Break-even calculator for service businesses

Knowing the number changes how a slow week feels. Twelve jobs in and you are working for yourself; eleven and you are working for your landlord.

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Rent, insurance, wages, software, loan payments

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Materials and labour on an average job

Jobs a month to break even

25

You keep per job$260.00
Revenue at break-even$11,250.00
Per working week6

Everything past this count is profit before tax.

Questions people ask

What goes in fixed costs?

Anything you pay whether or not you work: rent, insurance, salaried wages, loan payments, software, phone.

What if my jobs vary a lot in size?

Use a realistic average of the last few months. If two kinds of work are wildly different, run it twice.

Does this include my own wage?

Only if you put it in fixed costs. If you pay yourself from what is left, leave it out and treat everything above break-even as your wage and profit together.

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