A quick check for a restaurant that's already running — enter your current costs and see exactly how many covers a day you need. Loaded with an example; edit every field.
See today's covers vs. your break-even, live
MinimalPOS reports track this automatically as sales come in — no manual recalculating.
MinimalPOS records every order, tax, service charge and payment as it happens — so the figures this tool asks you to enter come out of your own sales instead of a spreadsheet.
How this free tool helps
Estimate the sales target your restaurant, café, or bar needs before it starts producing profit. Enter fixed costs, variable-cost percentage, average ticket, operating days, and capacity to calculate break-even revenue and covers per day.
Break-even is a target; daily operating data shows whether you are moving toward it. MinimalPOS connects billing with sales, item, table, service-type, payment, and peak-hour reports for ongoing review.
Explore MinimalPOS Restaurant POSThe calculator divides fixed costs by the contribution-margin ratio. The ratio is the share of each sales unit left after the variable-cost percentage you enter.
It divides break-even revenue by average guest spend and then by the number of operating days in the period.
When average spend per guest rises, fewer covers may be needed to reach the same revenue target, assuming the other entered costs and margins stay unchanged.
Yes. This tool focuses on the ongoing sales and covers needed to cover operating costs. The startup calculator focuses on opening capital, setup costs, cash cushion, and payback.
Continue planning
Looking for operating advice? Read the MinimalPOS restaurant guides.