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Store calculator

See how much you need to sell each month to break even, and how many customers a day that takes.

Break-even calculator

The starting values are an example. Change any value and the results update right away. Your inputs stay in the page address, so you can share them as a link.

Business type and location
Location
Your store
seats
$
days
Monthly fixed costs
$
$

Staff pay plus employer contributions, for one month

$

Utilities, insurance, phone and internet, accounting and so on

Costs that grow with sales
%

%

Card fees, packaging and so on. The default of 3% is an assumption

Compared with the same business type in BC

Chosen location

The three business types at a glance

Where $100 of sales goes

Sales are set at 100 and split into food & supplies, labour, rent, other operating costs and net profit. These are averages for each business type.

The costs by business type are in the table below.
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By sales size

Each business type is split into four groups by sales (25% each). You can see how the weight of rent and labour changes for smaller stores.

The values by sales size are in the table below.

Profitable and loss-making stores

Separate averages for stores that made a profit and stores that made a loss over the year.

Source: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Financial Performance Data, British Columbia, all businesses with annual sales of $30,000 to $5,000,000 (corporations and sole proprietors). The figures are compiled from Canada Revenue Agency tax returns and are averages for each business type. Costs are shown as a share of sales.