Break-Even Analysis

There are, and some are fine. The difference is what has been checked. This file was built from scratch, then every formula in it was recalculated by a separate checker that compares each result against an independently worked-out answer — 59 of them here. A template that looks right and totals wrong is worse than no template at all, and that is the usual failing of one downloaded from a search result.

It also opens with sample rows already filled in, so you can see every formula working before you touch it, and it is set up to print without fighting the page setup. No watermark, and you can use it commercially.

Break-even is the number of sales at which you stop losing money and start making it. This Excel break-even analysis takes your price per unit, variable cost per unit and fixed costs, and shows revenue, total costs and profit across a range of sales volumes.

It calculates contribution per unit, the break-even point in units and in revenue, and your margin of safety at 1,000 units.

Change the three shaded inputs below. The table and the break-even point follow immediately.

The file opens with sample rows so you can see every formula working before you change anything. Type your own figures over them. When you need more rows, insert them inside the existing block rather than underneath it, so the totals keep covering every row.

Shaded, boxed cells below the table are settings the formulas read from. Change those first — every row that depends on them updates at once.