Free calculator for pest control owners
How many plan customers does a pest control business need to break even?
Each plan customer pays a small monthly amount and costs materials and route time. Break-even is the number of plan customers that covers trucks, salaried techs, insurance and the office.
Break-even point
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plan customers 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 pest control business. Replace them with yours.
The worked example
Each plan customer brings in $45 a month and costs $15 to serve. That leaves $30 toward fixed costs of $22,000 a month. Divide one by the other and you need 734 plan customers to break even. Every plan customer past that adds $30 to profit.
Ways to lower break-even in a pest control business
- Add plan customers near existing routes to raise stops per tech hour.
- Move one-time customers onto recurring plans.
- Review plan prices every year against material costs.
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