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Break-even units

Find the whole-unit sales volume needed to cover fixed operating costs.

Your starting point

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RESULT

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FROM INPUT TO ANSWER

Use this tool

  1. Choose one accounting period and enter its fixed costs.
  2. Enter selling price and variable cost for one unit.
  3. Calculate the minimum whole-unit sales volume.
WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN

Reading your result

Break-even units are rounded up: one fewer unit would not cover the fixed costs. Contribution is revenue per unit minus its variable cost.

UNDER THE HOOD

How this works

Fixed cost ÷ (selling price − variable cost), rounded up to whole units.

Use the units shown beside each field. For monetary amounts, use one currency throughout; calculations do not convert currencies. Results normally display up to two decimal places. Nonzero values below 0.01 use up to six significant digits; values below 0.000001 use scientific notation (for example, 1E-7 means 0.0000001). Rankings use unrounded values, so displayed scores can look equal without being tied. CSV downloads retain numeric precision. Monetary rounding uses half-away-from-zero. Inputs or results beyond supported precision are rejected.

BEFORE YOU USE THE RESULT

Assumptions & limits

One product and one period. Price must exceed variable cost; ignores demand constraints and taxes.

Required numeric fields reject blank, malformed and out-of-range values; negative values are allowed only for inventory position. Whole quantities are validated where units must be indivisible.

Results are planning aids based on the values you enter. Check important decisions and documents before using or sharing them.

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