Pricing & growth · Monthly plan
Business break-even
Find the sales volume that covers costs and reaches your profit target.
Example amounts. Replace with your numbers.
Your monthly plan
Rent, software, insurance and other costs that do not change with each sale.
Materials, fulfillment, transaction fees and labor that increase with each sale. Do not also include these in fixed costs.
Before owner income tax. Include owner pay in costs or in your profit target, not both.
Units to break even each month
58$8,571 in sales before whole-unit rounding.
- Contribution per sale
- $105.00
- Contribution margin
- 70%
- Units for target profit
- 96
- Profit at expected sales
- $2,400
At 80 sales per month, revenue is $12,000 and modeled expenses are $9,600.
How this estimate works
Break-even units = fixed costs ÷ (price − variable cost), rounded up. Target units also include your desired profit. Use one consistent product, service or blended average sale. This is a profit model; payment timing, debt principal, inventory purchases and owner draws can make cash flow different.