Free calculator for moving company owners
How many moves does a moving company need to break even?
Each move pays for its crew hours, fuel and supplies. What is left covers trucks, insurance, storage and the office. Break-even is the number of average moves a month that covers that.
Break-even point
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moves a month to cover every cost
Profit at today's level
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per month, before owner pay
Cushion above break-even
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how many you could lose and still cover costs
The starting numbers are an example for a moving company. Replace them with yours.
The worked example
Each move brings in $1,500 and costs $900 to serve. That leaves $600 toward fixed costs of $22,000 a month. Divide one by the other and you need 37 moves a month to break even. Every move past that adds $600 to profit.
Ways to lower break-even in a moving company
- Sell packing and storage with moves. Same booking, more margin.
- Fill weekdays with commercial or small moves.
- Cut claims with better training. Each claim comes straight out of profit.
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