Service Absorption Calculator

See your fixed absorption and the front-end gross the store burns every month just to keep the lights on.

Enter your monthly (or annual) fixed operations gross profit and total dealership overhead. The tool returns absorption percent, uncovered overhead in dollars, the value of one absorption point, and the annual value of a five-point swing. Runs in your browser. No sign in. No data sent anywhere unless you opt in to email results.

Absorption percent equals fixed ops gross profit divided by total overhead, times 100. Uncovered overhead equals total overhead minus fixed ops gross profit, floored at zero. The value of one absorption point equals total overhead times 0.01. A five-point swing equals total overhead times 0.05, annualized if you entered monthly figures. Overhead definitions vary by store, so use your own overhead base.