That is the median monthly break-even point across Algorithmics franchise centers that report full monthly cost data. By region, it ranges from 60 students in Latin America to 99 in Central and Eastern Europe.

Most people evaluating a children's coding franchise ask about the investment first. The more useful number is the second one: how many enrolled students it takes for the centre to cover its own monthly costs. That number decides how long you fund the business from your pocket, and it is the number this article answers with real operating data.

Break-even is the monthly operating point where revenue from enrolled students covers the recurring cost base of the centre. The cost base has three items:

Revenue is counted after the 12% royalty, so every figure below already has it included. The calculation is the monthly fixed base divided by monthly revenue per student after royalty.

This is monthly operating break-even. It does not include the one-off franchise fee, fit-out capital expenditure, or the time it takes a new centre to fill. Those are covered separately in the franchise kit. What you have here is a planning benchmark from centres that are already trading, not a projection of any individual result.

Monthly medians in USD. Break-even is calculated on revenue net of the 12% royalty.

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