Break-Even Calculator

Break-even is the point where total revenue covers total costs, and the mechanism is worth understanding rather than just the number: each unit sold contributes its price minus its variable cost toward your fixed costs, and break-even arrives when those contributions have covered the fixed costs entirely. Enter fixed costs for the period, the price per unit and the variable cost per unit, and read the volume and revenue required. Anyone pricing a product, planning a small production run or writing the numbers section of a plan needs this figure before committing. One outcome is not a number but a warning: if variable cost per unit is at or above the price, there is no break-even point at all, because every additional sale increases the loss. The model assumes a single product at a constant price, and fixed costs are only fixed within a range.