Break-Even Calculator
Find how many units you must sell to cover your costs — plus the break-even revenue and contribution margin.
The break-even point is the sales volume at which total revenue exactly equals total cost — the moment a business stops losing money. This break-even calculator asks for three inputs: your fixed costs for the period, the price you sell each unit for, and the variable cost of producing one unit.
The maths behind it: contribution margin per unit = price − variable cost. Break-even units = fixed costs ÷ contribution margin. If your fixed costs are $5,000 a month, you sell at $49 and each unit costs $19 to deliver, each sale contributes $30, so you need 167 sales a month to break even.
Use it to sanity-check a price rise, evaluate whether a new hire pays for itself, or decide if a product line is viable. Every figure is computed in your browser and never transmitted.