Business Plan Worksheets
Break-Even Worksheet
| Sales Break-Even Calculation | |||||||||||||||
| We highly recommending reading the following article on Break-Even BEFORE using this worksheet. | |||||||||||||||
| "Break-Even: It's Like Having Your Own Financial Crystal Ball" | |||||||||||||||
| http://www.restaurantowner.com/members/126.cfm | |||||||||||||||
| Step 1: Obtain your monthly or 4 week P&L's for the last year. | |||||||||||||||
| Step 2: Enter the numbers from your P&L's in the worksheet below. If your P&L accounts are not grouped | |||||||||||||||
| into these categories, use the P&L Account Detail worksheet (click on tab below) to group your | |||||||||||||||
| accounts into these categories. | |||||||||||||||
| Step 3: Use your actual P&L numbers to then enter your initial estimate of Cost of Sales % and average | |||||||||||||||
| monthly or 4 week costs for each category at a sales level that approximates break-even based on | |||||||||||||||
| your best judgement by looking the actual number on the left. You can modify this at any time. | |||||||||||||||
| Restaurant Break-Even Calculation Worksheet | |||||||||||||||
| Lowest Sales Jim Laube: Lowest sales month or 4 week period in the past year. | Average Sales Jim Laube: Average monthly or period sales in the past year. | Highest Sales Jim Laube: Highest sales month or 4 week period in the past year. | Break-Even Estimate Jim Laube: Based on actual results on left, use your judgement to estimate what the variable cost % and fixed costs would be at what you thing your break-even sales level would be. This is only a starting point. You can modify and tweak this model at any time. |
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| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| SALES | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| COST OF SALES | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Variable Cost | |||||||||||
| GROSS PROFIT | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| PAYROLL | |||||||||||||||
| Management | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Fixed Cost | |||||||||||
| Hourly Personnel | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mixed Cost | |||||||||||
| Taxes & Benefits | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mixed Cost | |||||||||||
| Total Payroll | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| CONTROLLABLE EXPENSES | |||||||||||||||
| Direct Operating Exp. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||||||
| Music & Entertain. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||||||
| Marketing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||||||
| Utility Services | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||||||
| Admin. & General | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||||||
| Repairs & Maint. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||||||
| Total Controll. Exp. | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| CONTROLL. PROFIT | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| OCCUPANCY COSTS | |||||||||||||||
| Rent | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Fixed Cost | |||||||||||
| Property Taxes | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Fixed Cost | |||||||||||
| Other Taxes | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Fixed Cost | ||||||||
| Property Insurance | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | Fixed Cost | |||||||||
| Total Occup.Costs | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Interest | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Fixed Cost | |||||||||||
| Depreciation | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Fixed Cost | |||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| Other (Income) Jim Laube: Enter total income from rebates, commissions, etc. as a negative number. For example - (1,000). | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| INCOME BEFORE TAX | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Total Fixed Costs | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| (restaurant name here) | |||||||||||||||
| Break-Even & Operating Profit Model | |||||||||||||||
| Break- | Average | High | |||||||||||||
| Even | % | Sales | % | Sales | % | ||||||||||
