Break-even point calculator
Enter your fixed costs, price and variable cost per unit to see the exact sales volume where you stop losing money and start turning a profit.
Your break-even point
Below the contribution margin you never break even — raise the price or cut the variable cost.
Indicative estimate based on your inputs. Break-even ignores tax, seasonality and step changes in fixed costs as you grow.
How the break-even calculator works
Your break-even point is the sales volume at which total revenue exactly covers total costs — no profit, no loss. The calculator first works out your contribution per unit: the price you charge minus the variable cost of producing one unit. That contribution is what each sale puts toward covering your fixed costs.
Divide your monthly fixed costs by the contribution per unit and you get the number of units you must sell each month to break even. Multiply that by the price and you get the revenue you need to hit. Every sale beyond that point is profit; every sale short of it is a loss you're funding from somewhere else.
One catch matters most: if your variable cost per unit is equal to or higher than your price, the contribution is zero or negative and you can never break even — no volume will save you. In that case you must raise the price or cut the variable cost before the maths can work at all.
Fixed costs stay the same no matter how much you sell — rent, salaries, software subscriptions, insurance. Variable costs rise with each unit sold — materials, packaging, payment fees, per-order shipping. If a cost scales with volume, treat it as variable; if it's there whether you sell one unit or a thousand, it's fixed.
Not sure your numbers add up?
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