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Business Break-Even Calculator
Estimate how many units or services you need to sell each month to cover fixed costs at your price and variable cost.
Keep the selling price, variable cost, and fixed costs on the same monthly planning basis. This models one product or service at a time.
Your estimate
- Contribution per unit or service
- Ksh 500.00
- Units or services to break even
- 100
- Revenue at whole-unit break-even
- Ksh 100,000.00
Common questions
Answers about this tool
- How do I calculate the break-even number of units?
- Divide fixed costs for the period by contribution per unit. Contribution per unit is the selling price minus variable cost per unit. This calculator rounds the result up because you cannot sell a fraction of a unit or service.
- What if my variable cost is equal to or higher than my selling price?
- Each sale contributes nothing toward fixed costs or loses money before fixed costs. There is no finite break-even quantity at those inputs; review your price or direct costs.
- Does break-even mean I have enough cash?
- No. This is a simple operating estimate. Payment timing, inventory purchases, debt repayments, and other cash movements need a separate cash-flow forecast.
Method
How this estimate works
Break-even units equal monthly fixed costs divided by contribution per unit, where contribution is selling price minus variable cost per unit. The result rounds up to a whole unit and shows the revenue at that whole-unit point. Use one product or service and monthly costs for a useful estimate.
Use this as a planning estimate. Actual profit and cash flow depend on overhead, taxes, discounts, payment timing, and other costs not entered here.
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