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Break-even calculator
How many units, or how much revenue, you need before the business covers its fixed costs, and how many more for a profit target.
Costs and price
Contribution is what each sale leaves after its own costs; fixed costs are paid out of that. Break-even units are rounded up because you cannot sell part of a unit.
Result
Track fixed and variable costs automatically from your bank feed and see break-even move each month.
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Fixed costs are what you pay every month regardless of sales. Variable costs are what one more sale costs you. The difference between the price and the variable cost is the contribution each sale makes toward the fixed costs; divide the fixed costs by it and you have the units you must sell before the business makes anything.
Add a target profit to see how many units it takes to pay yourself properly, not just to survive.
What to do with the answer
If the break-even volume looks out of reach, you have three levers: raise the price, cut the per-unit cost, or cut fixed costs. A small price increase usually moves break-even more than a large cost-cutting effort, because it lifts contribution on every unit. For service businesses, the unit is an hour or a project; the maths is the same.
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