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Break-Even Analysis Calculator
Determine the sales volume needed to cover costs and start making a profit.
$Rent, salaried labor, insurance, utilities, debt service.
$Total sales ÷ transactions.
% of ticketCOGS plus hourly labor and card fees, as a share of each sale.
$Optional: adds profit and margin of safety.
Break-even sales
$26,471
per month
Break-even tickets
2,118
per month
Daily target
$882
71 tickets a day across 30 days
Contribution margin
$8.50
68.0% of every ticket
A planning estimate, not accounting. It assumes your variable-cost percentage holds at every volume and that fixed costs do not step up as you grow: add a manager or a second oven and the target moves.