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Break-Even Calculator

How many sales do you need each month just to keep the lights on? Three numbers and you'll know.

Costs you pay no matter what: rent, insurance, software, base payroll, loan payments, your own pay.
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What a typical customer pays you. For a landscaper this might be one job; for a shop, one average order.
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Materials, supplies, and labor for that one sale — not your rent or overhead.
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Add a monthly profit goal and we'll show what it takes to hit it, not just survive.
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To break even, you need about
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revenue per month
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sales per week
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margin per sale

What this means

Every sale first has to pay for itself (materials, labor), and whatever's left over — your margin — chips away at the fixed costs you pay no matter what. Break-even is the moment your margins have covered all the fixed costs. Every sale after that is profit.

If your break-even number looks impossible, you have three levers: raise prices, lower the cost of delivering each sale, or cut fixed costs. Most owners underestimate the first one.

Not sure what your real numbers are? Most owners guess — and guess low. We can pull your actual costs from your books.

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