Free profit planning tool

Target Profit Sales Calculator

Choose the profit you want to earn, then calculate the unit sales and revenue required to reach it.

Simple calculator

Set the profit target

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Unit economics

Selling price per unit

Variable cost per unit

Monthly target

Monthly fixed costs

Target monthly operating profit

Current monthly unit sales

units

Optional capacity limit

units

Enter 0 if capacity is not constrained.

Target-profit formula Required units = (fixed costs + target profit) ÷ contribution profit per unit.

Sales target

Revenue and units required

Units needed for target profit 1,112 $111,200 of monthly revenue

Additional units vs. current sales212

Target within capacity

Contribution profit / unit$45.00

Contribution margin45.0%

Break-even units667

Break-even revenue$66,700

Required sales lift23.6%

Profit at current sales$10,500

Current progress toward unit target80.9%

900 current1,112 target

OfficeQ readout

The business needs about 1,112 monthly unit sales to produce $20,000 of operating profit at the current price and cost structure.

Advanced calculator

Build the full target-profit model

Contribution model

Selling economics

List price / unit

Average discount

Return / refund rate

Revenue loss on returned sale

Variable cost per sale

Product / direct cost

Fulfillment / delivery

Other variable cost

Return processing cost

Payment / platform fee

Sales commission

Fixed transaction fee

Profit target & current sales

Monthly fixed overhead

Target monthly operating profit

Current monthly unit sales

units

Maximum monthly capacity

units

Enter 0 for no stated limit.

Optional planning assumptions

Expected volume growth

Target profit margin on realized revenue

Extra fixed cost to support growth

Advanced calculation Uses realized revenue after discounts and expected returns, then subtracts percentage fees, fixed transaction charges and other variable costs to calculate contribution per sale.

Advanced result

Target-profit sales requirement

Units required for chosen profit 1,245 $118,275 of gross billed revenue

Additional units needed34538.3% sales lift

Capacity headroom255 unitsTarget fits capacity

Realized revenue / sale$92.15

Contribution profit / sale$40.17

Contribution margin43.6%

Current operating profit$6,153

Expected profit after growth$11,500

Revenue for target net margin$129,400

Two ways to set the sales goalChosen profit is the binding target

Revenue for chosen profit$118,275

Revenue for target net margin$129,400

Break-even units747

Break-even realized revenue$68,832

OfficeQ readout

The current price and cost structure can reach the chosen profit target within the entered monthly capacity, but requires a meaningful increase in unit sales.

Profit ladder

Sales required at different profit targets

Current unit economics

Target profit	Units required	Gross billed revenue	Realized revenue	Sales lift vs current	Capacity status

Price sensitivity

How pricing changes the sales target

Same target profit and cost assumptions

List price	Contribution / sale	Units for target profit	Gross revenue required	Sales lift vs current	Signal

Current-volume profit map

Profit at different sales volumes

Current unit economics

75% of current volume$0

Current volume$0

125% of current volume$0

150% of current volume$0

Reading the result

Revenue targets only make sense after you know how much each sale contributes.

A $100 sale does not create $100 of profit. The amount that helps cover fixed costs and profit is the contribution left after variable costs. That is why two businesses with the same revenue target can require very different unit volumes.

The calculator first covers fixed overhead, then adds the profit you want to earn. The Advanced model goes further by accounting for discounts, refunds, transaction fees and other leakage before calculating the unit and revenue target.

Break-even salesThe unit or revenue level where contribution exactly covers fixed costs.

Target-profit salesThe additional contribution required to cover fixed costs plus the profit you choose.

Capacity checkCompares the required unit target with the maximum monthly volume you say the business can handle.