BPD File

What are BPD files and how to open them

Are you having problems opening a BPD file or are you simply curious about its contents? We're here to explain the properties of these files and provide you with software that can open or handle your BPD files.

What is a BPD file?

BPD files have multiple uses, and Buero Plus NexT FlashFiler Database is one of them. Read more about the other uses further down the page.

Buero Plus NexT FlashFiler Database File

We have not yet analyzed in detail what these files contain and what they are used for. We're working on it.

How to open BPD files

Important: Different programs may use files with the BPD file extension for different purposes, so unless you are sure which format your BPD file is, you may need to try a few different programs.

While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested six different BPD openers which you will find listed below.

Last updated: August 24, 2026

All known file formats using extension .BPD

While Buero Plus NexT FlashFiler Database File is a popular type of BPD-file, we know of 2 different uses of the .BPD file extension. Different software may use files with the same extension for different types of data.

Business Plan Data

Business Plan Data files store the complete content of a business plan produced by Business Plan Pro, a software package by Palo Alto Software designed to help users draft, analyse, and present business plans. These files are created when a plan is saved, and they encapsulate text sections (executive summary, market analysis, strategy, etc.), financial tables, charts, settings for formatting, printing and layout, and metadata like dates, plan titles, company name and version information. They are used by Business Plan Pro to reopen, edit, and render the plan document in the same state it was when last saved.

These files are proprietary to Business Plan Pro and all plan elements - topics, charts, and tables - connect together inside the file so that changes in one (for example updating financial inputs in a table) automatically propagate to linked charts. Users export these files to other more generic formats (Word, Excel, PDF, etc.), but the native plan data file is required for full round-trip editing.

Inside the file there is a distinct ASCII header signature beginning at file start with "<plandata ". The content includes many keyword strings such as LOCKCOLUMNHEADERS, FONTCHARTYLABELS, ENTRYCELLFORMAT, PLANSETTINGS, PLANTITLE, CREATEDATE, PLANINFO, PLANID, VERSION, COMPANYNAME, and others. These identifiers mark internal sections of the plan-structure.

Various apps that use files with this extension

These apps are known to open certain types of BPD files. Remember, different programs may use BPD files for different purposes, so you may need to try out a few of them to be able to open your specific file.

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