How To Create an Inventory Spreadsheet? (Google Sheets Examples)

While Google doesn’t technically offer a built-in inventory template, plenty of Google Sheets inventory templates are available online.

These templates are built with Google Sheets (generally crafted by online tools or platforms) and can be seamlessly downloaded and integrated into your Google Workspace account.

Essentially, a Google Sheets inventory template can help you manage your inventory on one Google Sheet.

They also usually have customizable premade columns, functions, and conditional formatting.

I suggest manually building an inventory spreadsheet if you’re looking for a simple inventory management system.

All you need to do is:

• Create a new spreadsheet.
• Set up your spreadsheet with column headers specific to your needs.
• Start filling in the data for each item under the corresponding column.
• Format your spreadsheet by adjusting column widths and adding text wrapping.
• Use formulas for automation, (e.g., low stock alerts or the total value of a particular product).
• Insert conditional formatting and data validation rules to differentiate data visually.

This straightforward approach to using a spreadsheet as an inventory tracking tool is effective.

However, unless you know your way around formulas and conditional data formatting, it relies heavily on manual input to keep everything up to date.

I talk extensively about Sheetify CRM, my all-in-one CRM solution for small teams and micro-businesses.

And while Sheetify is technically a Google Sheets CRM template, it also serves as a Google inventory management solution.

Sheetify CRM is simplistic to use but offers complex features, rivaling other standalone inventory management software like Sortly, Zoho, and Square.

With a built-in Apps Script, formulas, data validation rules, and conditional formatting, we’ve created the inventory management system (and overall business toolkit) of your dreams.

You can easily track all your inventory, orders, purchases, stock levels, and transactions on one easy-to-use Google Sheet spreadsheet.

This impressive Google CRM template also allows you to view shipping delays, best-selling items, product profitability, and more.

Sheetify CRM is available for just one payment of $69, which grants you access to all CRM features (not just inventory management).

We recently launched Sheetify Inventory a dedicated Google Sheets Inventory template for small businesses.

Sheetify Inventory is the alternative: a full-cycle inventory management system built entirely inside Google Sheets, designed for small businesses managing hundreds or thousands of products and materials. One payment of $57, lifetime access, no subscription waiting to renew at the worst possible moment.

The real cost of "real" inventory software

Dedicated platforms can absolutely do more than a static spreadsheet. The problem is what they charge for the privilege:

• Cin7 — from $349/month
• Fishbowl — from $329/month
• inFlow — from $149/month

That's potentially thousands of dollars a year just to keep an eye on your own stock — before you've added a single seat or upgrade. Sheetify Inventory flips that model on its head: pay $57 once, get lifetime updates, and never see another invoice for it. No subscriptions, no per-user fees, no surprises.

One system instead of a software stack

The other hidden tax of growing a business is fragmentation — one tool for purchasing, another for sales, a third for reporting, all of them talking past each other. Sheetify Inventory pulls the full cycle into a single sheet:

• Inventory management — track products and materials with visibility across all your stock
• Vendor & purchases — manage suppliers and purchase orders in one place
• Sales tracking — follow revenue and order fulfilment alongside inventory
• Built-in email campaigns — reach vendors without switching tools
• Bill of materials & manufacturing — run production workflows end to end
• Task tracking — keep the team on top of every operational to-do
• Automated reporting — get the insights without the manual busywork

Because it lives in Google Sheets, it sets up in minutes, plays nicely with the Google apps you already use, and leaves you in full ownership of your data — 100%, no exceptions. It scales as you grow, and it never charges you again for the privilege.

Sheetify CRM is so much more than an inventory spreadsheet management solution.

This downloadable Google Sheets CRM template can be used as a total business management system.

Sheetify’s key features include:

• Contact and lead management.
• Product and service management.
• Sales pipeline.
• Integration with Google Tasks to manage sales and client tasks.
• Customer issue and ticket management.
• Integration with Google Forms to capture leads.
• Invoice and client tracker.
• Transaction and purchase management.
• Email marketing integration with Gmail.
• Team performance and sales dashboard.
• Customer lifetime value tracker.

You can learn more about Sheetify CRM here.

As you can see, there is no Google Apps CRM quite like Sheetify.

Sheetify CRM is easy to use, accessible, affordable, and jam-packed, with features that cover all operational aspects of your business.

So, if you’re on the hunt for a dynamic inventory management tool built with Google Sheets AND an effective, fully functional CRM solution, give Sheetify CRM a go.

I promise when you do, you’ll love this lifetime CRM as much as I do.