Owner-Operator Cost Per Km Calculator
Fuel, insurance, truck payment, maintenance, and fixed costs converted to a single cost per km (or per mile) and breakeven rate.
Loaded average. 34 to 40 is typical for a Class 8.
Enter 0 if paid off, but still budget replacement.
Tires, brakes, PMs, surprises. 0.07-0.12 is realistic.
All of them, including deadhead.
Plates, permits, ELD, phone, parking, factoring fees.
Compare a lane rate against your breakeven.
How this is calculated
Fuel cost per km = diesel $/L × L/100km ÷ 100.
Fixed cost per km = (insurance + payment + other fixed) ÷ km per month. Fewer km = higher fixed cost per km.
Total cost per km = fuel + maintenance reserve + fixed. This is your breakeven rate per km before you pay yourself.
Green when an offered rate beats breakeven by 15%+, amber when it barely covers, red when you lose money moving.
Prices are before GST/HST. Add tax on top of the price shown, never inside your margin. Estimates, not advice.
That rate pays you
$1.25/km clears breakeven with room for your paycheck.
- Breakeven rate
- $1.04/km
- Fuel per km
- $0.64
- Fixed costs per km
- $0.31
- Monthly operating cost
- $15,149
Running this many km at a rate under your cost, for a year, halved. Zero means the rate covers you.
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