Break-even Calculator
How many units must you sell before you start making a profit?
How many units must you sell before you start making a profit?
Find how many units you must sell, and how much revenue you need, before your business stops losing money.
Break-even units = Fixed costs ÷ (Price per unit − Variable cost per unit).
With fixed costs of 5,000, a price of 25 and a variable cost of 10, each sale contributes 15, so you need 334 units (5,000 ÷ 15 = 333.3, rounded up).
Costs that do not change with sales volume, such as rent, salaries, insurance and software subscriptions.
Raise the price, lower variable costs or cut fixed costs. Test each change in the calculator to see which helps most.