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Break-even calculator

Put in what your costs are, what you charge and what each unit costs you to make. This works out the point where money coming in finally matches money going out.

Your numbers

The boxes start with example figures so the page is never blank. Replace them with yours — the answers change as you type.

What it costs you

Costs that stay the same whether you sell one unit or a thousand — rent, salaries, licences, machines.

What one unit costs you to make and deliver — material, packing, courier, payment charges.

What you charge and sell

What one customer pays you for one unit, before any discount.

Your own estimate of how many units you expect to sell in a month. Used only for the timeline.

What this comes to

  • Units to break even

    784 units

    Fixed costs divided by what one sale leaves you. ₹2,50,000 divided by ₹319.00 is 784 units, rounded up to a whole unit.

  • Sales value at break-even

    ₹3,91,216

    Units to break even multiplied by price. 784 units at ₹499.00 is ₹3,91,216.

  • Months to break even

    2.6 months

    Units to break even divided by units sold each month. 784 units divided by 300 a month is 2.6 months.

    This uses the monthly sales figure you typed in. It is your estimate, not ours.

  • What one sale leaves you

    ₹319.00

    Price minus variable cost. ₹499.00 minus ₹180.00 is ₹319.00.

These answers come only from the figures above. This page holds no benchmark, no market average and no opinion on whether a number is good — it does the arithmetic and shows its working.

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