Business Days and Working Days
A business day is any Monday to Friday that is not a public holiday. 2026 contains 250 business days — 365 calendar days minus 104 weekend days and 11 observed US federal holidays. Pick a year for the month-by-month breakdown, or a working-day count for the date it lands on.
Need a range of your own? The business days calculator takes any two dates, supports United States, United Kingdom, Canadian and Australian holiday calendars, and lets you add your own shutdown days.
How many business days in a year
What date is N business days from today?
Counted from August 1, 2026, skipping weekends and US federal holidays. Each page also carries a lookup table for any start date in a six-month window.
| Business days | Lands on | Calendar days | Typically used for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 business day | Mon, August 3, 2026 | 2 | Next-business-day service and same-week turnarounds |
| 2 business days | Tue, August 4, 2026 | 3 | Two-day shipping and short response windows |
| 3 business days | Wed, August 5, 2026 | 4 | Standard expedited shipping and short review windows |
| 5 business days | Fri, August 7, 2026 | 6 | One working week — the most common shipping estimate |
| 7 business days | Tue, August 11, 2026 | 10 | Extended shipping estimates and short notice periods |
| 10 business days | Fri, August 14, 2026 | 13 | Two working weeks — payment terms and review periods |
| 14 business days | Thu, August 20, 2026 | 19 | Common contractual response windows |
| 15 business days | Fri, August 21, 2026 | 20 | Three working weeks and mid-month settlement terms |
| 20 business days | Fri, August 28, 2026 | 27 | Four working weeks — roughly one calendar month of work |
| 21 business days | Mon, August 31, 2026 | 30 | Statutory response periods quoted in working days |
| 25 business days | Fri, September 4, 2026 | 34 | Five working weeks and quarterly reporting cut-offs |
| 30 business days | Mon, September 14, 2026 | 44 | Six working weeks — long-lead orders and escrow periods |
| 45 business days | Mon, October 5, 2026 | 65 | Extended settlement and due-diligence windows |
| 60 business days | Tue, October 27, 2026 | 87 | Twelve working weeks — roughly a calendar quarter of work |
| 90 business days | Thu, December 10, 2026 | 131 | Long-lead procurement and construction milestones |
| 120 business days | Tue, January 26, 2027 | 178 | Half-year project planning in working days |
| 180 business days | Wed, April 21, 2027 | 263 | Long-horizon planning in working days |