of every guest on a chart.
More than half of all guests arrived from a spreadsheet, a Zola or The Knot export, or a pasted list, and the rest were typed one at a time.
1.7 percent of guests carry a dietary note, which the chart prints beside their seat for the caterer.
Share of events with a date that fall on a Saturday.
Among charts with an event date, 61 percent fall on a Saturday.
The busiest months for events in 2026 and 2027 are May, June, October and November, the two shoulders of the year rather than high summer.
Read-only queries against the PlanSeats database, refreshed monthly.
Usually eight. The typical table across every chart seats 8.9 guests, and a round table most often has 8 chairs.
About 18. Weddings of 150 to 199 guests have a median of 18 tables, and 67 percent of those tables are round.
Round. 62 percent of all tables placed in PlanSeats are round, and the share rises with the size of the wedding.
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