Free tool for US restaurants

Restaurant Break-Even Calculator

Calculate the monthly sales your restaurant needs to cover its costs, plus the daily sales and guest count needed to break even.

Restaurant details

Enter your monthly costs and average customer spend. Use realistic numbers for the clearest result.

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Rent, insurance, software, salaried management and other fixed costs.
Food, beverage, packaging, card fees and other costs that rise with sales.
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Your average revenue per guest, order or cover.
Use your normal number of operating days.
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Add this to see how far above or below break-even your expected sales are.
Your results will appear hereFill in the restaurant details, then click Calculate break-even to see your numbers.
Monthly break-even sales
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Monthly revenue needed to cover your modeled costs
Break-even sales per day$0
Break-even guests per day0
Contribution margin0%
Break-even guests per month0

Break-even breakdown

Monthly fixed costs$0
Variable cost rate0%
Contribution per $1 of sales$0.00
Margin of safetyAdd expected sales

What this tells you

Your break-even point is the sales level where revenue covers the costs included above. Sales beyond that point contribute toward operating profit before any costs not included in the model.

YOUR COSTS ARE ONLY HALF THE PROBLEM

Low food cost won't save you if the seats are empty. Most restaurants we talk to have their costs under control. What they're missing is a steady stream of new customers. That's what we fix.

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This calculator is a planning tool. Results depend on the accuracy of your cost and sales assumptions.