Restaurant Break-Even Calculator
Estimate break-even revenue and transactions using costs and period values you provide.
Your result
Your calculated result
- Contribution ratio
- —%
- Break-even revenue
- ₹ —
- Estimated transactions for period
- —
- Estimated transactions per open day
- —
Enter your values and select calculate break-even to see the result. No account is required.
What this tool calculates
Break-even revenue is the revenue needed for contribution to cover fixed costs. Contribution ratio is the share of revenue left after variable costs. Enter either variable-cost percentage or contribution percentage; the calculator finds break-even revenue and divides it by average transaction value to estimate transaction volume.
How to use restaurant break-even calculator
- Choose one reporting period and enter its fixed costs.
- Select Variable-cost percentage or Contribution percentage, then enter the rate. Enter average transaction value and whole-number open days for that period.
- Calculate the revenue estimate, transaction estimate and transactions per open day. The transaction estimate is fractional; round upward when planning a whole number of transactions.
How the calculation works
Contribution ratio = 1 − variable-cost ratio. Break-even revenue = fixed costs ÷ contribution ratio. Transactions = revenue ÷ average transaction value.
Worked example
₹1,00,000 fixed costs and a 60% contribution ratio gives ₹1,66,666.67 break-even revenue.
Understanding the result
The model assumes a constant contribution ratio and average transaction value. Variable costs at 100% leave no contribution to cover fixed costs. A zero contribution percentage is also rejected. Transactions are not covers or guests. Fractional transaction estimates describe the arithmetic threshold; a practical whole-transaction requirement must be rounded upward.