Free Tool · New 2026
Break-Even Point Calculator
Enter your fixed costs, selling price per unit and variable cost per unit to find exactly how many units you need to sell — and how much revenue that represents — before you start making a profit.
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The break-even formula
- Contribution margin per unit = Selling Price − Variable Cost per Unit
- Break-even units = Fixed Costs ÷ Contribution Margin per Unit
- Break-even revenue = Break-even units × Selling Price
Fixed costs are expenses that don't change with sales volume — rent, salaries, insurance. Variable costs scale with each unit sold or job completed — materials, subcontractor labor, delivery. Once you've sold enough units to cover fixed costs entirely, every additional sale is pure profit (before tax).
Using this for a service or installation business
For a services business, "units" can mean installation jobs rather than physical products — plug in your average job price and average variable cost (materials + subcontracted labor) per job, and your monthly fixed overhead, to see how many jobs you need per month just to cover costs.
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Frequently asked questions
Costs that stay roughly the same regardless of how much you sell, such as rent, fixed salaries, insurance and loan repayments.
Costs that scale directly with each sale or job, such as materials, per-job subcontractor labor, and delivery or fuel costs tied to that specific job.
Break-even is mathematically impossible at that pricing since every sale loses money before fixed costs are even considered — the calculator will flag this and you'll need to raise price or cut variable cost.
No, break-even revenue is exactly the point where total revenue equals total costs (fixed plus variable) - zero profit, zero loss. Anything sold beyond that point contributes to profit.