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Break-even analysis Calculator
Find the sales volume and revenue needed to cover fixed costs. This free break-even analysis calculator shows the calculation and its assumptions so you can compare your own figures.
Your results
Find the sales volume and revenue needed to cover fixed costs.
Calculated outcomes
- Contribution Per Unit
- €60.00
- Exact Units
- 166.6667
- Whole Unit Revenue
- €16,700.00
- Profit At Whole Units
- €20.00
Assumptions and estimates
- Fixed costs, revenue and variable costs cover the same period and VAT basis. Exact units are theoretical; whole units round upward.
- Method: Break-even units = fixed costs ÷ (unit price − variable unit cost). Whole-unit orders round upward.
- Price must exceed variable cost for a positive contribution. Use costs and sales from the same time period and VAT basis.
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How the break-even analysis calculation works
Break-even units = fixed costs ÷ (unit price − variable unit cost). Whole-unit orders round upward.
Price must exceed variable cost for a positive contribution. Use costs and sales from the same time period and VAT basis.
Using this calculator
- Enter your own figures in the labelled inputs. Keep the currencies, units and time periods consistent.
- Choose any applicable rate profile, pattern or assumption shown for this tool. Open additional inputs when relevant.
- Review whole units and break even revenue, then read the stated assumptions and eligibility conditions before using the result.
Worked example
This is a static example using illustrative inputs, not facts about you or today’s date. The displayed eligibility selections and assumptions apply only to this example.
See example inputs
- Fixed costs for the period (€)
- 10000
- Selling price per unit (€)
- 100
- Variable cost per unit (€)
- 40
- Whole Units
- 167
- Break Even Revenue
- €16,666.67