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Pick the editable table seating chart template closest to your venue and guest count. Each layout opens in the drag-and-drop designer, where every table, seat and label is editable, and each has a printable PDF of the blank plan. The same layouts work for weddings, galas and dinners. You can even rearrange the previews below.
Layouts for 30 to 160 guests · round tables, long banquet, U-shape, and mixed plans · printable PDFs
Wedding seating chart templates by guest count, sorted by reception style and where the couple sits.
Galas, corporate dinners, and banquets — start from a template or a blank room.
Desk layouts for teachers — rows, pods, and flexible seating rather than banquet rounds.
Top table + rounds
10 round tables of 9 around a central dance floor, plus a head table.
The most common wedding reception layout: a head table for the wedding party facing the room, round guest tables circling the dance floor, and a bar out of the traffic flow. Works in almost any rectangular ballroom or marquee.
Small & intimate
A sweetheart table plus 6 round tables of 8 — cozy without feeling cramped.
For smaller weddings where every table has a clear view of the couple. The sweetheart table keeps the focus on you two; six rounds of eight keep conversation groups small enough that nobody is stuck shouting across a giant table.
Long banquet
Family-style long tables in rows, headed by a 10-seat top table.
The banquet-hall classic, popular for rustic barns and family-style dining. Guests sit facing each other along shared long tables — great for conversation and for serving platters down the middle. The top table seats the wedding party facing the room.
Round tables
14 round tables of 10 with a stage, central dance floor, and head table.
A full-scale ballroom plan for large weddings: a stage for the band or speeches, a head table beneath it, and guest rounds split into two wings so the dance floor stays the centre of the room and no table is boxed in.
Sweetheart + rounds
8 rounds of 9 ringing the dance floor, with a sweetheart table for two.
A contemporary plan that puts the dance floor at the heart of the room and the couple at their own table. Eight rounds of nine keep the room symmetrical, with a photo booth and bar anchoring the corners.
Mixed
Two long family tables flanked by 8 rounds of 10 and a head table.
A mixed plan: immediate family shares two long tables near the couple, while friends and extended family sit at surrounding rounds. Ideal when you want family close without a single enormous top table.
U-shape
A 10-seat top table joined by two long legs seated on both sides.
One continuous U of tables, so everyone sits at the same table as the couple. The top table looks down the open middle, both legs seat guests inside and out, and the dance floor sits at the open end. Best for smaller receptions, rehearsal dinners, and long, narrow rooms.
These layouts are built around tables. The classroom seating chart template starts from desks instead: rows with a centre aisle, pods of 4 or 6, a U-shape or a horseshoe, with the front of the room marked. Its blank PDF has 30 desks with a name box on each.
Download printable PDFEach wedding layout above also comes as a wedding seating chart template for Excel that opens in Google Sheets too. It has guest, table, menu and kitchen sheets that count seats and meals as RSVPs come in, and it imports into the designer.
A template gives you the room; you add the people.
Pick the layout closest to your venue and guest count. It opens instantly in the designer — no account needed.
Import your guest list from a spreadsheet, then drag guests onto seats. Move tables until the room feels right. No list yet? Start one in our Excel seating chart template.
Export a print-ready PDF for your venue, or share a live link with your planner and co-hosts.
Round tables are the safest default: everyone faces inward, conversation flows, and banquet venues stock them in standard sizes (a 60-inch round seats 8, a 72-inch round seats 10). Use them when your guest list has lots of distinct friend groups.
Long tables feel communal and photograph beautifully, especially in barns and gardens. They seat more people per square foot but make cross-table conversation harder — seat close-knit groups along the same stretch.
Head table or sweetheart table? A head table seats the wedding party facing the room; a sweetheart table is just the two of you. Pick the sweetheart option if your wedding party has partners you would otherwise split up.
Whichever template you start from, check our guides on seating 100 guests, building a table seating plan, wedding floor plans and seating etiquette before you finalize.
Start from the template closest to your venue and guest count, then match the table count to your RSVPs. Import your guest list from a spreadsheet, seat the wedding party and immediate family first, then fill the remaining tables friend group by friend group. Leave one or two seats free near the end for late RSVPs.
Plan on 8 guests at a 60-inch round and 10 at a 72-inch round for a plated dinner. You can squeeze 10 onto a 60-inch round for a buffet, but place settings get tight. For 100 guests that means about ten 10-seat rounds or twelve 8-seat rounds, plus a head or sweetheart table.
Under 60 guests, try Intimate Celebration or the U-Shape. From 60 to 110, Modern Sweetheart or Classic Rounds. For family-style dining, use Long Table Banquet. For 120 or more, Rounds + Family Tables or Grand Ballroom. Each card shows the guest range it suits, and you can add or remove tables in the designer.
Every template is free to open and edit in the full designer, with no signup, and every printable PDF on this page is a free download. Paying is optional and one-time. Pro saves your chart and exports it as a PDF with your guests' names. Collaborate adds a share link, co-planners, and a guest QR seat finder.
Yes. Each layout has an A3 landscape PDF of the blank layout, so you can print it for a venue walk-through or sketch names by hand. Once your guests are seated in the designer, Pro exports a print-ready PDF with names on every seat for your venue or welcome sign.
Most venues want a PDF of the final layout, which you can export on Pro and email to your coordinator. If your planner or caterer needs the latest version as it changes, Collaborate gives you a live link that always shows the current chart.
Yes. A template is only a starting layout. Add or remove tables, change the seats per table, rename tables, move the dance floor and bar, and import your guest list from a spreadsheet. Nothing is locked.
Open the free seating chart maker on a blank canvas, or use AI floor plan import from a venue photo.
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