Pizzeria Profit Calculator — Break-Even Orders and Ramp-Up

How many orders a day does your pizzeria need?

Enter your ticket, food cost, delivery mix, staff, rent and loan. You get profit per order, monthly profit, break-even orders a day with the loan, the average ticket that reaches your target margin, what delivery apps and your own drivers cost, sensitivity to volume and food cost, and a sixty-month ramp-up with the cash reserve it burns, before you sign the lease.

Calculated in this browser tab. No account, no upload. The example numbers are made up and are not a forecast for any shop or market. A planning aid, not tax, lending or financial advice. Works for pizzerias, slice shops and pizza takeout and delivery stores.

Your numbers

Ticket and food cost

Average order ticket ($)

Food cost % of ticket (dough, cheese, sauce, toppings, wings)

Box, bag, napkins per order ($)

Waste, comps and remakes %

Fees and channels

Card fee % of all sales

Orders delivered by your own drivers %

Driver pay, mileage and insurance per delivery ($)

Orders through delivery apps %

Delivery app commission %

Franchise royalty and ad fund %

Volume

Orders per open day

Open days per month

Labour

Paid staff hours per open day

Hourly wage ($)

Payroll taxes and workers' comp %

Monthly fixed costs

Rent and CAM ($)

Utilities, gas for the ovens ($)

POS, insurance, marketing, other ($)

Your own pay ($)

Opening and financing

Total startup cost: build-out, ovens, equipment, deposits ($)

Your cash in ($)

Loan interest rate % a year

Loan term (months)

Ramp-up and target

Months to reach full volume

Volume in month 1 as % of full

Net margin you want %

Edit the numbers or load the example, then click Work it out.

Result

If orders a day change

Change	Orders a day	Net a month

If food and packaging costs rise

Cost increase	Net a month

Ramp-up, first 24 months

Month	Volume	Cash that month	Cumulative

What this counts, and what it leaves out

Revenue per order = the average ticket you enter. Food = ticket × food cost % × (1 + waste %); packaging is a flat amount per order.
Card fee and royalty apply to every ticket. App commission applies to the app share only. Driver cost applies to the own-delivery share only. The two delivery shares together cannot exceed 100%.
Fixed costs = paid staff hours × open days × wage × (1 + payroll taxes) + rent + utilities + other + your pay. The loan is the startup cost less your cash in, amortised at the rate and term you enter.
Ramp: volume climbs in a straight line from your month-one level to full over the months you enter. Cumulative cash starts at minus your cash in; payback is the first month it is zero or above.
Not modelled: seasonality, game-day spikes, a second location, equipment replacement, income and sales tax, lease terms beyond monthly rent, permits, tips, catering, alcohol sales, and any price, yield or market figure. Every number comes from you.

Common questions

How many pizzas does a pizzeria need to sell to break even?

Divide monthly fixed costs (staff, rent, utilities, your pay and the loan payment) by what each order contributes after food, packaging, waste, card fees, delivery-app commission and your own driver cost. The report gives the orders a day with and without the loan.

How much do delivery apps cost a pizzeria?

The commission comes off the orders that go through the app, so a 27% commission on 15% of orders is about a 4% cost on every ticket. The tool charges it only on the app share you enter, and charges your own drivers only on the own-delivery share.

What food cost percentage should a pizzeria have?

This tool does not tell you; it uses the food cost percentage you enter. Pizza shops commonly quote figures near a quarter to a third of the ticket, but yours depends on your suppliers and menu, so measure it from your invoices.

What average ticket do I need for a target profit margin?

The report solves for the average order ticket that reaches your target net margin at your entered volume, after every cost and the loan payment, and says plainly when no ticket can reach it.

How much cash do I need while sales ramp up?

The ramp table runs sixty months with volume climbing from your month-one level to full. The lowest cumulative cash point, beyond what you spent at opening, is the working-capital reserve to hold.

Is my data uploaded?

No. Everything runs in your browser tab and nothing is sent anywhere. There are no accounts.