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Break-Even Point Calculator

Enter your fixed costs, price per unit, and variable cost per unit to see exactly how many units - and how much revenue - it takes to break even.

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Enter your numbers to see the break-even point.

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Break-even units solve for where total revenue equals total cost: break-even units = fixed costs ÷ (price per unit − variable cost per unit). The denominator is your contribution margin per unit - what's left from each sale after variable costs, which is the amount actually available to cover fixed costs and then profit. Multiply the break-even unit count by price per unit to get break-even revenue. If price per unit is at or below variable cost per unit, there's no break-even point at any volume - every unit sold loses money, and the fix is pricing or cost structure, not volume.

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