Calculate the break-even point for a product or business from fixed costs, selling price and variable cost per unit, with contribution margin and the revenue required to break even.
Getting started
Enter your total fixed costs for the period — rent, salaries, software and anything that does not vary with sales.
Enter the selling price and the variable cost of producing one unit.
Read the break-even volume, the revenue it represents and your contribution margin.
Why it helps
Turns a vague sense of viability into a concrete sales target.
Contribution margin shows how much each sale genuinely contributes to fixed costs.
Makes the impact of a small price change immediately visible.
In practice
Sanity-checking a new product's price before launch.
Deciding whether a fixed-cost increase such as a new hire is affordable.
Setting a realistic monthly sales target for a small team.
Everything people ask most about the break-even calculator, answered plainly.
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