The Planned Life

Small Business Profit Calculator

Free calculator for gross profit, net profit, profit margins and unit breakeven — see whether your small business is actually making money.

Your revenue and costs for the period

Enter a period's revenue and costs to see gross profit, net profit, both margins and your unit breakeven.

Runs entirely in your browser. Your numbers are saved only on this device (localStorage) — never uploaded.

How this is calculated

  • gross profit = revenue - cost of goods
  • net profit = gross profit - operating expenses
  • gross margin = gross profit / revenue
  • breakeven units = operating expenses / (unit price - variable unit cost)

What it assumes

  • One period at a time. Mixing a quarter's expenses with a month's revenue is the usual way this goes wrong.
  • Cost of goods is what varies with each sale; operating expenses are what you pay whether or not you sell anything.
  • Your own pay is an operating expense. If you leave it out, the profit figure is fiction.
  • Tax is not modelled.

Worked example

In: $10,000 revenue, $4,000 cost of goods, $3,000 operating expenses, $25 unit price, $10 variable cost
Out: gross profit $6,000 (60%), net profit $3,000 (30%), breakeven at 200 units

If a result here disagrees with your own arithmetic, that is worth reporting — tell me and include your numbers.

Track this every month automaticallyThe bookkeeping spreadsheet I sell logs income and expenses and updates profit and margins for you. Get the bookkeeping spreadsheet →