| SALES | 0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||||||
| COST OF SALES | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| GROSS PROFIT | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| PAYROLL | |||||||||||||||
| Management | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Hourly Personnel | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Taxes & Benefits | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Total Payroll | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| CONTROLLABLE EXPENSES | |||||||||||||||
| Direct Operating Exp. | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Music & Entertain. | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Marketing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Utility Services | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Administrative & General | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Repairs & Maintenance | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Total Controllable Expenses | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| CONTROLLABLE PROFIT | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| OCCUPANCY COSTS | |||||||||||||||
| Rent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Property Taxes | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Other Taxes | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Property Insurance | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Total Occup.Costs | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| OTHER COSTS & EXPENSES | |||||||||||||||
| Interest | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Depreciation | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Other Expenses | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Other (Income) | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| INCOME BEFORE TAX | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| % Increase in Sales Over Break-Even | - | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||||||||
| % of Variable Hourly Labor Cost | 60% Jim Laube: Hourly labor cost in most restaurant tend to run 50% - 70% variable cost to fixed cost above the sales break-even point. You can adjust this number according to how your hour labor cost tends to change with sales level changes. |
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| Sales Equivalents: | |||||||||||||||
| Number of Periods per Year | 12 Jim Laube: If on a monthly P&L cycle put "12", if on a 4 week cycle put "13". |
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| Annual Sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Average Weekly Sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
From Actual P&L's Within The Last 12 Months
http://www.restaurantowner.com/members/126.cfmP&L Account Detail
| RESTAURANT CHART OF ACCOUNTS | ||||||
| P&L ACCOUNTS | ||||||
| 3000 | SALES | 4500 | MARKETING | |||
| 3010 | Food | 4510 | Selling & Promotion | |||
| 3020 | Liquor | 4520 | Advertising | |||
| 3030 | Beer | 4530 | Public Relations | |||
| 3040 | Wine | 4540 | Research | |||
| 4545 | Complimentary Food & Beverages | |||||
| 4000 | COST OF SALES | 4550 | Discounted Food & Beverages | |||
| 4001 | Food - | |||||
| 4002 | Meat | 4600 | UTILITIES | |||
| 4003 | Seafood | 4610 | Electrical | |||
| 4004 | Poultry | 4620 | Gas | |||
| 4005 | Produce | 4630 | Water | |||
| 4006 | Bakery | 4640 | Trash Removal | |||
| 4007 | Dairy | |||||
| 4008 | Grocery & Dry Goods | 4700 | GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE | |||
| 4009 | Non-alcoholic Beverages | 4705 | Office Supplies | |||
| 4020 | Liquor | 4710 | Postage & Delivery | |||
| 4030 | Bar Consumables | 4715 | Telephone / Communications | |||
| 4040 | Beer | 4720 | Payroll Processing | |||
| 4050 | Wine | 4725 | Insurance - General | |||
| 4060 | Paper (QSR) | 4730 | Dues & Subscriptions | |||
| 4735 | Travel Expenses | |||||
| 4100 | SALARIES & WAGES | 4740 | Credit Card Discounts | |||
| 4110 | Management | 4745 | Bad Debts | |||
| 4120 | Dining Room | 4750 | Cash (Over) / Short | |||
| 4130 | Bar | 4755 | Bank Deposit Services | |||
| 4140 | Kitchen | 4760 | Bank Charges | |||
| 4150 | Dishroom | 4765 | Accounting Services | |||
| 4160 | Office | 4770 | Legal & Professional | |||
| 4775 | Security / Alarm | |||||
