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Dealership break-even calculator

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Fixed costs arrive whether or not a car sells. This shows how many units a month you need to cover them, how many to reach a profit target, and what that is per week.

Rent, salaries, floorplan interest, insurance, advertising, software, utilities.

Front plus back.

Commission, prep, detailing, warranty cost, delivery.

Use 0 to see break-even only.

Result

Left from each sale after its own costs
$2,200
Units a month to cover fixed costs
28
That is, units a week
6.5
Units a month to reach the profit target
32

Example figures are filled in. Change any box and the result updates. Nothing you type leaves this page.

How it works

What is left from each sale is the average gross minus the cost of making that sale. Units to break even is the fixed cost divided by that amount, rounded up to a whole vehicle. Units for the profit target add the target to the fixed cost first.

Reading the result

Compare the unit number with your last six months of sales. If you routinely sell fewer, the gap is either gross per unit, cost per sale or fixed costs, and the calculator shows which one changes the answer most: try each in turn.

It assumes an average gross that holds at every volume. In practice discounting to hit a number can lower it, so do not push the sales target without watching the gross.

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