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    Break-even Point Calculator

    Find out how many customers — and how much monthly revenue — you need to cover your costs and stop losing money.

    Your Numbers

    Enter your monthly costs and unit economics.

    Salaries, rent, software, etc.

    COGS, support, payment fees, etc.

    Your variable cost per customer must be lower than your revenue per customer to ever break even. Adjust your unit economics above.

    How to calculate your break-even point

    Your break-even point is the number of customers where total revenue exactly covers total costs — no profit, no loss. First find your contribution margin: the revenue left from each customer after variable costs. Then divide fixed costs by that margin:

    Break-even Customers = Fixed Costs ÷ (Revenue per Customer − Variable Cost per Customer)

    Every customer beyond break-even contributes their full margin to profit. Lowering fixed costs, raising prices, or improving your contribution margin all pull the break-even point down — the single biggest lever on how fast a startup reaches profitability.

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