Business Break-Even Calculator
Calculate break-even sales, revenue and the units required to reach a target profit.
The Business Break-Even Calculator helps estimate how many units a business needs to sell before total revenue covers fixed and variable costs. Enter fixed costs, variable cost per unit and selling price per unit to calculate contribution, break-even quantity and break-even revenue. You can also enter a target profit to estimate the required sales volume.
Understanding the tool
About Business Break-Even Calculator
A break-even calculator helps a business estimate how many units it must sell before total revenue covers fixed and variable costs. It is useful for pricing decisions, sales targets and simple business planning.
How to use this tool
Enter fixed costs, variable cost per unit and selling price per unit. The calculator determines the contribution per unit, break-even quantity and break-even revenue. You can also enter a target profit to estimate the required sales volume.
A simple example
Before you use the result
Check that you have entered the values in the correct units and that the question you are answering matches the tool you selected. A calculator can produce a precise answer to the wrong question just as easily as the right one.
For important decisions
Use the result as a helpful calculation or estimate. Where money, tax, contracts, compliance or other high-impact decisions are involved, confirm the result against the relevant official information.
Features
- Break-even units
- Break-even revenue
- Contribution per unit
- Target profit calculation
- Target sales revenue
- Clear business planning inputs
Frequently asked questions
What is the break-even point?
It is the sales level where total revenue equals total costs, so there is neither a profit nor a loss.
What happens if the selling price is equal to the variable cost?
There is no contribution toward fixed costs, so a break-even quantity cannot be reached under the simple model.
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