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Taxi break-even calculator

Work out how many trips cover your monthly costs. Add an optional profit target and see the trips needed to reach it.

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01 / Your figures

Make it your estimate

Start with our example. Replace the figures with your own.

Costs that continue even without bookings, such as rent, salaries and vehicle leases.
£ / month
Costs caused by each booking, such as fuel, driver payments and card fees. Use costs on the same basis as your fare.
£ / trip
Revenue your business keeps per trip before the variable costs entered above.
£ / trip
A percentage of fixed costs, not a margin on sales. Enter 0 for break-even only.
%
Results update as you type.
02 / Your estimate

Monthly trips to reach your target

4,639

Rounded up to the next whole trip.

Here’s the breakdown

Contribution per trip
£8.30
Monthly fixed costs
£35,000.00
Target profit
£3,500.00
Trips to cover costs only
4,217
Revenue at target trips
£57,987.50

Figures are rounded for display. Calculations use unrounded values.

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Understand your estimate

How the calculation works

Trips = fixed costs × (1 + profit target ÷ 100) ÷ (revenue per trip − variable cost per trip). Round up to a whole trip.

A worked example

£12.50 revenue less £4.20 variable cost leaves £8.30 per trip. Covering £35,000 plus a 10% target needs 4,639 trips per month.

What to allow for

  • The profit target is calculated on fixed costs. It is not a percentage of sales revenue.
  • Costs and average revenue stay constant. If each trip costs as much as it earns, taking more trips cannot cover positive fixed costs.

Useful questions

What counts as a fixed cost?

A cost you pay regardless of trip volume. Keep per-trip driver payments and fuel in variable costs so they are not counted twice.

Why is there no achievable result?

Revenue per trip must exceed its variable cost. Review both figures before using trip volume as a target.