Know your floor.
The jobs and revenue that cover every cost, so the whole business runs above the line, on purpose. Daily figures assume 260 working days a year.
Your costs
Rent, insurance, software, vehicles, payroll commitments.
Labor, materials, fuel, and job-specific costs.
Optional target
What the year should clear after the floor.
Jobs to break even
667
Per year, at your average ticket. Everything after this many is what the company keeps.
- Revenue to break even$213,333.33
- Contribution margin / job$180
- Margin ratio56.3%
- Monthly revenue needed$17,777.78
- Jobs per week / day13 / 3
- Jobs to hit the target1,000
Your inputs, your arithmetic. Nothing on this page assumes your market or your prices.
Read carefully
The math is easy. The assumptions are the work.
Break-even is a floor, not a strategy
The number shows where losses stop. It does not replace margin, cash, or capacity planning. A company can clear its floor every month and still be unable to afford the next truck.
Fixed means it bills you anyway
Rent, insurance, software, and payroll commitments arrive whether the phone rings or not. If a cost tracks jobs (materials, fuel, commissions), it belongs in the variable side instead.
Run it before the spend is permanent
The best time for this math is before the lease is signed or the truck is financed. Add the new fixed cost here first and watch what it does to the daily jobs number.
Start
Run the business above the line.
The floor is a number; holding it is a record. The board shows the day’s jobs against it, and the week’s read shows whether the month is clearing it.
Coming from a suite? We’ll extract your records.
Rather talk first? Email the team.