What does your business need to sell each month?

Enter your price, your costs, and what you want to pay yourself. The calculator shows your breakeven point and the sales it takes to hit your profit goal.

STEP 1

Pick a starting point

Example numbers to get you started. Replace them with your own.

STEP 2

What you sell

Use an average sale. A restaurant might use the average guest check; a contractor, the average job.

What do you call one sale?e.g. guest, haircut, job, billable hour

Average price per saleWhat the customer pays

Direct cost per saleMaterials, food, inventory, subcontractors

Costs that are a % of salesCard fees, commissions, royalties

STEP 3

Monthly fixed costs

Bills you pay whether you make one sale or a thousand. Leave out your own pay; it goes in Step 4.

STEP 4

Your pay and your goal

Owner's pay per monthWhat you need to take home

Profit goal per monthLeft over after everyone is paid

Sales you make now, per monthOptional. Leave blank if you're just starting

Days open per monthUsed for the daily target

To pay all bills and yourself

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Milestone	Sales / mo	Revenue / mo	Per day

Where revenue overtakes costs

Revenue Total costs, incl. your pay Breakeven Today's sales

Contribution per saleWhat each sale leaves over after its direct costs. This is the money that pays your fixed bills.price − direct cost − (price × %)

Breakeven salesHow many sales it takes for contributions to cover the fixed bills.fixed costs ÷ contribution per sale

Profit targetAdd your pay and profit goal to fixed costs, then divide again.(fixed + pay + profit) ÷ contribution

Not sure your numbers are right?

Most owners guess at their direct costs and miss a few fixed bills. Book a free 20-minute numbers review and a Know Your Numbers CPA will walk through your breakeven with your real books.

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