Break-even Point Calculator
Calculate the units and revenue your business needs to cover all fixed and variable costs. Free India break even point calculator with contribution margin.
మీ ఫలితాన్ని లెక్కించండి
మీ సంఖ్యలు నమోదు చేయండి. మార్చినప్పుడు అంచనా, చార్ట్‌లు నవీకరించబడతాయి.
ఖర్చులు & ధర
- బ్రేక్-ఈవెన్ యూనిట్లు
- 3,334
- బ్రేక్-ఈవెన్ ఆదాయం
- ₹8,33,333
- సహకార మార్జిన్
- ₹150
- యూనిట్‌కు · 60.0%
- మార్జిన్ %
- 60.0%
మీ లెక్కలు ఏమి చెబుతున్నాయి
You need to sell 3,334 units to cover ₹5,00,000 of fixed costs.
Each sale leaves ₹150 after variable costs; every unit beyond break-even adds that much to profit.
Raising your price 10% to ₹275 cuts break-even to 2,858 units.
That's 476 fewer units to sell, assuming costs stay the same and customers accept the new price.
Trimming variable cost 10% to ₹90 per unit cuts break-even to 3,125 units.
Cheaper sourcing or packaging works like a price rise without asking customers to pay more.
యూనిట్లను తదుపరి పూర్ణ సంఖ్యకు పెంచుతారు; ఆదాయం ఖచ్చితమైన నిరంతర బ్రేక్-ఈవెన్ పరిమితి. కాంట్రిబ్యూషన్ సున్నా లేదా అంతకంటే తక్కువైతే, సున్నా కంటే ఎక్కువ స్థిర వ్యయాలను భర్తీ చేయలేదు.
మీ లెక్కను అర్థం చేసుకోండి
The break even point is the level of sales at which a business covers all its costs (fixed and variable) and starts generating profit on the next unit sold. For Indian founders, freelancers and small business owners, the break even is one of the most actionable numbers in the spreadsheet. The break even calculator on this page tells you the exact units and rupee revenue needed to cover costs, given your fixed costs, variable cost per unit and selling price.
Break-even Point Calculator ను ఎలా ఉపయోగించాలి
- 1
Enter your fixed costs for the period
Use a consistent period, monthly or annual. Include rent, salaries that do not vary with output, software subscriptions, insurance and any other costs that stay constant whether you sell one unit or a thousand.
- 2
Enter the variable cost per unit
The cost that scales with each unit produced or sold. Raw materials, packaging, payment gateway fees, shipping, sales commissions, freelancer payouts. If you sell services, this is the marginal cost of delivering each engagement.
- 3
Enter the selling price per unit
The price you charge customers per unit. For a SaaS business, the monthly subscription price. For a product, the retail or wholesale price. For a service, the per project or per hour rate.
- 4
Read break even units and revenue
The calculator divides fixed cost by contribution margin to find the units. Multiplying by price gives the break even revenue. The contribution margin percentage tells you how much of every additional rupee of sales contributes to profit after break even.
ఉదాహరణ
Cloud kitchen break-even example
A cloud kitchen has ₹3,00,000 of fixed monthly cost (rent, salaries, software), sells a meal box at ₹500 before GST and spends ₹300 per box on ingredients, packaging and delivery. Contribution = ₹500 − ₹300 = ₹200 per box (40%). Break-even units = ₹3,00,000 ÷ ₹200 = 1,500 boxes. Break-even revenue = 1,500 × ₹500 = ₹7,50,000.
- Contribution per unit
- ₹200
- Contribution margin
- 40%
- Break-even units
- 1,500 boxes a month
- Break-even revenue
- ₹7,50,000 a month
That's 50 boxes a day over a 30-day month. Every box beyond that adds ₹200 to profit, and a ₹20 rise in variable cost would push break-even up to about 1,667 boxes.
ఇది ఎలా లెక్కించబడుతుంది
The calculator first works out contribution per unit: contribution = price per unit − variable cost per unit. Contribution margin is contribution ÷ price × 100.
Break-even units are fixed cost ÷ contribution, kept as a continuous number; the page rounds the unit count up to the next whole unit for display. Break-even revenue is break-even units × price, using the exact unrounded unit figure.
If fixed cost is zero, break-even is zero units. If contribution is zero or negative while fixed cost is positive, there is no achievable break-even and the units card shows "Not achievable" instead of a number.
అనుమానాలు మరియు పరిమితులు
- Uses fixed cost divided by unit contribution as a continuous break-even threshold.
- Displayed whole units are rounded up; displayed revenue remains the exact continuous threshold.
- Positive fixed costs cannot be covered when contribution is zero or negative; no achievable break-even is shown.
- All costs and prices use the same period and exclude recoverable GST.
తరచుగా అడిగే ప్రశ్నలు
What is the break even formula?
Break even units equals fixed cost divided by (price per unit minus variable cost per unit). The denominator is the contribution margin. Break even revenue equals break even units times the selling price. The formula assumes a single product with constant pricing and unit economics.
What is contribution margin?
Contribution margin is the selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit. It is the amount each unit contributes towards covering fixed costs and, after break even, towards profit. Contribution margin can also be expressed as a percentage of the selling price, which is useful for cross product comparisons.
What is a healthy contribution margin?
It varies by industry. SaaS and digital product businesses often see 70 to 90 percent contribution margins. Retail and consumer goods are typically 30 to 50 percent. Restaurants and service businesses are often 50 to 70 percent. The right benchmark is your industry peers, not an absolute number.
How do I lower my break even point?
Three levers. Reduce fixed costs by cutting non essential overheads (smaller office, automated tools, leaner team). Increase prices, which directly lifts contribution margin per unit. Reduce variable costs through better supplier negotiations, bulk procurement, in housing previously outsourced functions or process optimisation. Pricing is usually the highest leverage but also the hardest culturally.
Does break even analysis account for taxes?
Not by default. The break even point as computed here is operating break even (where operating profit equals zero). After tax break even (where net profit equals zero) is the same number for most early stage businesses with carry forward losses. Once profitable, factor in your effective tax rate to compute the after tax breakeven.
What if I sell multiple products with different margins?
Compute a weighted average contribution margin based on the expected sales mix, then divide fixed cost by the weighted margin to find the break even revenue. The break even units number does not directly apply to multi product businesses; revenue is the more useful metric in that case.
How is break even different from cash flow break even?
The break even calculated here is accounting break even. Cash flow break even adjusts for non cash items (depreciation, accruals) and timing differences (when customers pay versus when costs are incurred). For early stage businesses with significant working capital needs, cash flow break even is often higher than accounting break even and is the more meaningful operational target.
చివరి మాట
Break even analysis is the simplest profitability framework for any business. Run the calculator monthly with your latest fixed cost number, your actual unit economics and your current pricing. If the break even units feel achievable, you have a viable business model. If they do not, the calculator points to which lever (price, variable cost, fixed cost) needs the most work first.
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