The break-even point is the revenue or unit volume where your total income equals total costs, no profit, no loss. Calculate it by dividing your total fixed costs by your gross profit margin (for revenue break-even) or by your contribution margin per unit (for unit break-even). Every small business owner should know this number before making any pricing, hiring, or expansion decision.
Break-Even Calculator for Trucking
Pre-filled with real trucking industry benchmarks
Trucking companies face a cost-per-mile break-even calculation: fuel, maintenance, insurance, and driver pay are your biggest variable costs, while truck payments, permits, and base insurance are fixed. The industry average cost per mile is $1.50 to $2.00 for owner-operators, and your break-even rate per mile determines which loads are profitable. Fuel alone can account for 30 to 40% of total operating costs. This calculator is pre-filled with typical trucking benchmarks.
Break-Even Calculator
Pre-filled with trucking industry defaults. Edit any field to use your real numbers.
Break-Even Units
46
Break-Even Revenue
$30,682
Contribution Margin
45.0%
Trucking industry average margin: 45.0% gross margin with 55.0% COGS.