See how many sales your small business needs each month to stop losing money and start covering its bills.
Who this is for
Small businesses that sell a product or service and want a simple monthly target.
What to type in
Your monthly bills, what one sale brings in, what one sale costs you, and your sales guess.
Start with the assumptions, then use the interpretation below to compare tradeoffs without bouncing between sections.
Start with four simple numbers.
Rent, payroll, software, insurance, and other bills you pay every month.
How much money you make from one sale before costs.
Materials, labor, shipping, or anything else tied to each sale.
Your monthly estimate. This shows whether your plan is safely above break-even.
Healthy buffer
That means about $16.7K in monthly revenue. If you think you can make 600 sales, you are 266 sales above the line.
Money left from each sale
$30.00
After direct costs, this is what is left to help pay your monthly bills.
How much breathing room you have
44.3%
266 sales above break-even.
Does this plan work?
Your current plan clears break-even with room for demand variability and small execution misses.
How many sales do you need?
You need about 334 sales each month before you stop losing money.
What should you fix first?
Your pricing looks workable. The main question is whether you can reach the sales goal.
At your current price and costs, you need about 334 sales or $16.7K in monthly revenue to break even.
If you want a little breathing room, aim for about 372 sales per month.
If sales stay around 600 per month, charge at least $38.52 or keep your cost per sale at $31.48 or less.
Use this view to see how quickly your business moves from loss to profit and how fragile the plan is under lighter or heavier demand.
How sales move you toward break-even
Break-even at 334 sales / $16.7K
0
$0.0
138
$4.1K
276
$8.3K
414
$12.4K
552
$16.6K
690
$20.7K
What happens in a slower or better month
Current buffer: 44%
Conservative
+146 units vs break-even
Base
+266 units vs break-even
Aggressive
+386 units vs break-even
The raw math is still here, but it sits behind the decision summary instead of being the whole experience.
Money left from each sale
$30.00
Leftover share
60.0%
Sales needed to break even
334
Revenue needed to break even
$16.7K
Use this if you want to understand how the calculator works, not just plug in numbers.
Step 1
Add your monthly bills.
Step 2
Add what one sale brings in and what one sale costs you.
Step 3
Add your best guess for monthly sales to see if your plan is above break-even.
These cover the assumptions, tradeoffs, and edge cases behind the calculator.
Use the calculator for the math, then use these guides to make the decision with more confidence.