| 4200 | EMPLOYEE BENEFITS | 4780 | Training | |||
| 4210 | Payroll Taxes | 4785 | Miscellaneous | |||
| 4220 | Worker's Compensation Insurance | |||||
| 4230 | Group Insurance | 4800 | REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE | |||
| 4240 | Management Meals | 4810 | Maintenance Contracts | |||
| 4250 | Employee Meals | 4820 | R&M - Equipment | |||
| 4260 | Awards & Prizes | 4830 | R&M - Building | |||
| 4270 | Employee Parties & Sports Activities | 4840 | Grounds Maintenance | |||
| 4280 | Medical Expenses | 4850 | Parking Lot | |||
| 4300 | DIRECT OPERATING EXPENSES | 5000 | OCCUPANCY COSTS | |||
| 4305 | Auto & Truck Expense | 5010 | Rent | |||
| 4310 | Uniforms | 5020 | Equipment Rental | |||
| 4315 | Laundry & Dry Cleaning | 5030 | Real Estate Taxes | |||
| 4320 | Linen | 5040 | Personal Property Taxes | |||
| 4325 | Tableware | 5050 | Insurance-Property & Casualty | |||
| 4330 | Silverware | 5060 | Other Municipal Taxes | |||
| 4335 | Kitchen Utensils | |||||
| 4340 | Paper Supplies | 6000 | DEPRECIATION & AMORTIZATION | |||
| 4345 | Bar Supplies | 6010 | Buildings | |||
| 4350 | Restaurant Supplies | 6020 | Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment | |||
| 4355 | Cleaning Supplies | 6030 | Amortization of Leasehold Improvements | |||
| 4360 | Contract Cleaning | |||||
| 4365 | Menu & Wine List | 7000 | OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE | |||
| 4370 | Pest Control | 7010 | Vending Commissions | |||
| 4375 | Flowers & Decorations | 7020 | Telephone Commissions | |||
| 4380 | Licenses & Permits | 7030 | Waste Sales | |||
| 4385 | Banquet & Event Expenses | 7040 | Interest Expense | |||
| 4390 | Other Operating Expenses | 7050 | Officers Salaries & Expenses | |||
| 7060 | Corporate Office Expenses | |||||
| 4400 | MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT | |||||
| 4410 | Musicians & Entertainers | |||||
| 4420 | Cable TV/Wire Services | |||||
| 4430 | Royalties to ASCAP, BMI | |||||
Completed Sample
| Restaurant Break-Even Calculation Worksheet | |||||||||||||||
| Lowest Sales Jim Laube: Lowest sales month or 4 week period in the past year. | Average Sales Jim Laube: Average monthly or period sales in the past year. | Highest Sales Jim Laube: Highest sales month or 4 week period in the past year. | Break-Even Estimate Jim Laube: Based on actual results on left, use your judgement to estimate what the variable cost % and fixed costs would be at what you thing your break-even sales level would be. This is only a starting point. You can modify and tweak this model at any time. |
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| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| SALES | 37,251 | 100.0 | 45,861 | 100.0 | 54,881 | 100.0 | |||||||||
| COST OF SALES | 12,577 | 33.8 | 15,058 | 32.8 | 17,592 | 32.1 | 32.5% | Variable Cost | |||||||
| GROSS PROFIT | 24,674 | 66.2 | 30,803 | 67.2 | 37,289 | 67.9 | |||||||||
| PAYROLL | |||||||||||||||
| Management | 4,200 | 11.3 | 4,200 | 9.2 | 4,200 | 7.7 | 4,200 | Fixed Cost | |||||||
| Hourly Personnel | 7,324 | 19.7 | 8,157 | 17.8 | 8,954 | 16.3 | 7,500 Jim Laube: Hourly payroll has both fixed cost and variable cost characteristics. Here, estimate the amount of total hourly payroll at an estimated break-even sales level. You will estimate the percentage of variable payroll cost below. Hang in there. It will soon start to make sense. | Mixed Cost | |||||||
| Taxes & Benefits | 2,535 | 6.8 | 2,719 | 5.9 | 2,894 | 5.3 | 2,675 | Mixed Cost | |||||||
| Total Payroll | 14,059 | 37.7 | 15,076 | 32.9 | 16,048 | 29.2 | |||||||||
| CONTROLLABLE EXPENSES | |||||||||||||||
| Direct Operating Exp. | 1,351 | 3.6 | 1,158 | 2.5 | 1,423 | 2.6 | 1,200 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| Music & Entertain. | 285 | 0.8 | 280 | 0.6 | 280 | 0.5 | 280 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| Marketing | 965 | 2.6 | 1,125 | 2.5 | 1,395 | 2.5 | 1,125 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| Utility Services | 1,524 | 4.1 | 1,425 | 3.1 | 1,258 | 2.3 | 1,450 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| Admin. & General | 1,158 | 3.1 | 1,254 | 2.7 | 1,058 | 1.9 | 1,250 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| Repairs & Maint. | 689 | 1.8 | 650 | 1.4 | 551 | 1.0 | 650 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| Total Controll. Exp. | 5,972 | 16.0 | 5,892 | 12.8 | 5,965 | 10.9 | |||||||||
