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Break-Even Calculator
Break-even is the line between working and working for free. Knowing it turns a vague sense of a slow month into a number you either cleared or did not.
Work out yours
26 sales
You need 26 sales a month before anything is profit.
Every sale past number 26 contributes $125 straight to profit.
What to do with this number
Pay yourself inside fixed costs. A break-even that assumes the owner works unpaid is not a break-even, it is a subsidy. And the fastest way to lower this line is not cutting costs, it is raising price, because every extra point of margin moves the whole thing.
Break-even only works as a number you actually check
Not one you calculated once and filed. Most owners have never separated direct cost from overhead, which quietly makes every pricing decision a guess.
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Definition and background: Break-Even explained. Part of the small business glossary.