How to use the Break-Even Selling Price Calculator
The Break-Even Selling Price Calculator works out your break-even selling price in an instant. Enter variable cost per unit, total fixed costs and expected units sold and the result updates as you type — it is free, needs no sign-up, and runs entirely in your browser so your figures stay private.
Enter the variable cost per unit.
Enter the total fixed costs.
Enter the expected units sold.
Read off your break-even selling price — the calculator updates automatically, with no button to press.
Formula
The Break-Even Selling Price Calculator uses the formula:
Break-even selling price = Variable cost per unit + Total fixed costs ÷ Expected units sold
Worked example
For example, with variable cost per unit of 50, total fixed costs of 500,000 and expected units sold of 10,000, the break-even selling price is ₹100.00.
Inputs used
Variable cost per unit
50
Total fixed costs
500,000
Expected units sold
10,000
Results
Break-even selling price
₹100.00
Results are estimates for educational use, not professional advice.
The point at which total revenue equals total costs, so there is neither profit nor loss.
Frequently asked questions
Add variable cost per unit to fixed costs spread over units. 50 variable plus 500,000 over 10,000 units is 100.
It is the price at which total revenue exactly covers total costs, with no profit or loss.
Price above the break-even figure; the gap times units is your profit.
Fixed costs spread over fewer units, so the break-even price rises.
The Break-Even Selling Price Calculator uses the formula: Break-even selling price = Variable cost per unit + Total fixed costs ÷ Expected units sold. For example, with variable cost per unit of 50, total fixed costs of 500,000 and expected units sold of 10,000, the break-even selling price is ₹100.00.
Enter the variable cost per unit. Enter the total fixed costs. Enter the expected units sold. Read off your break-even selling price — the calculator updates automatically, with no button to press.
Reference table of break-even selling price for Break-Even Selling Price across a range of variable cost per unit values — exact, engine-computed figures you can read off at a glance.