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Break-even calculator

How much you need to sell to cover your costs — and, more usefully, how much room you actually have if something moves against you.

Your numbers

Fixed costs per month ($)Rent, salaries, insurance — what you pay whether you sell anything or notPrice per unit ($)What a customer pays youVariable cost per unit ($)Materials, labour, shipping — what each sale costs youUnits you currently sell per monthOptional — unlocks your margin of safetyMonthly profit you want ($)Optional — how many units that takes

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Tighter than it looks — 23.1% above break-evenA 23.1% drop in volume puts you at zero. One lost customer, one soft quarter, one competitor promotion. Worth knowing which of your costs are genuinely fixed and which are not.

Break-even

693 units

Break-even revenue

$41,538

Contribution margin

$26 / unit

Margin as % of price

43.3%

Units for $10,000 profit

1,077

Margin of safety

23.1%

What if something moves?

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Variable cost change0%

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Drag any slider to see how far break-even moves. Try a 10% price cut first — it is usually larger than people expect.

This answers the arithmetic. If you want to know why your break-even sits where it does — and what to do about it — that’s a conversation, and it costs you nothing.

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