| CONTROLL. PROFIT | 4,643 | 12.5 | 9,835 | 21.4 | 15,276 | 27.8 | |||||||||
| OCCUPANCY COSTS | |||||||||||||||
| Rent | 2,350 | 6.3 | 2,350 | 5.1 | 2,350 | 4.3 | 2,350 | Fixed Cost | |||||||
| Property Taxes | 450 | 1.2 | 450 | 1.0 | 450 | 0.8 | 450 | Fixed Cost | |||||||
| Other Taxes | 226 | 0.6 | 521 | 1.1 | 385 | 0.7 | 521 | Fixed Cost | |||||||
| Property Insurance | 1,125 | 3.0 | 1,125 | 2.5 | 1,125 | 2.0 | 1,125 | Fixed Cost | |||||||
| Total Occup.Costs | 4,151 | 11.1 | 4,446 | 9.7 | 4,310 | 7.9 | |||||||||
| Interest | 698 | 1.9 | 725 | 1.6 | 719 | 1.3 | 725 | Fixed Cost | |||||||
| Depreciation | 942 | 2.5 | 942 | 2.1 | 942 | 1.7 | 942 | Fixed Cost | |||||||
| Other Expenses | 756 | 2.0 | 479 | 1.0 | 852 | 1.6 | 480 | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| Other (Income) Jim Laube: Enter total income from rebates, commissions, etc. as a negative number. For example - (1,000). | (225) | (0.6) | (442) | (1.0) | (325) | (0.6) | (400) | Mostly Fixed | |||||||
| INCOME BEFORE TAX | (1,679) | (4.5) | 3,685 | 8.0 | 8,778 | 16.0 | |||||||||
| Total Fixed Costs | 26,523 | ||||||||||||||
| Pacific Park Grille | |||||||||||||||
| Break-Even & Operating Profit Model | |||||||||||||||
| Break- | Average | High | |||||||||||||
| Even | % | Sales | % | Sales | % | ||||||||||
| SALES | 39,293 | 100.0 | 45,000 | 100.0 | 50,000 | 100.0 | |||||||||
| COST OF SALES | 12,770 | 32.5 | 14,625 | 32.5 | 16,250 | 32.5 | |||||||||
| GROSS PROFIT | 26,523 | 67.5 | 30,375 | 67.5 | 33,750 | 67.5 | |||||||||
| PAYROLL | |||||||||||||||
| Management | 4,200 | 10.7 | 4,200 | 9.3 | 4,200 | 8.4 | |||||||||
| Hourly Personnel | 7,500 | 19.1 | 8,154 | 18.1 | 8,726 | 17.5 | |||||||||
| Taxes & Benefits | 2,675 | 6.8 | 2,824 | 6.3 | 2,955 | 5.9 | |||||||||
| Total Payroll | 14,375 | 36.6 | 15,178 | 33.7 | 15,882 | 31.8 | |||||||||
| CONTROLLABLE EXPENSES | |||||||||||||||
| Direct Operating Exp. | 1,200 | 3.1 | 1,200 | 2.7 | 1,200 | 2.4 | |||||||||
| Music & Entertain. | 280 | 0.7 | 280 | 0.6 | 280 | 0.6 | |||||||||
| Marketing | 1,125 | 2.9 | 1,125 | 2.5 | 1,125 | 2.3 | |||||||||
| Utility Services | 1,450 | 3.7 | 1,450 | 3.2 | 1,450 | 2.9 | |||||||||
| Administrative & General | 1,250 | 3.2 | 1,250 | 2.8 | 1,250 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| Repairs & Maintenance | 650 | 1.7 | 650 | 1.4 | 650 | 1.3 | |||||||||
| Total Controllable Expenses | 5,955 | 15.2 | 5,955 | 13.2 | 5,955 | 11.9 | |||||||||
| CONTROLLABLE PROFIT | 6,193 | 15.8 | 9,242 | 20.5 | 11,913 | 23.8 | |||||||||
| OCCUPANCY COSTS | |||||||||||||||
| Rent | 2,350 | 6.0 | 2,350 | 5.2 | 2,350 | 4.7 | |||||||||
| Property Taxes | 450 | 1.1 | 450 | 1.0 | 450 | 0.9 | |||||||||
| Other Taxes | 521 | 1.3 | 521 | 1.2 | 521 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| Property Insurance | 1,125 | 2.9 | 1,125 | 2.5 | 1,125 | 2.3 | |||||||||
| Total Occup.Costs | 4,446 | 11.3 | 4,446 | 9.9 | 4,446 | 8.9 | |||||||||
| OTHER COSTS & EXPENSES | |||||||||||||||
| Interest | 725 | 1.8 | 725 | 1.6 | 725 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| Depreciation | 942 | 2.4 | 942 | 2.1 | 942 | 1.9 | |||||||||
| Other Expenses | 480 | 1.2 | 480 | 1.1 | 480 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| Other (Income) | (400) | (1.0) | (400) | (0.9) | (400) | (0.8) | |||||||||
| INCOME BEFORE TAX | (0) | (0.0) | 3,129 | 7.0 | 5,800 | 11.6 | |||||||||
| % Increase in Sales Over Break-Even | - | 14.5% | 27.2% | ||||||||||||
| % of Variable Hourly Labor Cost | 60% Jim Laube: Hourly labor cost in most restaurant tend to run 50% - 70% variable cost to fixed cost above the sales break-even point. You can adjust this number according to how your hour labor cost tends to change with sales level changes. |
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| Sales Equivalents: | |||||||||||||||
| Number of Periods per Year | 12 Jim Laube: If on a monthly P&L cycle put "12", if on a 4 week cycle put "13". |
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| Annual Sales | 471,520 | 540,000 | 600,000 | ||||||||||||
| Average Weekly Sales | 9,068 | 10,385 | 11,538 | ||||||||||||
From Actual P&L's Within The Last 12 Months